From morning to morning, brush teeth and wash our face, which is taught by parents and teachers from childhood; in the morning, drinking water and detoxification is a propaganda by health experts. It is undeniable that brushing teeth in the morning is certainly good for you to get up and drink water. But the people with obsessive-compulsive disorder found blind spots in them: Brush teeth in the morning and drink water. So, drink water first or brush teeth first?
This blind spot is difficult to say, but it is very simple to analyze. If you look at the advantages of drinking water and brushing your teeth, you can see clearly.
The benefits of getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth
Oral cavity itself is a bacteria environment, brushing teeth is not to eliminate bacteria, but to reduce the growth of bacteria. Generally speaking, oral bacteria in the evening after nearly 10 hours of "cultivation", will be a large number of adsorption on the teeth, and then breeding more harmful bacteria, and the morning brush teeth is to deal with these harmful bacteria breeding.
Benefits of drinking water in the morning
A glass of water on an empty stomach every morning can clear the intestines and expel toxins, and bring digestive enzymes in saliva into the intestines and stomach, so as to help us fully decompose food and promote digestion when we eat breakfast. Another cup of water can also effectively supplement the water lost at night, stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, improve defecation function and prevent constipation.
It is not difficult to see from the above that the purpose of brushing teeth is to solve the problem of bacteria breeding, and the purpose of drinking water is more health care and intestinal care. Therefore, from which point of view, you should brush your teeth first and then drink water. Of course, brushing your teeth before drinking water is also beneficial.
Why brush your teeth before drinking water?
It has been mentioned before that after one night's "cultivation", teeth are covered with many bacteria or dirt, which will form plaque and calculus once calcium salt in saliva is combined and deposited. So once you get up in the morning, drink water first, which is basically equivalent to pouring tartar and bacteria into the stomach, which is harmful to the body.
Oral condition after getting up
First of all, from the subjective experience, even if there is no oral disease or other physical problems, I brush my teeth seriously at night, and I still have breath in the morning, and I feel bitter and sticky. This is because the number of bacteria killed by toothpaste is limited. Take plaque bacteria as an example, 75% of people brush their teeth every day, and only 25% of them can remove plaque bacteria in their mouth. If the habit is unhealthy or the brushing method is unscientific, this value will be lower. And brushing your teeth only temporarily reduces the number of bacteria in your mouth, because bacteria multiply at a phenomenal rate, fission every half an hour. After a night of breeding, the number of bacteria in the mouth can be imagined. For example, if you have a heavy breath, it is because of anaerobic bacteria that you shut your mouth and breathe for a long time at night, which creates a good condition for the excessive reproduction of anaerobic bacteria.
It can be said that the oral cavity is an excellent bacterial culture dish, with more than 400 kinds of bacteria. According to the researchers' estimates, there are 10 billion bacteria in 1 gram of dental plaque in healthy individuals, 80 million Neisseria in 1 ml of ordinary saliva, and 1 billion anaerobic Streptococcus in 1 gram of gingival secretion. But you don't have to worry, even if the bacteria in the mouth are amazing, as long as it is in the normal number, maintain dynamic balance, there is no absolute harm or benefit.
However, due to the excessive reproduction of bacteria at night, and the possibility that food residues may not be completely removed by brushing teeth at night, the bacteria will corrupt and deteriorate. So, of course, it is recommended to brush your teeth before drinking water. It can not only reduce the number of bacteria, but also further clean the mouth to ensure that the digestive enzymes are swallowed instead of excessive bacteria.
Brushing your teeth first will brush away digestive enzymes?
Many people who drink water first have the view that brushing their teeth first will brush away the digestive enzymes in saliva, which is a waste. In fact, digestive enzymes in saliva only work when the human body needs digestion. When he doesn't need digestion, he is a "slacker" and can only "rest" everywhere. It is precisely when the human body is sleeping, saliva secretion is not much, the digestive enzymes produced are also not much, so even if brushing away, there is no need to be too sorry.
Warm tips: it's wrong to brush your teeth and gargle hard
The British Dental Association points out that many people like to gargle hard after brushing their teeth, as well as in many films and TV works. This practice is worthy of inspection. If you gargle hard after brushing your teeth, the fluoride protective layer adsorbed on the teeth will be washed away, and the protective effect of toothpaste will be lost.
Finally, brushing your teeth in the morning is right, and brushing at night is necessary. Because the human body secretes less saliva during sleep, bacteria are more likely to adhere to the teeth. If you don't brush your teeth at night, gingivitis will fall in love with your mouth every minute.
