You might have heard that brushing and flossing are the most important and essential practices for a good dental hygiene, but not many would have heard about the technique of tongue scraping. A tongue scraper is a plastic tool that you gently rake over your tongue from back to front to remove any debris that gets caught in all the crevices.

Bacteria

Brushing and flossing help remove bacteria from your teeth, but often bacteria hides in the deep crevices on your tongue where they multiply quickly and cause all types of havoc within the mouth

Halitosis

Bad breath is one of the most embarrassing things we face. Bacteria hiding on the tongue can cause your breath to smell less than pleasant, even if you do brush and floss.

Taste buds

Mucous can thicken on the tongue and eventually clog your taste buds. Once this happens, food takes on a strange taste or no taste at all.

Dental health

Brushing and flossing go a long way toward keeping your teeth and gums in the best possible condition, but that is only part of the picture. To give your mouth the freshest taste, sweetest breath, and healthiest teeth and gums, you need to practice good dental hygiene on a daily basis. Tongue scraping is the final step you may have been missing.

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