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Is brushing your teeth for two minutes enough? Here's what the evidence says

By Josefine Hirschfeld, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham

A lot of us are familiar with the advice that we should brush our teeth twice a day, and for at least two minutes each time. Many of us over-estimate how long we brush our teeth for – by as much as a whole minute in some cases. And yet there’s some evidence that even two minutes of teeth brushing may not be enough.

According to research,…

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