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When to: Brush Your Teeth
When to: Brush Your Teeth
Take a brush to your pearly whites an hour after eating. When you eat, acids in some foods temporarily soften the enamel on your teeth, and if you brush too soon you can erode the protective enamel. Wait too long, and you've given plaque a chance to settle in (not to mention you might be sporting dragon breath).
By Natalie Gingerich Mackenzie. Published February 14, 2012. Natalie Gingerich Mackenzie is a health and fitness writer in Syracuse, NY and author of the newly-released book Tone Every Inch (Rodale, 2012).
