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Brushing your teeth twice a day is essential for oral hygiene. The ritual of brushing your teeth in the morning can be an incredibly useful addition to your morning routine. Similarly, brushing your teeth at night can be made a part of your night routine, thus making it easy to keep track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it sounds so simple, but there are so many people who struggle to find time to brush their teeth twice every day. A recent survey<\/a> found that as many as 30% of millennials are only brushing their teeth once a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do you build a habit of brushing your teeth in the morning as well as at night every single day? This article discusses five practical steps you can apply right away to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Set a reminder on your phone<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Most phones today have a feature to set weekly recurring reminders. Make use of this feature and set two reminders on your phone every day\u200a\u2014\u200aone in the morning and once at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you live with roommates and are embarrassed they might see your reminder and make fun of you, feel free to use a secret code like \u201cclose the windows.\u201d That way, they won\u2019t know and you can start with your habit-building free of shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Make it the start and stop point<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You can rewire your brain to look at brushing your teeth as the start and stop points of the period where you eat food. Your morning brushing session can be the starting point after which you will have breakfast. Similarly, after you have your last meal of the day, brushing your teeth will end the food cycle for the day, signaling your brain that it no longer requires food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can come in extremely handy if you are following any form of intermittent fasting<\/a>. Since it\u2019s not easy to eat at night after brushing, you can successfully stop all cravings for midnight snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Hold yourself accountable <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You can do this in the following two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n