brushing your teeth at night...

@asliah (11137)
Philippines
January 7, 2011 6:42am CST
my sister can not even brush her teeth in the morning when she woke up and in the afternoon after lunch but never at night before she sleep.she cant sleep without brushing her teeth. can you sleep at night even without brushing your teeth?
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27 responses
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
14 Mar 11
Hi. asliah. I have to admit that I am not perfect when it comes to brushing my teeth at night at all. I sometimes, will fall asleep and I will end up not brushing my teeth before I lay down for the night. I do however, make sure that my teeth is brushed really good as soon as I wake back up. I guess with me, I will have to brush my teeth before I get really sleepy. That way, my teeth are already brushed.
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
19 Jan 11
It's not really a good practice to not brush your teeth before going to bed because a lot of small particles from the food we eat will be left in the spaces between each teeth and when we sleep out mouth are close so the food particles in our teeth remains in there for hours and saliva can cause bacterias to spread causing our mouth to really feel bad in the morning when we wake up and even be aching sometimes. It will also be having a very bad breath. I know it's not good but sometimes when i am really very tired, i can't even get myself to change to my pajamas, i just can't brush my teeth. But that's rarely. As much as possible i try to push my body up to just brush my teeth and forget the pajamas..hehe
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
9 Jan 11
I brush in the morning and then right before bed,, sometimes I will brush during the day if me teeth feel gross. Then it is just a need to be done kind of thing.
• United States
9 Jan 11
Its a good habit to have because the toothpaste will help to get rid of any plaque or food that you could not get from flossing and brushing at night. Plus, it gives your mouth a clean feeling and even though everybody has morning breath it helps to have a clean mouth while your saliva does its magic.
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
9 Jan 11
Hi asliah, there was a time that i feel so tired and forgot to brush my teeth. i can have a sleep with that situation. but the next morning. my teeth feels hurt because i did not brush it. i better not did that again
@yetsa76 (55)
10 Jan 11
there has been on occasion that I've gone to bed without brushing my teeth, it's very rare I do this though. I normally brush them at least twice a day and rince with mouth wash after wards.
@derek_a (10874)
8 Jan 11
I guess we are all different, I feel the most important time to brush my teeth is at night before going to sleep, and then first thing in the morning to freshen my mouth after a night's sleep. _Derek
8 Jan 11
I brush my teeth once a day every morning using an electic toothbrush with a double head. I had my 6 monthly check up yesterday and the dentist said that the teeth were so good I did not need to come back for 9 months.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
8 Jan 11
Well, it is also my habit to brush my teeth at night. Because I feel something not comfortable enough...
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
7 Jan 11
I can't go to sleep without brushing. I think I must brush my teeth more then most. I brush first in the morning when I awake. However, most nights if I wake up to go to the bathroom or take my dog out I will brush again before going back to bed. If I'm home I will brush after each meal or snack. I think in 24 hours I can brush anywhere up to 5 times in one day. I wonder now that I think of it, can brushing to much be a problem. You know the saying to much of a good thing is not good for you.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
8 Jan 11
Of course I can sleep without brushing my teeth in the evening. The only problem is there's always that uneasy feeling and the thought of what your morning breath would be like the next day.
• India
8 Jan 11
This is a very nice habbit to brush your teeth at night but I do not follow that. Brushing teeths at night will make us fresh before we fall asleep. I do brush my teeth every morning
@ANIME123 (2466)
• United States
8 Jan 11
No I have to and I mean I have to brush my teeth after every meal and before I go to sleep because than I won't be able to sleep at all and that will be no good for me. The reason that I have to is also because I don't want to get cavities because dentists charge a lot for refilling them they make so much money on that. So for me I like to keep my teeth clean so that I won't have to be paying the dentist a lot of money just for fixing my teeth. Oh and I also floss too because that helps get the food out that gets stuck in between the teeth. Well happy brushing everyone to help and keep our teeth healthy.
• United States
8 Jan 11
It is very important to brush our teeth at night as all the residue from any foods during the day will continue to sit and the bacteria is not good to allow it sit inside our teeth and gum lines all night.
@whateva (786)
• India
7 Jan 11
i can :p But dad would kick me in the butt if he finds out..
@a98231 (238)
• India
7 Jan 11
It really necessary,if you want to keep your teeth healthy and shinning and away from germs then you should have the practice of brushing teeth at least twice a day.
@parveen86 (101)
7 Jan 11
I hate to say this but yes at times when my little ones tired me out so much during the day that I just conk out on the bed after putting him to sleep and am just glad for some shut eye. But I do brush my teeth in the morning because it is more important in the morning than at night I think. During the day we meet people and eat so the breath has a more chance of smelling but at night who's going to notice. Plus the whole hygiene thing lol
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
7 Jan 11
By right we should brush our teeth once in the morning and once in the evening. In according to the instruction of the tooth paste which I am using, it can effectively protect out teeth for 12 hours only. A dentist told me that I must brush our teeth during the night before we go on bed. To brush our teeth during the night is more important than the morning. I get used to brush my teeth during the morning and the night since I were a boy. I feel very uncomfortable without brushing my teeth. take care.
@sameer786 (832)
7 Jan 11
somtimes i sleep without brushing the teeth when i becomes very tired, but morning brush is compulsary for me. but it is necessary to brush at night, the foor or germs whaich stick all the day in our teeth must be remove in night, its good for healthy teeth.
• India
7 Jan 11
i brush my teeth at morning and at the night time, i dont forget to brush there teeth at time time especially. so brushing the teeth at time is very good habit because at morning time only everyone will brush but at night all will forget and sleep, so in our teeth all the germ particles will stay and stick to our teeth gums and my harm to our teeth, so brushing is important to everyone at night time.