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I've been doing this for years but my friends were utterly baffled when they found out. I have a cheap, copper plated tongue scraper from a knick-knack store and it does the job beautifully, virtually eliminating morning breath.

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[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I just use the back of the toothbrush. I get ones that are textured.

I feel like my breath is bad if I don't.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I assumed the texture on the back was for tongue scraping. I thought it was a feature.

[–] lemonuri@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago

I just use my toothbrush after cleaning the teeth with the leftover paste still on it. Works well for me and is also said to hinder the spread of viruses in some kind of manner, at least I think I read this on the news some time ago.

I also used the backside of the brush for this but my method seems more effective to me, I would like to see a study about this.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

My bad breath disappeared completely after I started scraping my tongue daily. I also use a textured toothbrush, no complaints.