When can we brush our teeth safely?

[Annemieke]

They say nowadays that you shouldn’t brush you teeth too soon after a meal, or a sour drink (https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/really-never-brush-your-teeth-immediately-after-a-meal/).Would this only hold if you use toothpaste, or is brushing with just water always ok?

 

[kind2creatures]

I never heard of that, your link says page not found.

 

[Annemieke]

My mistake, sorry. The link should be

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/really-never-brush-your-teeth-immediately-after-a-meal/

 

[kind2creatures]

I know that acid is bad for teeth, but I would think that brushing after drinking lemon juice or having acid reflux would be a good thing, since you're diluting the acid immediately just by the water and paste on the brush, and you're immediately rinsing everything out of your mouth afterwards.

Maybe brushing without paste would grind it into the tooth enamel? If I brush, I always use paste, or at least something like coconut oil on my brush.

I drink lemon water and baking soda every morning and never brush afterwards. I don't know about this, no expert here, but I won't let it affect when I brush my teeth.

 

[Annemieke]

There are more sites which say similar:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/11628311/Top-tips-for-clean-perfect-teeth-some-might-surprise-you.html
https://examine.com/nutrition/are-vitamin-c-supplements-bad-for-your-teeth/
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2012/07/does-soda-erode-teeth.html
https://naturalnews.com/021774.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1196944/Orange-juice-acid-wash-away-enamel-teeth.html
They make sense to me!

 

[jfh]

I did read somewhere that one should not brush too soon after ice cream. I don't remember the details other than cold and sugar.

I sometimes use a homemade paste of coconut oil and baking soda. Also xylitol is really good for tartar control.

Here's a good link for remineralization of teeth.

It’s pretty self-explanatory: consume food made from bones and get a good boost of all the essential bone-and-tooth-making nutrients. If you’re really serious about adopting a remineralization diet, bone broth should probably become a mainstay.

https://www.authoritydental.org/tooth-remineralization

 

[Annemieke]

Hurray - I have homemade bone broth every day!

 

[kind2creatures]

Thanks Jfh, I take some bone broth every day also.

 

[larrybuckley90]

in morning we should brush our teeth before eating food.