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Bingeing your Halloween candy is the right move

Turns out, your childhood instincts were spot on: the best thing you can do for your teeth is to eat all the candy at once.

At least, that’s according to Dr. Lisa Creaven, co-founder and CEO of Made By Dentists. Her logic? Every time you take a bite of sugar, it takes 45 minutes for your saliva to neutralize it. Snack all day, and your teeth stay in a sugar bath from dawn ‘til dusk. (Happy Halloween.)

Other dentist-approved tips we liked:

Don’t brush right after eating — wait at least 30 minutes so the acid settles and you’re not scrubbing it deeper.
Use mouthwash in the middle of the day, not after brushing. Otherwise, you’re washing away all the good fluoride your toothpaste just left behind.
If you’re using mouthwash, make sure it’s alcohol-free. We love this one from Listerine.

LEVEL UP YOUR ORAL CARE ROUTINE

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