 Experienced dentist Dr Kunal Patel told Woman&Home : "It makes sense to brush your teeth before breakfast as you will have a build-up of natural acid in your mouth immediately after you've eaten and run the risk of damaging the enamel if you brush then." Fellow tooth expert Dr Anjum Maryam Jahan, agrees saying: "If you are brushing immediately after you have eaten, you are effectively brushing the acid onto your teeth which can erode your enamel." Elsewhere, Dr Sameer Patel, clinical director at Elleven Dental Wellness, Harley Street, told the Telegraph: "For tooth decay to start, three things are required: bacteria, sugar and time. "Overnight, you naturally develop plaque. This is, in essence, a sticky film of bacteria. That's why you don't wake up with great breath. If you don't brush, you then introduce sugar to the equation at breakfast.' He says this provides the perfect storm for decay as all three elements are present. If you brush before breakfast 'you go into eating with no bacteria, so that process of decay doesn't start'. A US study says that brushing stimulates saliva production, which helps to break your food down. And if you're bristling with fluoride ahead of breakfast, this is even b){kind=link}
It’s an age-old dilemma – and one that isn’t as cut and dried as you might think …
Since being a child you’ve had it drummed into you to brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes, with regular flossing – if you remember.
But there’s always been an age-old dilemma to keeping our pearly whites nice and clean – should we brush before breakfast or after breakfast?
It really isn’t as cut and dried as you might think, with some dentists very much divided on the best thing to do.
Of course, whatever your morning routine, it’d be be difficult to change course now.