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Tongue scraping evicts microscopic oral squatters

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That white film on your tongue is essentially a hostile takeover by anaerobic bacteria. Dragging a piece of metal across it every morning physically removes their makeshift villages, instantly upgrading your breath from toxic fumes to merely tolerable.

Tongue scraping evicts microscopic oral squatters
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