How to clean your tongue

Step by step tongue cleaning

Knowing how to clean your tongue correctly is important to prevent bad breath. Most of the time, mouthwash and toothpaste are not enough to clean your tongue. Mouthwash is not even suitable for getting rid of the white coat on your tongue.

To clean your tongue effectively, you’re going to need some tools, read more about tongue cleaning tool over here.

Cleaning your tongue is actually pretty easy, let’s get started:

Step number 1
Start by putting the tongue scraper on your tongue and slowly and gently move the scraper forward. Scraping your tongue is vital especially if you want to get rid of that white coat on your tongue.

Step number 2
Apply a small among of tongue cleaning gel on the tongue brush and brush your tongue gently.

Step number 3
Rinse your mouth with water.

Reminder:

• It is normal for you to experience gag reflex during the process especially if you’re new to this. To avoid this, do not scrape or brush to deep inside your mouth.
• Do not brush or scrape your tongue harshly. Doing this might cause damage to your tongue instead of cleaning it. You can read more about the side effects of tongue cleaning and how you can avoid it here.

That white coating and bacteria on your tongue can cause bad breath, if you know how to clean your tongue and make it part of your daily routine, you can reduce bad breath and increase your confident.