Cleaning your tongue

Topics

• Bad Breath
• Gum Disease
• Tooth Decay
• Fluoride – Good or Bad?
• Gums and Dis - ease
• Cleaning Your Tongue
• When Should You Brush?
• How do whitening toothpastes work, and how effective are they?
• Children's Oral Health
• Filling Cavities

Stick out your tongue! (Go ahead… stand in front of a mirror and do it.)

If you see a white or yellow film on your tongue, guess what? It’s a thin carpet of bacteria.

Just like with your gums and teeth, your tongue is an excellent breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria. Your tongue has many grooves and micro indentations, the perfect place for bacteria to gather and multiply. And multiply they do.

This film of bacteria is not only unsightly, but it can be a prime cause of bad breath. It also interferes with our enjoyment of taste, as the bacteria coating the tongue are also coating our taste buds as well.

Simply brushing is not enough, as the bristles tend to force the bacteria further inwards – something just the opposite of what we want. The tongue must be gently scraped clean, from back to front – pushing the bacteria “off the cliff” so to speak.

The SoFresh® patented tongue cleaner was especially developed to ensure your tongue remains as clean and hygienically fresh as possible.