[Alongoria13]

No

[Ina Garten]

NO, because it's actually quite harmful. The rough brushing motions damage your tooth enamel and aggravate your gums, causing inflammation. Brushing also destroys healthy, beneficial bacteria responsible for keeping the bio-dome of organisms present in your mouth balanced and in check (similar to your intestines; douching too much, for example, rids the rectum/vagina of important bacteria whose absence may lead to dysbiosis)

Not brushing your teeth may lead to unsavory breath, but chewing on a piece of licorice root was a common remedy for those sorts of nasty side-effects during colonial times. I grow licorice in the garden at my estate so bad breath is never a problem for me; just ask my husband Jeffrey if you don't believe me!

[Sazare]

Originally posted by Ina Garten

NO, because it's actually quite harmful. The rough brushing motions damage your tooth enamel and aggravate your gums, causing inflammation. Brushing also destroys healthy, beneficial bacteria responsible for keeping the bio-dome of organisms present in your mouth balanced and in check (similar to your intestines; douching too much, for example, rids the rectum/vagina of important bacteria whose absence may lead to dysbiosis)

Not brushing your teeth may lead to unsavory breath, but chewing on a piece of licorice root was a common remedy for those sorts of nasty side-effects during colonial times. I grow licorice in the garden at my estate so bad breath is never a problem for me; just ask my husband Jeffrey if you don't believe me!