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Evidence-based guides to bleeding gums, gum disease and bad breath — written from the clinical research, reviewed against what LACALUT® has learnt treating gums since 1925.

Tongue Scraping: Does It Actually Work?

Tongue Scraping: Does It Actually Work?

on Aug 12 2026
Tongue scraping works — it measurably reduces the volatile sulphur compounds that ARE the smell of bad breath. But almost everybody cleans the tip and front of the tongue, which is nearly clean already, and never reaches the back, where the odour-producing bacteria actually live. Here is the evidence and the correct technique.