If you can’t seem to get the taste of onion, garlic or cheese out your mouth after brushing, you might benefit from a tongue scraper. As one of the most flexible muscles in the body, the tongue has ...

You’re proud of yourself, orally speaking: You brush with a whitening toothpaste twice a day (sometimes after lunch, too!). You floss often. You gargle and avoid sweets and don’t overindulge in coffee ...

We love oral hygiene at NBC Select, which feels like a weird thing to say out loud. We spend many of our water cooler chats talking about our favorite flosses, toothpaste and mouthwashes — we just ...

Tongue scraping is the process of running a simple tool across your tongue to remove bacteria, food particles, and other debris from the surface. It's been around for hundreds of years, with tongue ...

The pandemic has boosted many people's interest in health and wellness, and that includes oral hygiene. Science Photo Library via Getty Images Many of us might be diligent about brushing our teeth, ...

In addition to brushing and flossing your teeth, there’s another practice you may want to add to your oral health routine: tongue scraping. Dating back at least 2,000 years, tongue scraping offers ...

We all know that brushing and flossing are gospel when it comes to oral hygiene, but guidance on caring for your tongue isn’t hammered home from your dentist and parents in the same way. Thank ...

When it comes to maintaining oral health, we usually focus on keeping our teeth in tip-top shape by brushing, flossing, and using mouthwash. But it turns out that a tongue scraper might be the one of ...

The tongue is one of TikTok’s latest fixations. With 4.9 million views on the hashtag #tonguescraping, people are curious about the oral health practice that’s proven to banish bad breath. Beyond its ...

Tongue scraping is a method of cleaning the tongue using either a special device or a toothbrush. Some people believe that using a tongue scraper can improve oral hygiene and reduce the risk of bad ...

Many of us might be diligent about brushing our teeth, flossing and using mouthwash. But there’s another element of oral hygiene that people are less familiar with: tongue scraping. “Tongue scraping ...