Can’t sleep?  Get up for a snack?  Here’s some news for you.  Saliva flow is greatly reduced at night – and one of saliva’s functions is to wash food off your teeth.  So those little cookie crumbs stay in your mouth til morning, causing decay, which, if left untreated, leads to tooth loss.  So while you may be brushing diligently twice a day, you could be sabotaging yourself.  So after a nighttime snack, rinse at least.

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