4.6The 60 second routine that clears out the stinky bacteria hiding in the back of your tongue.
You do everything right. Tongue scraper, toothbrush, mouthwash, floss. And the smell still comes back. It's not your fault. Nobody ever told you where the problem really starts.
“I thought bad breath was just something that came with age. So glad I bought this, honestly it changed my life. I scrape my tongue, I brush three times a day, and none of it made a difference. I got this and my breath changed right away!!”
80 to 90% of bad breath starts inside the mouth, and a coated tongue is one of the leading causes. Everything you've tried stayed on the surface.
It's not you. It's your tools. (Even when you do everything right.)
A systematic review of the published work. Factors inside the mouth cause 80 to 90 percent of bad breath, and a coated tongue is named as one of the leading ones.
The authors measured the surface of the tongue. Where coating showed, the grooves between the bumps ran deeper. What sits down in them is what a scraper rides over.
Thirty people, four separate mornings. A tongue cleaner cut the smell producing gases by 42%, a scraper by 40%, a toothbrush by 33%. But the researchers could not detect a significant drop past 30 minutes in a single subject.
The bacteria sit inside a sticky matrix they build themselves. In the authors’ own words, it protects them against chemical and physical attack, and it makes the plaque hard to clear.
🔁Why it always comes back
You already scrape your tongue, and you're right, that's where most of the smell comes from. And it works. The gunk comes off and your breath smells better.
But you only got the ones on top. Under an hour later, the ones you missed build it right back, and the smell comes with it.
That isn't you doing it wrong. It's where the tool stops.
🪥Why a tongue scraper isn't enough
Your tongue isn't flat. It's like shag carpeting down there. Ever tried cleaning a shag carpet with a broom? You get the surface. What's packed down in there stays put.
And pushing harder makes it worse. A raw tongue gives that gunk even more to hold onto.
💧Why mouthwash alone does nothing
Down in those cracks, the bacteria are covered. They build a sticky shield over themselves. It has a name. Biofilm.
Researchers put a number on what that shield buys them. Under it, bacteria can hold out against an antimicrobial up to a thousand times better than the same bacteria out in the open.
Your mouthwash slides right over the top of it. It's not too weak. It just never reaches them.
💦What DeepDrive actually does
Your scraper gets the surface. Your mouthwash gets the surface. Neither one gets down where it counts.
So it was never about scraping harder. The question was how to get into those cracks, break that shield open, and get the mouthwash in right then.
That's what DeepDrive is. A gentle jet built for the tongue. It opens the layer and pushes the mouthwash onto the bacteria in the same move. About a minute a day.
🎯A gentle mode built for the tongue
Water with pressure behind it is the only thing that gets down there. But your tongue is soft. Push too hard and you tear up the surface. Go too soft and it never gets in.
So we set the pressure for the tongue and nothing else. Most water flossers run up to 100 psi, because they're built for teeth. Ours is set to 40.
Over 12 weeks, the people who added a daily water flosser ended up with less mouth odor than at their own start. (Xu 2023, see the studies page.)
🧪Why you can't just use your own mouthwash
Two products, two different jobs.
A regular mouthwash was built to go in a cap and get swished. Pour it into a full tank of water and it's too watered down to do anything down in the cracks.
Our sticks were built for the tank. One stick, one dose, mixed to land at the right strength once it hits the water. So while the jet opens that white layer, the CPC is already down there at working strength.
We picked CPC for the trade off. The stronger antiseptics stain teeth and change how food tastes. CPC does the job with far less of that.
In a lab dish, on bare bacteria, a CPC rinse killed more than 99% of them in 30 seconds. That test ran at a strength we stay under on purpose, because once the shield is open it takes a fraction of that.
⚡Two steps in one
Scrape, then rinse, and you've done two things at two different times. The scraper never opened the cracks, so by the time the mouthwash shows up the shield is still closed.
The jet does both in the same pass, in the same water, on the same spot. That's the moment the bacteria are out in the open.
