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Tongue Brushing with Table Salt
Tongue Brushing with Table Salt
Warning, this can burn if done too vigorously. I’m doing this no more than once per day.
I place a small amount of table salt, about 1/16th teaspoon, on a wetted Tung Brush. I used it to gently brush my tongue for about 15 to 30 seconds, focusing primarily toward back near the throat. It is not pleasant; however, it is very effective in dislodging material coated on the tongue, and in freshening my breath. I use very light, gentle strokes and it removes all coating and seems to kill the deeply-rooted bacteria.
As an alternative to a Tung Brush, I’ve used a regular toothbrush with bristles that I have trimmed with scissors to half their original length. This provides a brush with short, stiff bristles effective in removing coating from the tongue.
Enfresh also makes a tongue brush. It has short stiff bristles in a circular pattern like the Tung but more of them, and a curved handle with comfy grips like a toothbrush. Just for your info. My clinic sells this online here: http://www.freshbreath.ca/products-cata ... product=23
However you do it, cleaning the tongue is a very good idea.
I find that eating a fairly clean dinner, not after 3 hours before lying down reduces the need to scrub hard. IE it doesn't matter whether I use toothpaste, or baking soda. Actually, the severity of the coating on my tongue depends on how well my food was digested. Of course, if I skip a day the 'stuff' will accumulate regardless.
Salt will most of the time win.elliott wrote:I use baking soda, never considered salt. I imagine pure salt would dehydrate the mouth which might be counterproductive. Have you compared the results, salt vs. baking soda?
I find that eating a fairly clean dinner, not after 3 hours before lying down reduces the need to scrub hard. IE it doesn't matter whether I use toothpaste, or baking soda. Actually, the severity of the coating on my tongue depends on how well my food was digested. Of course, if I skip a day the 'stuff' will accumulate regardless.
Nasal irragation is much better to put salt 100% Rather than Baking Soda 100%
Baking soda sux for me
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I have been thinking of visiting that clinic for a while now, I was just wondering what kind results have u experienced?Gabriel wrote:Salt water rinses are often recommended by dentists as a post surgery antimicrobial treatment. I wonder if you were to wet the salt slightly to make a paste? Or maybe you don't need to .. just dip a wet brush into some salt. How about baking soda to reduce the pH - has anyone tried this? Or a mix of the two?
Enfresh also makes a tongue brush. It has short stiff bristles in a circular pattern like the Tung but more of them, and a curved handle with comfy grips like a toothbrush. Just for your info. My clinic sells this online here: http://www.freshbreath.ca/products-cata ... product=23
However you do it, cleaning the tongue is a very good idea.
In cases of mild to medium CH, there is sometimes ambiguity in dominant bacterial species. Believe it or not, these cases are where we have failures: about 5-6% overall, although some portion of this is due to clients failing to follow the treatment regime properly.
We include nutritional and medical analysis in the assessment process.