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Does brushing our teeth also lower the number of 'healthy' bacteria in our mouths?
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Good/Bad bacteria: Brushing your teeth does reduce both good/bad bacteria. The benefits of reducing the bad outweigh the risks of reducing some of the good bacteria. Brushing regularly after meals will keep the bacteria in check and allow a normal flora in the mouth.
Answered 7/25/2012
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Possible: Brushing your teeth will always help lower the bacterial count in your mouth but they reproduce very rapidly and that is why we must brush mulitple times in a day. So don't worry about them.
Answered 4/4/2014
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