Why would you brush your teeth before eating??..its a bit like wiping your arse before taken a sh*t

Oh after of course.
Can’t drink or ear anything right after brushing my teeth , just tastes odd …

after of course. ever tried drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth?

After breakfast or instead of it (tend to skip breakfast a few days a week.. too time consuming)

Re the bloke in the picture-who the f@ck brushes their teeth like that?? ’til they look like a raving lunatic foaming at the mouth?
Just wasteful if you ask me.

I had it on pretty good authority that after is the best way to go. The point of brushing your teeth at all is to remove food stuffs that, if left unattended, can rot away at your teeth.

No point brushing them and then filling yourself up with food.

I actually brush before my breakfast! I read a piece in a paper years ago from a dentist who said plaque is caused by bacteria in your mouth reacting with the food you eat. If you remove that bacteria before you eat, you’re doing less damage to your teeth. He recommended brushing before you eat and I’ve done that ever since.

Before you ask, no I didn’t verify that elsewhere! I’m an advertisers dream so I am!

So I brush before breakfast and then going to bed. If I’m going out in the evening or have had garlic or something for lunch I’ll brush in the middle of the day too.

RE: the minty taste eating your breakfast. I work from home, so don’t usually eat breakfast until about an hour or so after I get up, so the minty taste is mainly gone.

I also brush my teeth before breakfast…it’s something I’ve always done.. :)

I always brush after breakfast. Can’t understand why anyone would eat after brushing.

As for the dentist, I would be inclined to disregard advice from someone with a vested interest. Question everything (‘cept me)!

How about Mouthwash before breakast to kill bactera then brush after breakfast?

Alarmed at everyone brushing after breakfast. I always thought people brushed before…. weird. Apparently you shouldn’t even drink water before brushing in the morning. You end up ingesting all the rank bacteria that builds up overnight and it’s bad for your teeth too.

Before and after! :D

Before breakfast of course !! Reason being is everything Aoife has said already and guess why they tell you to chew gum after every meal

After. I’m not an animal.

After… otherwise breakfast tastes disgusting

Actually it depends. if your having acidic items for breakfast like coffee or oj, you should either brush before or else an hour after. the acid temporarily weakens your enamel so the worst thing to do is brush right away. if its cereal then should be fine to brush immediately.

Before in my case. I start work at 7:30 and breaky is at 9:30. Don’t want to offend people with manky morning breath- not very nice.

After my coffee (which i need or you do NOT want to talk to me first thing)
then shower & brush teeth
then porridge
then more coffee
There’s no option for somewhere in the Middle of Breakfast

:-) lol

before but i always regret it afterwards…