Ask Lemmy

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Nope, but I do brush my tongue with the toothbrush while I'm in there doing my teeth.

Yes. Once you see the shit you get off your tongue you can never return to before.

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I use a dedicated poop knife for scraping my tongue. Just make sure it's a different color than your regular poop knife.

I just use the back of the toothbrush. I get ones that are textured.

I feel like my breath is bad if I don't.

Nope, nor do I know of anyone who does.

virtually eliminating morning breath

I find that brushing my teeth and occasionally using mouthwash does that just fine.

I use a toothbrush for that.

I have a neat trick for you; stick your tongue out, bite down, pull tongue in again, spit.

No, I've never had a problem with bad breath or matter buildup on my tongue.

No. I tried it for a while and didn't see any difference in terms of breath. (I didn't try your particular tongue scraper brand though)

I get toothbrushes with a rough patch on the back. It's like a cat tongue licking my tongue, but less erotic and more minty.

I just scrape my tongue a bit with the toothbrush at the end of brushing my teeth, this seems more than sufficient

I'll start brushing my tongue if I ever get a tongue cavity.

Nope but I brush it at the end. Its like front then up and over on the lowers then uppers then roof then tongue.

I just use my toe knife, and jam it up there to get the gunk out

Yes, I started because using mouthwash and brushing twice a day was not enough for my breath. Haven't had bad breath since. Mine is just a plastic tongue scraper, nothing fancy.

Sometimes! Most of the time I just use my toothbrush. But either way, I absolutely clean my tongue every day.

I floss, brush, and scrape my tongue. My scraper is just a cheap stainless steel thing but it works fine.

I do. I also floss, use mouthwash, and an electric tootbrush.

I'm not bragging, I didn't do it untill recently when I had to go to the dentist and despite having dental insurance I had to pay roughly a price of used car to get my teeth fixed.

I let myself go to the point where I can't financially afford not to.

I've used an old rounded soup spoon before. Did it for a few months, but fell out of the habit. It did seemingly remove a whole bunch of ick when I did it.

Also, don't forget to flush tonsil stones! Those things are nasty.

Yep, I use some steel thing I got from the drug store for like $5. Works well.

i have never ever heard of tongue scrapers. Do toothbrushes not work? And do tongue scrapers avoid the gag-reflex induced by using a toothbrush on it?

Yeah I learned from some yoga people. I never noticed it make any difference.