How do you...

[Saleen836]

Clean your teeth?
Listening to the radio a couple of days ago and some guy rings in saying his wife is strange, his reason for this is when she cleans her teeth she puts the toothpaste on a dry brush and then straight into her mouth,no running the brush under the tap or rinsing her mouth first.

I have always cleaned my teeth the same way as the wife of the guy cleans hers, anyone else the same or are you all mouth rinsers/runing brush under tap first?

[AdamIndy]

I listened to that too. I was with her though, if somebody took their shoes off and put them in front of the door to the shoe cupboard instead of in it, that would fk me right off!

Oh, run the brush under the tap, brush, rinse the gob.

[Rollin]

AdamIndy said:

I listened to that too. I was with her though, if somebody took their shoes off and put them in front of the door to the shoe cupboard instead of in it, that would fk me right off!

Oh, run the brush under the tap, brush, rinse the gob.

[ReallyReallyGood]

Wetting the brush reduces the friction no?

[Butter Face]

I brush in the shower

Toothpaste on, get in shower, run under water, brush teeth.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Wet the brush, put on the toothpaste, run water over the top of the toothpaste, then brush. The top and the bottom of the toothpaste have to come into contact with water to activate various stuff in the paste. So says my hygienist.

[Down and out]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Wet the brush, put on the toothpaste, run water over the top of the toothpaste, then brush. The top and the bottom of the toothpaste have to come into contact with water to activate various stuff in the paste. So says my hygienist.

I do the same, some strange ones here! Wouldn't even cross my mind to brush in the shower!?

[bristolbaron]

I’ve recently gone electric after a visit to a new hygienist. Very odd to learn a whole new routine, including flossing and interdental cleaning!

[Butter Face]

Down and out said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Wet the brush, put on the toothpaste, run water over the top of the toothpaste, then brush. The top and the bottom of the toothpaste have to come into contact with water to activate various stuff in the paste. So says my hygienist.

I do the same, some strange ones here! Wouldn't even cross my mind to brush in the shower!?

Give it a go, saves a few minutes in the morning.

[Fallingup]

I use vodka to clean my teeth. No need to brush.

[cherryowen]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

So says my hygienist.

fk me sideways

[21st Century Man]

On the toothpaste ads it would appear that the thing to do is just the front two, up and down only, with a big stupid forced smile.

[98elise]

cherryowen said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

So says my hygienist.

fk me sideways

What's odd about seeing a dental hygienist?

[GordonL]

Retired dentist.

Dry brush, apply about a pea sized amount of paste by forcing it into the bristles as much as possible, so it doesn’t come off in a big lump when you start brushing.
Start in a different quadrant regularly to even out wear.
Spit, no rinsing.

Concerning that a hygienist isn’t giving the same advice.

[Spare tyre]

GordonL said:

Retired dentist.

Dry brush, apply about a pea sized amount of paste by forcing it into the bristles as much as possible, so it doesn’t come off in a big lump when you start brushing.
Start in a different quadrant regularly to even out wear.
Spit, no rinsing.

Concerning that a hygienist isn’t giving the same advice.

Ok so we have someone with authority here thankfully

DOES MY WIFE NEED TO LEAVE THE COLD TAP RUNNING AT FULL PELT THE WHOLE TIME SHE BRUSHES HERE TEETH?



Thankyou

[Kenty]

wet brush,
line of toothpaste on brush,
press into brush with tongue,
wet again and brush,
spit but don't rinse.

[GAjon]

I keep the head of my brush in a cup of water and TCP mix.
Out if that rinse off with water add paste and brush.

[Monkeylegend]

Agree with the above but whatever you do don't get your brushes mixed up in the same way as you do the sink and the toilet after a night on the booze.

Anyway what happened to the practise of using coal to clean them?

Edited by Monkeylegend on Sunday 28th July 09:12

[SOL111]

Bah, thought this was going to be a scrunch or fold question.

Back to OP.

Paste on dry brush.
Wet brush (as per washing hands, the moisture lavas the paste more so a pea sized amount spreads more effectively - not that I've a huge gob but anyway).
Spit.
Wash lava from lips.

[vaderface]

Spare tyre said:

DOES MY WIFE NEED TO LEAVE THE COLD TAP RUNNING AT FULL PELT THE WHOLE TIME SHE BRUSHES HERE TEETH?

Thankyou

Mine does this aswell. All i see is pound signs going down the plug hole. Drives me mad

O/T for bonus points, heating on in winter when she gets to hot what does she do?
Yep opens the windows, not turn the heating off.