“Should I brush my teeth after drinking lemon water?”
I am a 25 year old female. I want to know if I should brush my teeth after drinking lemon water?
5 Answers
No need
Lemon is very abrasive to your enamel and depending on the strength of the lemon water you should brush or at least rinse out your mouth. The damage comes from high strength lemon such as sucking on them, not so much if you are just squeezing a wedge into the water. Always better to be safe.
I would recommend that you avoid brushing your teeth immediately after drinking lemon water, but make sure you're not putting too much lemon in the water - more lemon means more acid which translates into more risk of enamel damage. If you brush your teeth multiple times a day, then there's no need to brush your teeth after drinking the lemon water, so it would
make more sense to brush your teeth before you drink it and avoid damaging the enamel that can occur if you brush right after exposing your teeth to slightly acidic liquid.
make more sense to brush your teeth before you drink it and avoid damaging the enamel that can occur if you brush right after exposing your teeth to slightly acidic liquid.
I'll say drink with a straw and rinse with room temp water afterwards
It is a good idea to rinse out mouth with regular water to avoid acid in the mouth