🚫Alcohol free, on purpose
Alcohol dries your mouth out, and a dry mouth is where these bacteria do best.
Saliva is what rinses your tongue all day. Take that away and the layer settles in faster than you can scrape it. So ours is alcohol free.
They say it takes about two months to lock in a new habit. Same thing on your tongue. It's the move repeated day after day that clears out the source of the smell. So we give you all that time. 60 seconds a day, for 60 days. Not convinced? We refund you, no questions asked.
What you get back
No more measuring the distance every time you open your mouth. You lean in, you laugh, you kiss, without thinking about it.
Talking to the people close to you without the knot in your stomach.
Getting close without holding your breath.
No more turning your head when you talk.
🎁 Your free gift: our sonic toothbrush
Nine times out of ten, bad breath starts in the mouth. DeepDrive handles where it starts, the back of your tongue. The brush handles the rest, your teeth and your gum line, where bacteria feed on what's left and make the same gas.
A timer, so you actually do the full two minutes. Most of us stop way before that.
Sonic flow between your teeth and under the gum line. Where regular bristles never reach. Across 51 trials and more than 4,600 people, powered brushes took off 21% more plaque than manual ones after three months of use.*
DeepDrive for the tongue, the brush for the rest. Three minutes a day and the whole mouth is covered.
We set aside 100 of them for back to school, one per order, until September 25 or while they last.
$69 value · free with your order*Yaacob et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014, powered versus manual toothbrushing, 51 trials, 4,624 participants. Individual results vary.
DeepDrive Water Flosser
DeepDrive Water Flosser
Your brush stops short of it. Your mouthwash slides over it. This one goes all the way down and drops the active ingredient in the same move. 60 seconds a day, and no more measuring the distance when you talk.
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DeepDrive Water Flosser
Your brush stops short of it. Your mouthwash slides over it. This one goes all the way down and drops the active ingredient in the same move. 60 seconds a day, and no more measuring the distance when you talk.
What's in the box:
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DeepDrive Water Flosser
Your brush stops short of it. Your mouthwash slides over it. This one goes all the way down and drops the active ingredient in the same move. 60 seconds a day, and no more measuring the distance when you talk.
What's in the box:
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4.6
Really like it
Easy to use with the different tips. Mouth and tongue come out properly clean. It is part of my daily routine now.
Very good product!
Honestly very happy with this thing! It leaves a real clean feeling after brushing. A must for good oral care.
Absolutely great device
I cannot go without it! I use this water flosser at least twice a day. The difference is really impressive.
The best one yet
I have used water flossers for several years and this is the best performing one.
Great device
Great device, does not hurt at all.
Delighted
Delighted. The ad matches what you actually get. Very good buy.
Package came fast
Package came fast. Good quality. I recommend it.
Customer service you can count on
Customer service you can count on, fast and attentive. I recommend it!
Water flosser
Very happy with this purchase, handy device and exactly as described. I recommend Joliesmile!
Really like it
Easy to use with the different tips. Mouth and tongue come out properly clean. It is part of my daily routine now.
Very good product!
Honestly very happy with this thing! It leaves a real clean feeling after brushing. A must for good oral care.
Absolutely great device
I cannot go without it! I use this water flosser at least twice a day. The difference is really impressive.
The best one yet
I have used water flossers for several years and this is the best performing one.
Great device
Great device, does not hurt at all.
Delighted
Delighted. The ad matches what you actually get. Very good buy.
Package came fast
Package came fast. Good quality. I recommend it.
Customer service you can count on
Customer service you can count on, fast and attentive. I recommend it!
Water flosser
Very happy with this purchase, handy device and exactly as described. I recommend Joliesmile!
Why it sticks
Simple, quick, at the source.
Fresh breath that lasts
At the source, not a cover up.
Aimed at your tongue
The number one source of the smell.
60 seconds a day
Waterproof, use it in the shower.
DeepDrive mode
Strong enough, never rough.
