Oral Health Care Facts

• Studies have shown that poor oral hygiene, periodontal
    disease, and oral microorganisms are closely linked to:

          • Heart attacks and strokes
          • Diabetes Mellitus
          • Emphysema and other lung diseases
          • Premature and low birth weight babies
          • Cavities among children

• The surface of the tongue is the main breeding ground
   for trillions of living and rotting microorganisms, bacteria
   and plaque that later attack the teeth and gums.

• An unclean tongue will re-infect just cleaned teeth in
   seconds.

• 90% of all halitosis originates in our mouths, 80% comes
   from our tongue.

• Tooth brushing alone does not clean our mouths.
   Tooth brushes are designed to clean our teeth and are
   not an effective tongue cleaner.

• The elderly generally experience a heavier coating on the
   tongue, which is often associated with dry mouth due to
   reduced salivary flow and medications.

Alternative medicine

Cleaning the tongue with an appropriately designed tongue cleaner also massages the tongue. This is an important element of traditional Chinese medicine where the tongue surface is identified as an important reflexogenic zone.

Tongue cleaning improves the sense of taste (because of cleaning the taste buds) and also stimulates the secretions of digestive enzymes.

Who recommends tongue cleaning

Dental professionals

Physicians

Nurses

Halitosis specialists

In the past several years, dental professionals (dentists and hygienists) have emphasized the importance of tongue cleaning as a way to maintain a high level of oral hygiene.In addition, physicians have rediscovered the link between oral health and pathologies of the rest of the body, one which was prevalent in the medical field in the early part of the 20th century. Breath specialists generally agree that the majority of cases of halitosis (bad breath) come from the rear of the tongue, an area that can be cleaned efficiently by using an ergonomically designed tongue cleaner.

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	"Prevention is better than a cure!"

Tongue scraping combined with
tooth brushing has been shown
to reduce bacteria and bad breath
by up to 85%.

Just one day of tongue cleaning can
reduce the number of bacteria
in the mouth by up to 50%.

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