by Team TUNG Brush | Mar 25, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
For babies, sticking out their tongue is developmentally and socially appropriate. In Western Culture, we think it is cute and even encourage it. Meanwhile, the baby is learning how to imitate and manipulate his or her mouth thereby learning the beginning of...
by Team TUNG Brush | Mar 11, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
Did you know that the tongue has played an important role in the recent history of music? It has become the signature trademark for at least two famous rock bands! Over half a century ago, the Rolling Stones debuted in part of what was to become the “British...
by Team TUNG Brush | Feb 28, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
Here are some fun facts that will help you appreciate and make you want to take good care of your amazing tongue. 1. One taste bud has 50-100 taste cells, and the average person has 10,000 taste buds, of which 2,000 live under the tongue, inside the cheeks, on...
by Team TUNG Brush | Feb 12, 2013 | Bad Breath, Halitosis, TUNG Brush
Although most of us think of the tongue as that bumpy protrusion in our mouths that tastes, that gets burned by hot coffee or that is used by children to “razz” their friends, the word itself is used in many proverbs or colloquial phrases! In many languages, the...
by Team TUNG Brush | Feb 4, 2013 | Bad Breath, TUNG Brush
It might be healthier for you if that happened than if you don’t take care of your own tongue at all! We all know that bacteria that build in the mouth and on the tongue cause bad breath. Maybe mouthwash covers the symptoms, but it may not cure the cause. But did...
