Do you wet your toothbrush before or after applying toothpaste?

[Taggart]

I apply toothpaste, then wet the brush, but I know a lot of people that wet the brush, THEN apply toothpaste. Does anyone not wet the brush at all?

 

[preslove]

add option for both.

 

[Ryan]

Wet, then apply, then brush I win

 

[kaymin]

you should rinse the tooth brush before u insert it in your mouth

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: kaymin
you should rinse the tooth brush before u insert it in your mouth

yeah, remember to use your toothbrush brush

 

[SithSolo1]

Dentists recommend option A.

Option C is just plain sick.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: SithSolo1
Dentists recommend option A.

Option C is just plain sick.

i have never heard a dentist recommend anything on this subject

but i go with wetting it before slapping the toothpaste on.

 

[aircooled]

before...

dammit, that reminds me I have a dental appt on monday more drilling

 

[globalcitizen]

Both for the extra wetness.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: aircooled
before...

dammit, that reminds me I have a dental appt on monday more drilling

ohhhhh, that drilling sucks.... but the other kind of drilling, well, that's nice

 

[SithSolo1]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: SithSolo1
Dentists recommend option A.

Option C is just plain sick.

i have never heard a dentist recommend anything on this subject

but i go with wetting it before slapping the toothpaste on.

My dad use to be a dentist, I just took one and multiplied it by all...you know how it works.

 

[Kalvin00]

before

 

[Aharami]

before and after

 

[Nevada]

before & after

 

[ggnl]

both

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: aircooled
before...

dammit, that reminds me I have a dental appt on monday more drilling

ohhhhh, that drilling sucks.... but the other kind of drilling, well, that's nice

I like your thinking, what're you up to later

 

[dullard]

I don't see the logic in after. Doing it before and after both have the benefit of adding water which makes brushing teeth much nicer. However, doing it before also has the benefit of washing away many of the nasty things left on the toothbrush - mainly old toothpaste and germs which multiplied on the brush from your last brushing . If you do it after, you really aren't washing much of that stuff off. Imagine taking a filthy brush, covering the top with paste, and then washing. The paste just blocked the water from doing the cleaning. Yuck. You can do it if you want to, I'll stick to before.

Both is just silly, before does everything you need. So it is just a very minor waste of time and water.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Before.

 

[Modeps]

both

 

[AdamSnow]

Both.

 

[dragonballgtz]

before & after

 

[y2kc]

before with hot water to rinse away any bacteria that may have built up since the previous brushing. I want to get one of those "steamers" to really clean the brush.

 

[monk3y]

I usually clean the head up before I add toothpaste.

 

[Amused]

I rinse the head completely and run my thumb back and forth over it to scrub it before I add paste.

Then I wet it after I add paste and start brushing.

Why do I wet it again after adding paste? So there is the maximum amount of water trapped in the bristles to make the toothpaste foam up better when I brush.

 

[Albis]

i wet my toothbrush, apply the paste, and rinse the toothbrush clean