If you can’t seem to get the taste of onion, garlic or cheese out your mouth after brushing, you might benefit from a tongue scraper. As one of the most flexible muscles in the body, the tongue has ...

You’re proud of yourself, orally speaking: You brush with a whitening toothpaste twice a day (sometimes after lunch, too!). You floss often. You gargle and avoid sweets and don’t overindulge in coffee ...

chair of oral biology at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine Tongue scraping is exactly what it sounds like—using a tool (either made of plastic, stainless steel, or copper) to gently ...

Editor’s note: Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a New York-based freelance health and science journalist. If you can’t seem to get the taste of onion, garlic or cheese out your mouth after brushing, you might ...