Asklemmy

I brush my teeth first thing in the morning when I wake up, before breakfast, to ensure I have the perfect coffee breath for the whole day after breakfast.

After breakfast than floss+brush before bed. Before breakfast doesn't make sense to me because you're brushing twice when you haven't eaten anything.

I ermm… only brush in the morning, after I had my shower. I know I should brush at least twice and I really wish I had the motivation to do so, but somehow I just find myself in bed without brushing.
But, to make up for it a little, I brush my teeth very meticulously for a minimum of 6 to 8 minutes. I follow intermittent fasting, so my next meal won’t be for another couple of hours.
My dentist is always full of praise during my half yearly checkup so I must be doing something right?

Better to brush after getting up to remove any bacteria and plaque buildup. And then right before bed, floss+brush.

After my morning coffee to try and reduce coffee staining teeth

Also 100% recommend water flossers, they're a game changer cuz I was really bad about flossing normally

I brush pretty much as soon as I get up and right before I go to bed.

Brush before bed to keep your teeth, brush after breakfast to keep your friends

I remember reading you shouldn't do it immediately after breakfast due to acids etc increasing the risk of damaging you teeth with the fairly rough brush.
Something like 40 minutes after breakfast would be ideal. I tend to do it maybe 10-20 minutes after bc i have to get ready 🤷

There are plenty of studies suggesting that people are actually brushing too much. Kinda like with shampoo... we strip our surfaces from healthy bacteria and oils and it creates a vicious cycle.

On the other side, many foods we eat today are not healthy for our mouth environment, so I still believe there has to be a certain degree of brushing, of course. So, simply put... you should adjust to your use case. Learn when you feel your mouth needs some brushing or not, and move on.

Every time you finish a meal

Before bed and before breakfast. Bacteria grow in your mouth during your sleep, so it's best to keep them low when you start sleeping, and kill them again before you swallow them with breakfast.

Following the advice of my dentist, in the morning after finishing my coffee and in the evening before bed.

Morning after breakfast and at night before bed.

Before bed 99% of the time. If I'm leaving the house then I'll brush before I do.

I think ideally you'd brush your teeth after every meal, but that would require having a toothbrush with you at all times and I'm too lazy for that. Brushing twice a day is good enough; once around 10-15 minutes after eating breakfast/ the first meal of the day and right before bed.

Build up of bacteria at night means that if you eat in the morning before brushing there will be more bacteria to break down the food into acid which will break down your teeth.

Ideal is to brush first but also brush after each meal*

*as long as the acidity in your mouth is 5.5pH or less your teeth are being broken down by the acid (which means that brushing would be scrubing them with acid and making it worse) in which case you should wait until your spit (which is a buffer solution) returns your pH to normal. Since most foods are acidic the recommendation is to wait 30 mnutes after eating and then brush. Or you can eat suger free gum right after a meal, this will trick your brain to produce more spit which will return the normal pH faster.

My personal system is like so:

Wake up

Use dental jet floss (water floss)

Brush teeth

After any foods eaten chew gum for 10-30 minutes

Floss

Dental jet (if at home)

If I'm at home and have 30 minutes to wait between mouthwash and brushing then I use mouthwash, wait 30 min then brush, if not then just brushing and if I'm not at home then just mouthwash.

Repeat for as many things as I eat that day.

Before bed:

Floss

Dental jet

Mouthwash

Wait 30 min

Brush

Just before bed, yep. I usually eat breakfast at work, so I brush before leaving, after my morning coffees.

I brush in the morning, and rinse or floss after I eat anything. I brush when I get home from work, after supper, and before I go to bed.

I used to just brush in the morning and at night, and have a partial to show for it

It depends on the day for me, but usually it's once a day at night because I synchronize it with my showering frequency. If I do it twice in a day, the first time is after breakfast unless I skip breakfast.

As far as I know, getting cavities is a lot about genetics. I floss and brush after dinner and breakfast and don't overthink it and I've been fine for many decades now.

Apparently I’m disgusting because I only brush and floss at night. I wish I was the sort of person who brushed after every meal but I just can’t be bothered. I haven’t had a cavity in years though, so I guess it works for me.

Bro its not just about the 6 hours, There will be much less saliva and other secretions from your mouth when you sleep. Actually saliva slows down bacteria growth, thats why your breath smells after you wake up

At night before bed, 4 minutes. After flossing them.

I just drink water in the morning, coffee later, and you aren't supposed to brush right after eating or drinking so I've not found another convenient time.

If I could remember to do it, I'm sure after lunch would be ideal, I just can't reliably remember to.

Most people will say its generally after you eat but I personally believe it should be before and after you sleep (including naps). I noticed that after naps my mouth feels very weird and things taste different but brushing my teeth stops that. Cavities mainly form while you sleep not while you are awake so going about your normal day with dirty teeth isn't going to harm you even though its a bit gross.

I brush a while after eating. My roomie brushes before breakfast and before bead.

I usually do after breakfast and/or before I leave the house (if later in the day). I've read advice though to brush first thing in the morning BEFORE breakfast because it will protect your teeth from acids in your food, coffee, etc. I'd love to know if that's the best way.

First thing after I wake up, very thoroughly with a soft toothbrush. I can't start my day with gross mouth. Definitely never right after coffee (though I understand the impulse). I never seem to get around to it at night. My dentist seems satisfied. If I leave the house in the evening, I brush before I go out.

After breakfast I would think. Any other time would be rather inconvenient.

After showering.