You may think your daily oral hygiene routine is complete with diligent brushing and flossing. Yet, according to Dr. Kami Hoss, dentist and co-founder of The Super Dentists, a pediatric dentistry in San Diego, CA, toothbrush bristles aren’t really designed to “reach and eliminate the bacteria on the tongue that can cause bad breath and interfere with taste.” As Hoss previously told HuffPost, because the tongue is bumpy, it accumulates “lots of microbes,” which a toothbrush often can’t get.
What is designed to grab that bacteria? Tongue scrapers. While you can find various plastic and metal options, reviewers swear by this stainless steel pair from the brand MasterMedi for “slaying bad breath dragons with ease,” and making “everything taste better.” And right now, a pair is just un
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