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[–] 70 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Just wet the brush first, then add the toothpaste.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Wet the brush, add toothpaste, rotate toothbrush so paste is on side, put only bottom of bristles in water stream, brush.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Are you the real poem for your sprog

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I can at least inform you that you aren't hallucinating them. But I can't verify that I'm not just hallucinating you both or that you aren't hallucinating me or that any of this is real and isn't just a dream that will fade away into nothing when you (the reader of this) wake up.

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  • [–] 60 points 3 months ago (17 children)

    PSA: that's way too much toothpaste

    I don't think too much toothpaste will hurt you or anything, but you could get away with 1/2 to 1/3 of what's pictured and it will clean exactly the same. Big Toothpaste wants you to use a lot to boost sales, but you only need a pea-sized dollop.

    It will save you money, provided you're not dumping it all in the sink like OP the clumsy fool (Love ya OP, we've all been there)

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    I also found out I was taught to brush my teeth incorrectly.

    Apparently you are supposed to use mouthwash, then floss, then brush, then let the toothpaste sit on your teeth for ten minutes instead of rinsing immediately.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Funny, I had heard floss then mouthwash because the flossing opens up more space for the mouthwash to get into.

    But I think the chief thing dentists recommend is toothpaste last and not to rinse.

    Either way, if you're doing all three then you're ahead of 90% of tooth owners

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    My hygienist is very against mouthwash because it kills the good germs. But yeah I also just learned that you floss first when I was always taught to floss last. Doesn't make sense to go last I should've figured that one out.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    then let the toothpaste sit on your teeth for ten minutes instead of rinsing immediately.

    So is that also after I throw up from the toothpaste on my teeth? When do I rinse my mouth after barfing?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Sorry, I'm an American and you hate those, so I'm not sure any advice I give you would be taken in good faith.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    If you're a psychopath. Who doesn't rinse?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    They've steadily been making the hole bigger too.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There's a story I've heard about that which drives me nuts. It might be apocryphal, but it does sound believable.

    When I was pursuing a degree in IT, I had to take a Business 101 class for reasons I never quite understood. The instructor launches into this story about a guy who goes to a big toothpaste company - Crest or Colgate probably, but the who of it doesn't really matter.

    This guy comes in with a pitch, he says that he's got an idea that's guaranteed to increase their revenue by 25% but he won't share it with them unless he's given an arbitrarily large sum of money. It must have been convincing because they agree to hear him out.

    So they pay him out and he tells them the idea: make the nozzle on the toothpaste 25% larger.

    My instructor asked what lesson we learned from the story. "You can make a bundle by helping corporations cheat their consumers," was not marked as correct, but I maintain that's the chief lesson.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    I don't see what other lesson the instructor was trying to teach. Maybe "Get a guarantee you'll get paid before you help corporations cheat their customers"? The engineer who invented SMS learned that the hard way.

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  • [–] 53 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    What were you expecting. Why else would you do that.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Seriously. Just squirt the toothpaste directly into your mouth like an adult.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Like a Neanderthal? Just apply a small dollop to each tooth.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Don't lay the toothpaste on top, and don't use so much. They do it that way in the commercials because it looks better for the camera, and they want you to use more so you buy more.

    Squeeze the toothpaste into the bristles, and use half that amount.

    But, yeah, wet the toothbrush first, regardless.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Skill issue

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Use your tongue to smash it into the bristles first.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    It is best to not wet the brush at all. Tastes bad but is better for the teeth

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Do y'all ain't got saliva? Why u need to wet ur brush?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    That's scoopable

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    Why not dip the toothbrush in the cup of water you'll use to rinse your mouth with? Unless you rinse directly from the tap by sticking your face under the faucet or something.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    This is actually another action that isn’t advised. Most toothpastes work (in terms of protecting your enamel) by causing a reaction between certain compounds with calcium and magnesium in them, and your saliva, to deposit them onto the enamel on your teeth, remineralising them. Rinsing your mouth with water after you’ve brushed your teeth dilutes the useful compounds in your mouth and the anti microbial agents, making it much less effective at protecting your tooth/gum health. You can just spit out the excess from brushing and go about your day.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    What about rinsing with mouthwash?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    Mouthwash isn't generally recommended. If you feel the need, the consensus is you should floss > use a non-alcoholic mouth rinse > brush, specifically to make sure you leave the toothpaste on your teeth. Mouth rinses will generally have some fluoride, the active ingredient, but it will be in far lower concentration than the toothpaste. It took a few days to get used to it, but you adapt faster than you would imagine. Then you should give it 30 minutes without food or drink.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Every damn time!

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  • personal 9/11

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    Skill issue

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago

    This is entirely your fault, try a little forethought next time.

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