Contents:
- Medical Video: Tongue Scraping
- Do you need to clean your tongue?
- So that the tongue is clean and healthy, what is the treatment like?
Medical Video: Tongue Scraping
Talking about the health of the oral cavity, not just teeth that must be considered. The tongue also includes organs that need to be treated so that the health of your oral cavity is maintained. So, does the tongue also need cleaning? Does the tongue also get dirty like teeth? Then how do you have a clean tongue? Come on, see the review below.
Do you need to clean your tongue?
Not only bacteria that can stick to the teeth and eventually form plaques to make cavities. The tongue can be filled with bacteria as well as teeth. If not cleaned, bacteria and all germs will gather and multiply on the tongue.
The surface of the tongue is covered by small lumps called papillae. It is in the papillae curve that bacteria, dead skin cells, and small food particles can accumulate and accumulate.
The bacteria that gather on the tongue can become a nest of germs for the condition of the oral cavity as a whole, can also reduce the sensitivity of taste on the tongue, even damage the appearance of the tongue to become white, to trigger bad breath.
Therefore, cleaning the tongue should not be underestimated. As important as cleaning teeth, the tongue must also be maintained health.
So that the tongue is clean and healthy, what is the treatment like?
Tongue scraping or tongue cleaner is a tool used to remove extra particles that are not useful on the surface of the tongue. This tongue cleanser does not guarantee you avoid bad breath, but with a clean tongue at least minimize the occurrence of bad breath and certainly makes the tongue clean.
Tongue cleansers are available in various shapes and sizes, and work from the back of the tongue and are pulled to the front of the tongue. After the tongue is cleaned, usually the oral cavity feels fresher.
To get a clean, thorough tongue, this is how to use a tongue cleanser:
- Stand in front of the mirror, open your mouth and stick your tongue out.
- Slowly, insert the tongue cleaning tool into the back of the tongue. If you are worried about choking, you can start it in the middle of the tongue. When you get used to it, you can gradually start cleaning a little further back.
- Slowly, pull the tongue cleaning tool forward, toward the tip of the tongue. Don't do the opposite from the front to the back of the tongue.
- Once pulling to the tip of the tongue, use a cloth to remove dirt that sticks to your tongue cleanser.
- Then repeat the pull back from the front towards all the areas of the tongue surface clean.
- Wash this tongue cleanser with warm water and soap, dry it, and store it in a clean and dry place.
- Do this tongue cleansing regularly like brushing your teeth.
