Comment on What's the deal with breakfast in bed?

• RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I was told by a dentist to brush my teeth before eating. So at least one dentist would disagree with that I guess?

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  • scytale@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve read that it helps protect your teeth from all the acidic food you’re gonna eat for breakfast, not necessarily for “hygiene” purposes.

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    • Veedem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      When you brush your teeth and don’t use mouthwash right after, the tooth paste forms a protective barrier to help prevent erosion and acid damage.

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  • AmidFuror@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That's the 1 in 5 dentists who don't recommend a fluoride toothpaste.

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Dentist: “Use toothpicks, shove em under your gums! Use the blood as your toothpaste! You can even do it to other stuff, too, like digging out a bladder stone!”

      Me, in the chair in the office: 😐😶😯🫨

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        please.

        bladder stones you gotta use salad tongs

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  • RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The heck? I thought both eating and brushing sort of soften your teeth temporarily, so better not to eat right after brushing OR brush immediately after eating.

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• MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What, you don’t do it both before and after?

  It’s just like showers, you take one as you get out of bed, and another one right before going to bed.

  Some people are just dirty, sheeesh…

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  • Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Almost no one showers more than once per day.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      when i lived in a hot, humid environment i showered twice a day. once when i woke up, because i used to have hair and that’s how it worked best, and once when i got in for the evening and could stay in air conditioning the rest of the night.

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    • MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I added the sarcasm to my previous comment…

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• magic_lobster_party@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  One reason we brush our teeth is to apply a protective coating. Brushing your teeth immediately after eating can damage your teeth.

  A more appropriate analogy is asking whether you’re jumping in a pool of mud before waxing your shoes.

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• WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Wait… That’s not normal? I wipe my whole body down before hand.

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• JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Teeth and ass aren’t the same thing and that’s not an equivalent comparison considering multiple people have pointed out that brushing before gives a protective coating or at least is less damaging since there aren’t food acids present, softening the enamel. A quick google search confirms this.

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