How many times a day do you brush your teeth?

[highland145]

IIRC, my dentist recommended to stay away from Oral B Glide. I use the cheap stuff, tie the ends together, it's way easier to floss with a dental floss loop than a plain piece of dental floss. Don't know if it's a good idea, but I reuse mine until they really start to fray, then I cut and tie me a new one.

Can't get the regular floss between some of mine so I go with the Glide. Yes, I was told to make sure I did a good job because it could be too slick to do any good.

 

[snoopy7548]

I like Listerine (used to be Oral B) Gentle Care woven cinnamon floss. The woven material really seems to clean your teeth out better than the Glide stuff, but it can be hard to use if you have tight spacings between teeth.

Brushing before breakfast is probably better if you can do it at least 30 min. before. You really don't want to brush immediately after drinking coffee or orange juice, stuff with high acidity that weaken your enamel.

 

[Carson Dyle]

IIRC, my dentist recommended to stay away from Oral B Glide. I use the cheap stuff, tie the ends together, it's way easier to floss with a dental floss loop than a plain piece of dental floss. Don't know if it's a good idea, but I reuse mine until they really start to fray, then I cut and tie me a new one.

Wow. That's gotta be a new ATOT high for cheap. If not, it certainly has to set the mark for 2018.

 

[Muse]

Wow. That's gotta be a new ATOT high for cheap. If not, it certainly has to set the mark for 2018.

Oh please, it's just convenience, not thrift.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Oh please, it's just convenience, not thrift.

Seriously? It takes you a lot of effort to rip off a length of floss and tie the ends together?

 

[BoomerD]

At least once a week...gotta pertec them last 3 teefs!

 

[Muse]

Seriously? It takes you a lot of effort to rip off a length of floss and tie the ends together?

No, that's easy. What tree are you barking up here?

 

[Carson Dyle]

No, that's easy. What tree are you barking up here?

You brought it up. You reuse dental floss, which I've never in my life imagined anyone doing. I'm trying to understand what exactly would compel someone to do that.

 

[Muse]

You brought it up. You reuse dental floss, which I've never in my life imagined anyone doing. I'm trying to understand what exactly would compel someone to do that.

It's not the cost, it's not a compulsion, it saves time.

 

[Muse]

I do hope all you people are using electric toothbrushes.

 

[Exterous]

I do hope all you people are using electric toothbrushes.

I use both actually. I made the switch completely to electric but, despite brushing for longer, my gums got notably worse. Now I do nightly brushings with a regular toothbrush and mornings with the electric. Just had a dentist appt and they noticed the difference.

 

[Zeze]

I'm going to be honest and admit that I brush only once a day, but I do it thoroughly to make sure all 360 degree surfaces of the teeth are cleaned - i.e. actually squeaky to the touch. Lots of people don't know how to brush teeth effectively. The brushing action is there to actually physically remove the film of crap. You don't just 'fake brush' it despite how many times you brush.

I had some moderate filling jobs of 8 of my molars top and bottom. Plus dentists say I have the genetics to have a pretty robust/cavity resistant genes.

So I have been cavity free in last 2 decades actually just brushing once. Sometimes I forget to go to regular checkup over 2 yrs and still turn out fine.

My friend on the other hand brushes religiously but she keeps getting cavity. Her teeth composition is notably weaker that when doctor was using the cleaning dremel thingy, the teeth was being shaved right off. He had to stop using that. Just much more fragile teeth. And no, she's not malnourished - a standard Ameircan diet.

You guys know this fact right - that people have different teeth strengths.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

My answer to the poll is simply "Not enough".

Though I will say, in the last few years I've understood that flossing is just as (if not more) valuable than brushing.

I do hope all you people are using electric toothbrushes.

Why? I've heard it doesn't make a difference - if anything replacing your brush heads more often (which is WAY cheaper for non-electric) is more important.

 

[Muse]

You guys know this fact right - that people have different teeth strengths.

I was flabbergasted when I found out that my dentist, who has to be at least in his mid-60s, has never had a single cavity. I figured, yeah, good hygiene, but started wondering if maybe it was partly genetics. Guess so...

 

[Captante]

Depends on what I eat but at least 2-3 time per day.

 

[Muse]

I think maybe multiple flossings are more important than multiple brushings.

 

[Muse]

Asked my dentist today about brushing right after eating, if it weakens the teeth (as declared previously in this thread). He said it depends what you ate. If it's acid food (e.g. orange juice, grapefruit), then yes, you should wait 1/2 to 1 hour before brushing. The acid leaches minerals out of the enamel and an organic matrix forms within the enamel that has to remain there for that up-to-an-hour period to replenish the mineral content of the enamel. If you brush before that happens there's nothing there to replenish the enamel and it's therefore weakened!

I also asked him about Glide and he says he dislikes it because of how slick/smooth it feels. He prefers a floss that is strandy, which is better at grabbing and removing plaque.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Brush and floss in the morning only. Been doing that since I was a kid, and haven't had any issues.

 

[pmv]

Twice a day, except when I read a news story or a thread relating to teeth decay, which often inspires me to go do it an extra bonus time.
(I'll be right back).

 

[BudAshes]

10 times a day just to be better than all of you.

 

[BD231]

For lesser life forms OP is referring to jacking off when he talks of brushing the teeth

 

[Jaskalas]

I brush once a day. I floss when I feel something between the teeth I can actually fit floss between.

A water pick is FAR superior to floss though. I wish I had kept mine clean. I had stopped using it due to the two cavities it had exposed. I'm 1: Worried about the one remaining cavity it could expose again. 2: Worried about the stagnant water that had sat inside the water pick.

How would I go about properly cleaning one, so that I could use it again and not get sick?

 

[Carson Dyle]

Flossing isn't only to remove food stuck between teeth. It removes plaque on the inner surfaces of the teeth that can be difficult or impossible to remove by brushing.

I've always used dentotape, because I like the extra cleaning surface that it has.

 

[zinfamous]

between zero and one. ...I should also probably go to the dentist at some point. It's been, maybe...10 years now? No idea. I don't trust those charlatans, really.

 

[rh71]

I confess, since I work from home full time I sometimes don't brush in the morning at all until I have to go to a kid activity after school. Sometimes without having to go out for the day, I don't even, until the night routine kicks in. Eating throughout the day actually gets that morning taste out for the most part. Not an excuse, just a fact on top of being lazy.