Hygiene

[QueMezii]

Eat then brush teeth or brush teeth then eat? Early mornings (am) routine

Depends what you're eating or drinking. If you drink fruit juice for e.g then you should wait 20/30 minutes after eating as the acid softens the enamel and you would end up damaging it by brushing too soon afterwards.

I tend to eat after brushing as brushing is part of my getting dressed routine before I go downstairs.

I'm pretty sure dentists' advice is to brush before breakfast.

I always brush after breakfast. I don't understand people who brush before - it makes your breakfast taste awful!

I'd always do mine after breakfast unless I was doing something first e.g. going for a run or driving to work and then eating (both rare events!).

I always brush after breakfast. I don't understand people who brush before - it makes your breakfast taste awful!

I find the opposite- claggy morning breath makes my breakfast taste awful! I don’t understand how people can eat without brushing away the night breath.

Different people have different preferences and routines. Do what works for you.

I don't like morning mouth so I prefer to brush teeth first. I don't eat straight away afterwards so don't have minty breath still

Brush teeth before eating

Always brushed after eating/first coffee just before leaving for work. I don't feel right if I go to work with post breakfast teeth.

I do both

Brush before eating. Eating softens the enamel, so brushing too soon will wear it away faster.

Surely after eating? Then you have clean teeth for the next few hours.

As PP has said, not directly after eating though because it damages your emamel. My DCs clean their teeth just before they leave for school.

I always brush before eating, then brush them again after my tea at night

You're supposes to leave 45 mins between brushing and eating, or eating and brushing.

I prefer to brush afterwards and stay feeling fresh, but if im not eating breakfast straight awat or eg going to the gym first then I'll swill with mouthwash and/lr toothpaste without actually brushing.

I always brush after breakfast. DH brushes before, as soon as he wakes up

I dont think it matters as long as your teeth are brushed before bed. Think nhs says brush twice a day and make sure one of those times is before bed. It doesn't specify the other time to do it