Can You Get Away With Not Brushing Your Teeth At Night?
Often, fatigue at the end of the day makes people retire to bed without brushing their teeth. That leaves food particles from random snacks, lunch and dinner stuck on teeth with bad consequences to oral health.
Key takeaways:
- Bad breath is one negative from failing to brush teeth.Bacteria in the mouth survive on particles between teeth causing foul smell.
- Gum disease can be caused by failure to brush teeth regularly. Bleeding gums when brushing or flossing is a sign of gum disease.
- Brushing your teeth at least once every day will help protect against full blown gum disease. Plaque buildup happens within a period of 24 hours.
The buildup of plaque that causes gum disease takes at least 24 hours to develop, so if you’re brushing once a day, you’ll disrupt the bacteria before it gets a chance to really screw up your gums.
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