Why do We Brush Our Teeth? | Health for Kids | SciShow Kids

[Music playing]

Yawn!

It’s almost bed time here at the fort!

But before we get tucked in, we’ve got to brush our teeth!

Hey, that’s a good question, Squeaks. We do it a couple of times a day, but we should

really understand why we do it!

So: Why do we have to brush our teeth?

Well, have your teeth ever felt just...yucky? Like at the end of the day? Or first thing in the morning?

I really like brushing my teeth, because it gets rid of that icky feeling. And it feels good, because it is good!

We brush our teeth to keep them clean and healthy--so they can keep helping us our whole lives!

After all, how would you crunch up a cracker, or bite into an apple, without them?

Without teeth, you’d have very few choices of foods that you could eat. So you’ve got

to take care of them!