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History Behind Tongue Cleaning

In case you are new to Gunkii: A tongue scraper is an oral hygiene tool designed to clean the coating on the top of your tongue. Why Should I Tongue Scrape? The large surface area and the lingual papilla are anatomical features of the tongue that promote tongue coating by retaining microorganisms. And what we mean by this is that the top of your tongue has a large surface. On that surface, gross things are accumulating: food particles, saliva, dead cells and anything else you crammed into your mouth! Tongue cleaning can be done twice a day as part as your oral routine. How Did Tongue Scraping Start? Tongue scraping is suggested to have started with the Ayurvedic practice of...

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Oral Health Care Routines

Dental health care has a set of building blocks - many of us skip a few steps here. But, we want you to remember, healthy teeth and gums can only be achieved by practicing the basics each day. And some of the basics have to be tackled more than once a day.

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Why Use a Tongue Scraper?

There are several reasons to tongue scrape! Let's talk about the top 3 reasons you should be doing it. 1) Tongue Scraping Reduces Bad Breath. This is probably the most important reason you should be tongue scraping.

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Are You Ready to Tongue Scrape?

Press Gunkii on your tongue. Apply as much pressure as you feel comfortable. Slowly pull Gunkii forward, toward the tip of your tongue. Always go from the back of the tongue to the tip. Think of this as a one way tool.

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