Do you wait 30 mins after coffee before brushing teeth? Or brush first thing?

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If you brush immediately after getting up, how long do you wait until having tea or coffee then?

I brush after coffee/ breakfast and try to always wait at least an hour. I keep reading it's better to brush first thing but don't want my coffee to taste minty.

After. If I don't have coffee first then I probably wouldn't be ABLE to brush my teeth

I don't leave any set time after having coffee in the morning. They get brushed when they get brushed.

Wait until a while after breakfast.

Get up, brush teeth, have coffee within about 3 minutes.

my coffee tastes delicious. I don’t use flavored toothpaste though.

I brush my teeth first thing, and my first tea/coffee of the day is at work about an hour later.

My coffee tastes sour if I drink it within 30 min after brushing teeth

I get up and eat breakfast then sort my skin out and put makeup on, do hair, get dressed and lastly clean teeth. I’m 52 and haven’t had a filling since childhood.

I brush after breakfast, which includes coffee. What's the logic of waiting for an hour first?

Get up, stagger downstairs and down at least 2 cups of coffee before I can even contemplate getting up the stairs again to brush teeth

Is your breath ok in the morning? I wake up with the sensation and smell f something having died in my mouth overnight. I need to get that stuff out asap

Not really, I have a cup of tea first thing .

I clean teeth after breakfast & coffee. Feels wrong to eat and drink immediately brushing 🤣

I clean my teeth before breakfast. I think bed breath at breakfast is really yucky. I like the minty fresh breath with coffee. I had my first filling at 32

My dentist recently told me you should brush as soon as you wake up and before eating/drinking. I always assumed after would be better but she also said you need to leave at least 30 mins after food/drink before brushing as it can damage the enamel doing it too soon

Me too 😆

I wake up with the sensation and smell f something having died in my mouth overnight

Hmm I'd only get this if I have a hangover/ otherwise dehydrated. Obviously my mouth isn't perfectly daisy fresh but it doesn't taste or smell bad. Is your mouth dry when you wake up @joyfulnessss , I wonder if it's dryness that does it?

Brushing straight after can weaken enamel, as you are brushing the acids in. If you wait 30 mins after eating/ drinking, it's better.

I try to always wait but if I'm in a rush and needs must, I rinse with water thoroughly before brushing.

I know you're supposed to do it before- I'm a dental nurse and my husbands a dentist and we both do it after breakfast 🙈

Yes. Definitely dryness is involved. I also have digestive issues and I think this doesn't help. It's VILE. If anything ever happened to my long long standing dh there is no way I could ever wake next to anyone else 🤣

I brush my teeth as soon as I wake up. Coffee straight after on the weekends, an hour after on weekdays when I get to work.

I brush when I wake up and always always before eating or drinking anything.

First thing, spit but don't rinse, coffee and breakfast around half an hour later. I'm trying to instil the habit of brushing first thing in my daughter so that she doesn't have the same problems with her teeth that I've had.

Coffee about 30 to 45 mins after brushing teeth.

Wake up, drink water, brush teeth, do skincare/hair/get dressed, sort DC out getting dressed (DH does breakfast while I'm doing the former), eat breakfast and THEN coffee. Then if I'm at home I'll brush again around an hour after coffee, but if I'm heading out I usually don't have time for a second teeth brush/coffee is usually in a to-go cup as I'm heading out the door!