I’ve never understood the appeal, or how it works.

  • do people just wake up and start consuming food/drink without brushing their teeth & washing their face?
  • if not, do they get out of bed to wash up and then get back in bed to eat!?
  • what’s the appeal? I get liking someone else making your breakfast, but why is having it in bed fun?
  • scripty@lemmy.caOP
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    1 day ago

    I suppose you don’t HAVE to. But I find it unhygienic to eat before brushing my teeth as soon as I wake up. Might just be my personal issue. 🤷‍♂️

      • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        Teeth and ass aren’t the same thing and that’s not an equivalent comparison considering multiple people have pointed out that brushing before gives a protective coating or at least is less damaging since there aren’t food acids present, softening the enamel. A quick google search confirms this.

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        16 hours ago

        One reason we brush our teeth is to apply a protective coating. Brushing your teeth immediately after eating can damage your teeth.

        A more appropriate analogy is asking whether you’re jumping in a pool of mud before waxing your shoes.

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        1 day ago

        I was told by a dentist to brush my teeth before eating. So at least one dentist would disagree with that I guess?

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          I’ve read that it helps protect your teeth from all the acidic food you’re gonna eat for breakfast, not necessarily for “hygiene” purposes.

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            When you brush your teeth and don’t use mouthwash right after, the tooth paste forms a protective barrier to help prevent erosion and acid damage.

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            Dentist: “Use toothpicks, shove em under your gums! Use the blood as your toothpaste! You can even do it to other stuff, too, like digging out a bladder stone!”

            Me, in the chair in the office: 😐😶😯🫨

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        What, you don’t do it both before and after?

        It’s just like showers, you take one as you get out of bed, and another one right before going to bed.

        Some people are just dirty, sheeesh…

        Edit: -> /s

        • Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Almost no one showers more than once per day. So for you, “most people are just dirty”, not just “some”.

          • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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            17 hours ago

            when i lived in a hot, humid environment i showered twice a day. once when i woke up, because i used to have hair and that’s how it worked best, and once when i got in for the evening and could stay in air conditioning the rest of the night.

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      For me it’s the other way around. After eating I want to clean my teeth.

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      The taste of toothpaste lingers for a while and ruins the flavor of breakfast, especially orange juice.

      The Way™ is Coffee/tea/juice to temporarily overwrite that morning breath feeling, then breakfast, then brushing teeth.

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        The way™️ is to drink enough water and actually brush before bed. If you’re sufficiently hydrated, and you don’t have all that bacteria shitting up your mouth then your morning breath will be a lot less stanky.

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          Dude. I’m getting near to 50 years old. Thinking about water after 7pm is a recipe for 10x bathroom trips in the night.

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            Might be sleep apnea, or something similar, that is preventing the slowing of your body producing urine while sleeping. Talk to a doc. Getting apnea treated solves this for many.

          • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            I’m not saying drink a gallon right before bed. Drink plenty of water throughout the day, then slowly less and less until it’s about bed time. Then take a fat piss before you go to bed.