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Cake day: September 27th, 2023

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  • Might seem counterintuitive at first pass, but brushing Before breakfast IS much better.

    There’s a couple of reasons for this. One thing being that you want to wash out the bacteria that have multiplied overnight - these are the ones that give you the morning stinkbreath, and that sticky coating you feel on your teeth.

    Additionally, when you eat you expose your teeth to acids that weaken and softens your enamel for a while. Brushing the weakened enamel weakens the enamel over time. Brushing before on the other hand helps protect your teeth from said acids, reducing this weakening effect.

    That said, brushing after you’ve eaten is still better than not brushing at all.