FIG. 09 · ABOUT
FIG. 09.1 · THE IDEA
Say oral care and we think of teeth. The surface of the tongue is uneven, with places a toothbrush doesn't reach. Research suggests that cleaning the tongue can reduce bad breath for a short time.¹
Habits are formed in childhood. We wanted to take this step out of the drawer and turn it into an object you'd want to keep in plain sight on the bathroom shelf.
¹ Cochrane 2006 (CD005519); Van der Sleen 2010. Tongue Atlas
FIG. 09.2 · POSITION
Everyone chooses their own colour; no one mixes theirs up in the cup.
FIG. 09.3 · HOW WE WORK
We asked the same questions you do. We wrote the answers plainly.
- Every number we show has a source.We share a rating, a review or a measurement only when we can also say where it comes from.
- No medical promises.A tongue cleaner is not a treatment. We describe it as a step that completes everyday oral care.
- Beside the toothbrush, not instead of it.The toothbrush and floss stay where they are. We make the forgotten step easier.
- We write down what we don't know, too.We gathered the questions we can't yet answer in a separate article, and update it as things become clearer.
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