To wonder when we stopped rinsing?

[ArgyMargy]

Apparently when you brush your teeth you are supposed to spit, not rinse. This is official guidance from the NHS and government. Am I the only one who thinks that this is not only daft but a little bit disgusting?

If you brush and floss last thing at night there is no reason for "morning breath". Unless of course you smoke. Control, do you brush both before and after breakfast then?

I have never noticed morning breath on any of us, and as pp said food tastes awful after using toothpaste so I'd struggle to get the dc to eat their breakfast in good time. I also presumed that it would be worse to have particles of food from breakfast on the teeth all day (obviously I know there will be food eaten at lunch and dinner time too).

Just can't get in the habit of doing it as soon as we tip out of bed!

It's disgusting because you either have to spit (disgusting in itself) or swallow (eeeewwwww).

If you rinse don't you have to spit anyway? How do you get rid of the water? You can't swallow it with that much fluoride.
I brush and then spit but I don't rinse because my dentist recommends this method.

I rinse and still got cavities - my dentist said its more about the food you eat, the more sugary the diet the more cavities you will get. As I needed a root canal (didn't even know my tooth was decaying until an xray was done and I never felt any pain) the dentist advised me to go wheat,dairy, sugar free until he could give me my treatment as this would get rid of the pain and it did. Something to do with phytic acid in food and the acidity levels.

sorry meant to ready I don't rinse and still got cavities

Argy - no, I don't smoke, and it doesn't matter how thoroughly I brush, floss, mouthwash the night before I always end up with morning breath, as does DP. He sleeps with his mouth open snoring and I sleep with my mouth closed, so can't really say what causes it. I don't have breakfast most mornings.