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A good practice is to brush your tongue whenever you brush your teeth, for the same reason. After you eat, small particles of food get stuck between your teeth and also become lodged between your teeth and your gums. Most dentists approve of electric toothbrushes that spin the bristles because this keeps the germs from being lodged in your gums. If you use a tooth brush and do it manually. You should brush the upper teeth in a downward motion, and the lower ones in an upward motion. If you go up and down, you will push germs into your gums and possibly develop gingivitis. If you go side-to-side (as most people do) this does not clean the gums and causes the enamel to be worn away. Now, about the tongue: It has many papules, which create many places where germs can hide and cause bad breath or even cause the tongue to have an obaque layer of germs and debri. So brushing your tongue is very imporant. There are also products that scrape the tongue clear of this plaque that forms when germs and food debri accumulate on your tongue.

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