Do you brush your teeth BEFORE or AFTER BREAKFAST?

[AviatorTom]

Here is an article that discusses whether it's better to brush your teeth before you eat breakfast, or after you eat breakfast.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/well/live/brushing-teeth-breakfast.html

Which do you do? And why?

I brush BEFORE breakfast

I brush AFTER breakfast

I brush BOTH BEFORE and AFTER breakfast

I DON'T BRUSH my teeth

I have DENTURES

I have NO TEETH, just gums

[AshLee83]

I brush my teeth and mouthwash before my breakfast and coffee. I love the mint flavor combined with my first sip of coffee. Some people dislike that but it reminds me of stirring my coffee with a candy cane like I love to do around Christmas.


I usually eat an oat bar for breakfast but if I have something more substantial I’ll often go brush my teeth again.


I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep if I failed to brush, floss and mouthwash before bed.


Proper mouth hygiene is ridiculously important to me.

[Bethany22]

I brush after, because I assume that my breakfast washes out my teeth a bit, but then they really feel tingly after I eat breakfast, so I know then that I need to run to brush them as fast as I can

[Ian69]

Yes, I brush my teeth after I’ve had my wash when I get up. I’ll have my breakfast and orange juice, then before I leave for work I’ll clean them again and use my mouthwash.

Then, once I’m home from work and had my wash. I’ll have a bite to eat and on going to bed I’ll brush my teeth again and use a water flosser and mouthwash. When I’m home, and not at work, I’ll brush three times a day.

Mines very similar to this one.

[OlderAndWiser]

No option for me. I usually do not eat breakfast.

[AviatorTom]

Maybe I should have added that option 🤔

[Amy10223]

I brush before eating. Normally, I dont eat until about 12:00, so I brush when I awake and again at night, then I floss.

[SnowedIn]

After breakfast if I'm working from home. If I go to the office then it's before breakfast and again after breakfast.

[NathanDavis]

wash, wash, feed, brush... eat...

[BCRanger10]

I brush before going to Mass and before going to bed for the night.

[AngryCarl]

Do you even know WHY you brush your teeth? It's to remove food remains before they start eating away your teeth. Food remains, like after a meal or sugary drink.

[exitseven]

Before breakfast while i am having a shower.

[ArrowheadSW]

After, to clean my teeth after eating.

[Chazmatazz269]

After, almost always.

[LovingJo]

After, if I'm eating breakfast (which I rarely do)

[Andres77]

Before

[Andres77]

Whatever glop has fermented and grown in my mouth and gullet overnight needs to go.