{"id":188915,"date":"2024-05-08T11:22:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/its-not-recommended-to-rinse-your-teeth-after-brushing-heres-why"},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:22:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:22:39","slug":"its-not-recommended-to-rinse-your-teeth-after-brushing-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/its-not-recommended-to-rinse-your-teeth-after-brushing-heres-why","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not Recommended to Rinse Your Teeth After Brushing. Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/its-not-recommended-to-rinse-your-teeth-after-brushing-heres-why2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still rinsing your teeth with water after brushing them, it may be time to stop. There are actually some benefits to leaving that extra bit of toothpaste on your teeth. I used to rinse after brushing my teeth \u2014 and even went back over them with a wet toothbrush \u2014 to remove any remnants of toothpaste left in my mouth. But then I found out from a dentist\u2019s TikTok video that doing that isn\u2019t the most effective method of keeping your chompers in good shape.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I now spit out as much toothpaste as I can without swishing with water, so I can allow the toothpaste to do its job just a little longer. However, I wasn\u2019t sure why I was doing this \u2014 or what the benefits were \u2014 until I spoke with an expert.<\/p>\n<p>I talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/dentistry.ucla.edu\/profile\/hewlett-edmond-r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"\">Dr. Edmond Hewlett<\/a>, consumer advisor for the American Dental Association and a professor at UCLA School of Dentistry, to find out why you shouldn\u2019t rinse your mouth with water after brushing your teeth. Here\u2019s the answer. For more tips, here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/health\/personal-care\/why-you-should-floss-your-teeth-before-brushing\/\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"\"> why you should floss before brushing your teeth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re still rinsing your teeth with water after brushing them, it may be time to stop. There are actually some benefits to leaving that extra bit of toothpaste on your teeth. I used to rinse after brushing my teeth \u2014 and even went back over them with a wet toothbrush \u2014 to remove any [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}