Will you have your breakfast without brushing teeth?

@youless (112582)
Guangzhou, China
May 17, 2008 9:35am CST
That's impossible for me. Everyday when I get up, the first time for me to do is brushing my teeth rather than having breakfast. After a whole night, I think my teeth need to be brushed then I will have a good breath. And then I can have my breakfast.
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@ladysakurax (1161)
• Canada
19 May 08
I think it should be the opposite O.O I've been taught at school to always brush teeth after eating to keep the your mouth clean. I brush only after breakfast. If i do brush before eating then I'll have to do it again after eating lol. have a nice day
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
Thanks for your response.
@moondan (712)
• China
19 May 08
To be frank,i care of the smell of the mouth.I think after one whole night sleeping,the smell of mouth must be strong.Maybe i will not brush my teeth at the first time i wake up.I will lie on the bed with reading,or get up to drawing room to watching TV without brushing the teeth.but before breakfast or eating something,i will must go to brush my teeth.I think it is more clean.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
At least you still brush your teeth before having breakfast
@wayz12 (2059)
• United States
17 May 08
It is usually my habit to brush my teeth as soon as I wake up, to get rid of that morning breath and fuzzy feeling in the mouth. Since I don't eat breakfast immediately, I don't have to worry about eating with a freshly-brushed taste in my mouth. So, by the time, I settle for breakfast, the minty taste of toothpaste should have disappeared and I can enjoy my food better. Than after eating breakfast, I brushed my teeth again. That's my normal routine in the morning when it comes to brushing my teeth and eating breakfast.
@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
18 May 08
You really care about your teeth and that's a good habit
@SViswan (12051)
• India
19 May 08
Brush teeth - Before or after breakfast
Brushing my teeth is the first thing I do when I get up. But my husband and I brush AFTER breakfast too. We don't really brush after other meals (besides dinner but it's a while after dinner and just before we go to bed). But when I was working before marriage...some of my colleagues would come to work without brushing...but they had this bottle of water with some herbs and they would drink it through out the day.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
I think it's not bad to brush the teeth again after breakfast. Brushing teeth more at least is better
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
17 May 08
Good evening, youless. It is really a good and healthy habit for us to brush teeth before having breakfast as we have already slept the whole night. Also it is a good habit to brush teeth before going to bed. We brush teeth for the purpose of protecting our teeth and having a good breath. Good night.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
18 May 08
You are right. By the way, it's strange that I seem to see Andy Lau's photo as your avatar. However, your avatar will be the default one except for this page and I don't understand why.
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
18 May 08
Hi youless! Oh no, I don't think I can. I do brush my teeth when I wake up and do brush them again after each meal and before I sleep. But of course, when I am out the whole day and eat my meals somewhere, I can't brush my teeth after meal but will do it as soon as I get home. Take Care and God Bless! Happy Mylotting!
@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
18 May 08
That's good for you, my dear friend.
• United States
19 May 08
I actually brush my teeth after breakfast. I feel it's silly to brush your teeth and get them all dirty again by eating breakfast. All that food gets stuck on your teeth again and you are going throughout the day with the same kind of mouth yuckiness that you had while you were sleeping, unless you brush before and after you eat breakfast. Most people I know brush after eating and not before.
@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
In fact I prefer to brush the teeth again after breakfast. I don't get used to have breakfast without brushing my teeth.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
19 May 08
I wait until after breakfast to brush my teeth. I like that clean feeling to last. If I brush then eat, my teeth are dirty again.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
Thanks for your reply.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
19 May 08
I have the same routine as you, as I wake up, have to brush my teeth first then drink a glass of water, take my breakfast and gargle after! I can't take any food without brushing my teeth first!
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• United States
19 May 08
I agree but if I am eating too oily, I end up brushing twice in my morning! LOL!
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
I believe that's a good habit
@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
19 May 08
Hmm I only brush my teeth twice one before go to bed and before leave the house. I never brushed my teeth before breakfast. strange habit for me :)
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
Thanks for your reply.
@lynnchua (3412)
• Singapore
19 May 08
I will never have breakfast before brushing my teeth. It's a must for me to brush my teeth second thing in the morning before doing anything else.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
Thanks for your response.
@mayka123 (16604)
• India
19 May 08
I have my tea every morning without brushing my teeth. I know it is a bad habit but i cannot do without my bed tea!!
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
If your teeth are fine, then it's not a big problem.
• Canada
19 May 08
if you brush before you eat, then it mens you do brush again after as well right. O.o your mouth will be dirty and will smell the food. I always brush my teeth after eating. So it means I brush after breakfast, I brush after lunch if i am at home, and brush after eating supper. it's strange to brush before eating
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
Then we have different opinion here
@bestie (3272)
• Philippines
19 May 08
I don't eat breakfast without brushing my teeth first.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
I think many people do the same.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
17 May 08
I always brush my teeth right after I eat my breakfast. I could not stand not to.
@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
18 May 08
Me, too
@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
18 May 08
Like you, the first thing I do after waking up is to wash my face and brush my teeth. Then I will feel fresh and clean after that, ready to take my breakfast. If I have to go off after breakfast, then I will gargle my mouth with a mouthwash otherwise there will be a lingering coffee odor in my mouth. Some people advocate eating breakfast first, then brushing the teeth after breakfast, but for me, I am so used to the other way round having practiced this for years already.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
18 May 08
Keep this good habit, my dear friend.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
17 May 08
I don't brush my teeth until after I have eaten breakfast. Food tastes funny to me after I have brushed my teeth with a minty tooth paste.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
17 May 08
What a surprise to know that
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
19 May 08
i work at nights so i dont need to brush my teeth if i go home. i brush my teeth after eating because i need to go to sleep. but when i wake up i brush my teeth before eating lunch. i even call my son to brush his teeth with me. it has a taste of yucky if i wake up and dont brush my teeth before eating anything.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 08
Thanks for your reply.
@teka44 (3420)
• Brazil
17 May 08
Hi youless. Of course not. The first thing I do is take a shower and brushing teeth, and after the breakfast too.
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@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
17 May 08
That is a good habit