Going to Glastonbury? This is what happens if you don’t clean your teeth for five days
by Lisa Salmon
Jun 25, 2024
4 minutes
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If you’ve ever been to a festival, you’ll know that hygiene is not top of the priority list for many people.
And that means oral hygiene, as well as body cleanliness, can take a back seat, and teeth may not get brushed twice a day, or even once. And that can open you up to not only future dental problems, but smelly breath.
Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation, points out that although not brushing your teeth can lead to smelly breath, the more serious consequences of poor dental hygiene are gum inflammation (gingivitis),
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