Brushing vs. Scraping Your Tongue

Any form of cleaning your tongue is fantastic for your overall health, but some methods are much more effective than others. While brushing your tongue is a great start, here are a few reasons why scraping is better:

1) Gag Reflex

We all know how uncomfortable it is to brush the tongue with a toothbrush — one wrong move and you've lost your breakfast. With the ScrapeYourTongue tongue scraper you have more control because you're holding it with both hands. Rather than moving something back and forth into your mouth, you bend the scraper so it easily reaches the back of your tongue without triggering the gag reflex.

2) Spreading the Bacteria

When you brush your tongue you're basically just spreading the bacteria around. Some of it is raised up and washes out when you rinse, but the majority stays embedded in the tongue. A scraper physically lifts and removes the biofilm in a single pass.

3) Physics

Your teeth are hard, so they need a soft surface like bristles to clean them. Your tongue is soft and needs something firm — like a plastic tongue scraper — to scoop up bacteria that's sitting on the surface.

And please don't use the "tongue scraper" nub on the back of some toothbrushes. That literally does nothing. Get a proper tongue scraper from ScrapeYourTongue.com and see the difference today.

Ready to make tongue scraping part of your daily routine? The ScrapeYourTongue tongue scraper is designed for daily use — flexible, two-handed grip, covers your full tongue in one pass, and won't trigger your gag reflex. Available as a 1-pack for $8 or a 4-pack for $9.99. Shop now →