• FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    If you use up toothpaste in 6 weeks you are using waaaaay too much: You need no more than a pea sized dot twice a day.

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      3 months ago

      Thrice a day*, but otherwise yeah.

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          3 months ago

          On waking up, after lunch and after dinner. I, specifically, also brush with toothpaste after breakfest and afternoon tea. That’s a personal choice and not a recommendation.

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            3 months ago

            That seems like a lot. I thought the thing was just morning and before going to bed, with xylitol gum for after eating

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              That’s pretty standard in Brazil, but then again, we’re known for being excessively clean.

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        Floss and brush before bed is probably most important, yeah, but I feel gross if I don’t brush in the morning. If I’m feeling lazy and my mouth feels relatively clean, I’ll use mouthwash but usually it’s toothpaste.

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          3 months ago

          I think it’s the opposite - I only brush in the morning, no cavities, one slightly cracked tooth (tiny enough to leave alone, my dentist had the same issue, and my outcome is better than his was - he needed a crown, my teeth are all natural)

          Brush your tongue - that’s key. Brush your teeth when your mouth feels gross, like when you wake up or if you don’t eat all day. Floss promptly if you feel something stuck in your teeth.

          Don’t use mouthwash if you don’t need it… Cultivate a good microbiome if you want good health - mouth and gut.

          My teeth aren’t pearly white, they’re natural off white. The year my dental report card jumped to an A+, I also started eating extremely spicy food… I’m pretty sure the tongue brushing was the bigger deal, but the two trends started the same year

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              3 months ago

              I just use the back of the toothbrush - most of them have a scraper on the back these days… Better than the type I used to use - they were hard to clean and the groves would get nasty

              My sister swears by this flexible metal blade-like style though, I’ve never tried it but she got my mom to use it

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      3 months ago

      I learned this when I got an electric toothbrush. It only has room for about a pea sized blob and it’s surprising how far it goes.

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      3 months ago

      One tube of toothpaste lasts me 14 months. I’m not joking. I started a new one January 2023 and It just ran out at the beginning of March 2024.

      because you know how the instructions on the tube say that small children only need a “pea-sized” amount of toothpaste? well the same is true for adults.

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    3 months ago

    Toothpaste commercials put comically large amounts onto toothbrushes to fool people into buying several times more than they need.

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    3 months ago

    Little tip: use the edge of your counter to flatten it out nicely (just grab the bottom part and run it against the edge, both sides)