Just add the toothpaste, wet the brush, add more toothpaste, do a backflip, peel the toothbrush off the wall, wet the brush and then add the toothpaste simple as
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Some people, including me, have been conditioned to wet the toothbrush and -paste. I don't know why. I know it's not necessary (anymore?), I still do it, automatically. I think it comes from shampoo and soap needing water to foam.
Automatic behaviour taught in early childhood that I cannot get rid of, not least since there's zero harm in it (apart from very rarely what OP is depicting).
Edit: so I just learnt that there actually is a certain level of harm in it because water somewhat dilutes the toothpaste. This might be enough to make me change my behaviour.
You do both, one to rinse the toothbrush, then add paste, then wet it a bit so the paste nestles into the brush. No idea why its just what I was taught as a kid, but dont really do the second part anymore for the same reason that it falls off sometimes then I have to get toilet paper to clean the paste off the sink
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.
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.
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.
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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YoFrodo@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 41d
Just wet the brush first, then add the toothpaste.
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 41d
Just add the toothpaste, wet the brush, add more toothpaste, do a backflip, peel the toothbrush off the wall, wet the brush and then add the toothpaste simple as
NotBillMurray@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 40d
Instructions unclear, got my dick stuck in the exhaust fan in my bathroom's ceiling.
hash@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 41d
Wet the brush, add toothpaste, rotate toothbrush so paste is on side, put only bottom of bristles in water stream, brush.
YoFrodo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 41d
why wet it again after its already wet tho?
almost1337@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 41d
Wet the dries, paste the wets, wet the paste
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 41d
Am I on jo directions or something?
zammy95@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
I do both, before and after
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 41d
But why?
trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 41d
Are you the real poem for your sprog
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 40d
Are you the real trashcroissant?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 40d
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.
Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone · 60 pts · 41d
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)
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 41d
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.
Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 41d
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
WraithGear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 41d
i heard mouthwash wasn’t even good for your teeth, you floss, swish and then brush.
trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 41d
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.
djmikeale@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 41d
I was told to floss last in order to get the toothpaste from brushing in between the teeth
trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 40d
But toothpaste staying in teeth is good, hence why it's also recommended not to rinse after brushing
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 41d
So is that also after I throw up from the toothpaste on my teeth? When do I rinse my mouth after barfing?
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 40d
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.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 40d
Nope. Nothing an American says matters to anyone.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 39d
I don't think you actually believe that.
Serinus@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 41d
If you're a psychopath. Who doesn't rinse?
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 41d
Turns out the stuff like cavity protection and everything needs to sit there on your teeth for a bit to actually work
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 41d
I still spit it out but I have never rinsed. I also use like a 4th of what is pictured.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 41d
They've steadily been making the hole bigger too.
Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 41d
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.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 41d
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.
danafest@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 40d
I'm not sure if it's Mandela effect or what, but I could swear it literally used to be written on the tube to use "a pea sized amount"
ArfArfWoof@europe.pub · 55 pts · 41d
What were you expecting. Why else would you do that.
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 21 pts · 41d
Seriously. Just squirt the toothpaste directly into your mouth like an adult.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 41d
Like a Neanderthal? Just apply a small dollop to each tooth.
Dagnet@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 41d
That would take too long. I just make a toothpaste sandwich, that way I can eat and clean my teeth at the same time
HowdyLemmy@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 40d
Oh please. You put the tube end in your mouth, suck, chew, and spit!
0ops@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 41d
The Forbidden Go-gurt!
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
Now with micro abrasives!
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 41d
This is what I do. Squirt a bit of toothpaste in my mouth and chew it a bit to get on my teeth before I use my toothbrush.
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 9 pts · 41d
Some people, including me, have been conditioned to wet the toothbrush and -paste. I don't know why. I know it's not necessary (anymore?), I still do it, automatically. I think it comes from shampoo and soap needing water to foam.
username_1@discuss.tchncs.de · 36 pts · 41d
What stops you from wetting the toothbrush BEFORE applying toothpaste?
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 10 pts · 41d
Automatic behaviour taught in early childhood that I cannot get rid of, not least since there's zero harm in it (apart from very rarely what OP is depicting).
Edit: so I just learnt that there actually is a certain level of harm in it because water somewhat dilutes the toothpaste. This might be enough to make me change my behaviour.
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 41d
Or using the water in your mouth? I don't wet my toothbrush pre-brush and my teeth come out fine.
childOfMagenta@jlai.lu · 9 pts · 41d
They are not supposed to.
M137@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 41d
"The water in your mouth"
Fucking what? You mean saliva? Which is very much not just water.
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 41d
I didn't say it was.
xylol@leminal.space · 3 pts · 41d
You do both, one to rinse the toothbrush, then add paste, then wet it a bit so the paste nestles into the brush. No idea why its just what I was taught as a kid, but dont really do the second part anymore for the same reason that it falls off sometimes then I have to get toilet paper to clean the paste off the sink
guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip · 5 pts · 41d
I do it because it changes the texture of the toothpaste ever so slightly, making it more smooth and pleasant
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
Same.
OR3X@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
I was taught the same.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 40d
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.
BlindPenguin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 41d
Skill issue
Paulemeister@feddit.org · 5 pts · 41d
I don't use water at all. Never saw the appeal of wetting
elevenbones@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 40d
Do y'all ain't got saliva? Why u need to wet ur brush?
School_Lunch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 41d
Use your tongue to smash it into the bristles first.
5ha99y@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 41d
It is best to not wet the brush at all. Tastes bad but is better for the teeth
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
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.
Vantablack@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 41d
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.
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 41d
What about rinsing with mouthwash?
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 14 pts · 41d
For best results, do not rinse.
You don't need to use mouthwash at the same time as you brush your teeth, this is superfluous.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 41d
I use mouthwash before if at all. I don't rinse after brushing. It's supposed to help the teeth more.
AEsheron@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 39d
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.
xylol@leminal.space · 8 pts · 41d
You have a bathroom cup? Why not just use your hand to scoop up some water after washing your toothbrush
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 40d
You have a bathroom? Why not just shit in woods? Then toothbush gets wet any time it rains.
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
That's scoopable
RockBottom@feddit.org · 1 pts · 41d
Heavy handed life is hard.
sachamato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 41d
Every damn time!
silver_wings_of_morning@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 41d
personal 9/11
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 41d
Skill issue
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 41d
This is entirely your fault, try a little forethought next time.