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When do you brush your teeth?
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this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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There are plenty of studies suggesting that people are actually brushing too much. Kinda like with shampoo... we strip our surfaces from healthy bacteria and oils and it creates a vicious cycle.
On the other side, many foods we eat today are not healthy for our mouth environment, so I still believe there has to be a certain degree of brushing, of course. So, simply put... you should adjust to your use case. Learn when you feel your mouth needs some brushing or not, and move on.
Could you link some of those studies? I'd be interested to read more about that