Dental Hygiene Products

Tongue Cleaner

Tongue cleaners are relatively new products in oral hygiene. They are useful devices complementing oral hygiene in case of problems originating from bacterial activities in the oral cavity. Such problems include bad breath (halitosis) or gingival problems.

In the recent years, tongue cleaners have come up in the product range provided by manufacturers. All of them aim to clean the suface of the tongue while weaping or scraping it. Usually, a once per day application is recommended. This is because several medical studies have shown that the wet and warm surface of the tongue is an ideal place for bacteria to cultivate, resulting often in undesirable effect of bad breath or gingival issues like gingivitis. For patients who regularly take care of cleaning their teeth while still not being able to resolve and remove such symptoms, it may be a good advise to start cleaning their tongue surface.

The tongue surface is, other than it may apear, a very sensitive and vulnerable part of our body. Since the tongue is responsible for not only physical moving of food, drink, cleaning work of teeth, wettening our lips, it contains the taste cells which ultimately help us to know what we are eating, enjoy our food and drinks. It is therefore absolutely necessary to use a gentle while still effective device to clean out tongue. Repeting usage of a razor-like, aggressive device can cause permanent damage to our tongue. It can have a desensitizing side-effect. Therefore, we strongly recommend to use only the best and most gentle tongue cleaners available for daily usage.

This tongue cleaner, selected by SCANDERRA, originates from Japan. it has been developed in co-operation with a university institue to optimize both material used and its shape. It is the highest sold tongue cleaner in Japan, while Japanese customers and patients are known to be very demanding on product quality.

The upper part of the tongue cleaner is made of an elastomer, a material close to the softness and flexibility of the skin. It moves on the tongue surface without scraching it. The bacteria layer (plaque) is removed gently, but completely. After usage, it can simply be rinsed and washed out with hot water. Therefore, it can be re-used many times, even months. No colouing agent is used for this tongue cleaner.

This product is stressing function and does not contain the frills and fancy of other products. It is recommended by Japanese dentists for several years.

Features

• Gentle and safe cleaning with elastomer cleaner
• no razor edge in order to avoid potential of damaging tongue surface
• can be easily washed out under hot water
• tested and recommended by dentists