Every time you have a meal, the bacteria that naturally reside in your mouth feast on the food you eat. read more
Brushing, thankfully, "disrupt[s] that bacteria so it doesn't stay in place," she says, because if left in place, it starts to attack your teeth. Plus, the longer that plaque sits in one place, the more likely it is to become tartar, "that hard, yellow, rough material you sometimes feel in between your teeth" that can cause inflammation and bleeding in the gums, she says. read more
Well, if you don't your teeth will get yellow in, and you'll end up with some really bad breath. Those are things that happen almost immediately. Losing them takes time, till they rot. read more