Frequently asked questions
Almost never. Bad breath mostly starts in the mouth, and in the mouth the tongue is the main culprit.
A brush cleans the surface of your teeth, and we're throwing one in right now! But even when you run it over your tongue, it stays on top. It doesn't go down into the little grooves at the back, where the bacteria behind the smell live. The jet gets into those grooves, lifts the film and drops the active ingredient in. The two go together: the brush for your teeth, the water flosser for your tongue.
A scraper skims the surface. It doesn't go down into the little grooves at the back, where the bacteria hide under the white coating. In DeepDrive mode the jet gets down into those grooves, lifts the film and drops the active ingredient right in. Two steps in one.
No, and that is exactly the point. A regular water flosser is set up to blast plaque from between your teeth. It goes up to 100 psi. Your tongue doesn't need that.
The tongue tip runs at 40 psi in DeepDrive mode. Strong enough to get into the little grooves at the back, gentle enough not to hurt you.
Mouthwash on its own stays on the surface. It slides over the film and doesn't go down into the little grooves. DeepDrive pushes the active ingredient all the way down, right when the jet has just lifted that film. It's the order that changes everything, not the ingredient. The right active, in the right place, right after the jet opened it up.
Yes, one of our mouthwash sticks. Thirty of them come in the box.
- Tear one stick open and pour it into the tank.
- Fill the rest with water and clip the tank back on.
- Clip on the tongue tip and pick DeepDrive mode.
- Run the jet over your tongue for 60 seconds, hold what is left in your mouth, then spit. Don't rinse after. Rinse the tank out when you're done.
Why a stick and not a bottle? Because the dose is the whole thing. With a bottle and a cap you're guessing every time. Too little and nothing happens down in the grooves. Too much and you irritate the tissue you're trying to calm. One stick is one use, so the same amount goes in every single day.
The full list, in order:
Water (Aqua), Glycerin, PEG 40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Flavor / Aroma (Food Grade), Sodium Benzoate, Menthol, Cyclodextrin, Cetylpyridinium Chloride (CPC), Disodium EDTA, Sucralose, Xylitol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate.
- CPC is the active. It works on the bacteria once the jet has left them out in the open.
- Alcohol free. Alcohol dries your mouth out, and a dry mouth smells stronger.
- Sugar free. The taste comes from xylitol and sucralose.
- Menthol for the fresh feel, glycerin and cyclodextrin for the texture, sodium benzoate to keep it.
One stick is one single use. Thirty come in the box.
It's one of the most common antibacterial ingredients in mouthwash. You'll already find it on pharmacy shelves.
Ours is alcohol free, so it doesn't sting and it doesn't dry your mouth out. You spit it out, you don't swallow it. If you're pregnant, on medication, or unsure, ask your dentist.
One thing worth knowing: the SLS in most toothpastes cancels CPC out, so use it apart from brushing, not right after.
You try it at home for 60 days from the day it arrives. If it's not for you, we refund the product. Email us at contact@joliesmile.com and it's handled. The device also carries a 1 year warranty against defects.
Yes, completely. You can use it in the shower without worrying. Dry it off after each use and it will last longer.
Shipping is free. Your order ships with tracking and arrives in 3 to 7 business days.
It charges over USB C. A full charge lasts about a month, even with daily use.
- 4 interchangeable tips, including the tongue tip that aims at the right spot.
- 360 degree rotating tip that reaches the whole surface of the tongue, all the way back.
- 3 pressure modes.
- DeepDrive mode for the tongue and sensitive spots. The calibrated jet gets down into the little grooves, lifts the film and drops the active in without roughing up your tongue.
- Normal mode. More pressure to clean the whole mouth day to day.
- Pulse mode. A pulsing flow to carry debris away.
- 330 ml tank (11 fl oz), up to 60 seconds of continuous use.
- Long life battery, up to 1 month on a charge.
- USB C charging.
- Compact and quiet.
- IPX7 waterproof, use it in the shower.
- 1 year warranty, on top of the 60 day money back guarantee.