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| Smarter than the average bear |
No, this is not a joke about people from Arkansa (or Mississippi, Virginia, etc.) This is a serious PSA. My entire life I have been putting toothpaste on my toothbrush pretty much like this:  But recently, being down to the end of one tube between the wife and I, I was hard pressed to get more than about 1/4 of that out of the tube. And I discovered that I had no less efficacy with 1/4, or less, of the amount that I had used my entire life. It made sense, as most of what I had been putting on the brush ended up in the sink anyway. I did press it into the bristles a little, as I didn't want the precious amount I got out to end up in the sink. Am I the only one? Did y'all realize this long ago? If not, try it with way less than you're used to and see what you think. | ||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Yeah, I squirt it into my bristles. What ticks me off about toothpaste though, and I've considered making a rant about this, is the new fangled plastic tubes they come in. I miss the old tin (or whatever they used) ones that you could actually roll up. These new ones you need to milk it down every friggin time and it's a PITA. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Spread the Disease |
Christ no! Pea-sized! Pea, man. I'm 40 and you know how many cavities I've had in my life? Zero. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| Member |
I always thought the dentist said to use toothpaste the size of a pea. I use one of those fancy vibrate-y toothbrushes though and they have a much smaller head anyway. | |||
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| Eschew Obfuscation |
Same here. The wife bought one of those electic toothbrushes and the head is tiny. I could not get that much toothpaste on it if I tried. _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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delicately calloused |
I put a whole toothpaste turd on my brush like it showed on TV until I was 19. Then a girlfriend on a camping trip saw me and made fun of me. She showed me i only needed to swipe the tube mouth across the top of the brush which used 1/4 of what I had been using. Was way easier to manage the foam. She said I looked like I had hoof and mouth disease when I used so much paste. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| No ethanol! |
Yes, that is wasted paste IMO. About a third of that? Your mileage may vary. ------------------ The plural of anecdote is not data. -Frank Kotsonis | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Shit. I've misheard my dentist. I thought he said to save toothpaste, to pee on my toothbrush as that's all I need. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Too clever by half |
FWIW, my dentist is now telling me after brushing to let the toothpaste sit on my teeth for a couple minutes before rinsing. But yeah, a little bit goes a long way. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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| Partial dichotomy |
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Happily Retired |
Yeah, this has been a gimmick promoted by the toothpaste makers for as long as I can remember. I can still see the commercials, in black and white yet, with some stupid kid spreading toothpaste out as long as he could get it. .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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| Member |
I ended up buying one of those clip things that gets all the toothpaste out of the tube. You crank it! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
You shouldn't be rinsing after brushing at all... | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Same. But I'd say a big part of that is due to genetics. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Yew got a spider on yo head  |
Yeah, gotta let that flouride REALLY seep in. mmmmm mental retardation and cancer... | |||
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| Evil Asian Member |
I only put a very small dab on. I think I may have even heard that you don't really need toothpaste at all.
Ha! I just learned that two years ago! And, here I was rinsing my mouth out all these decades like a sucker! Now I just brush with no rinsing, or sometimes a very small tiny sip of water to get the paste off my tongue. | |||
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| Member |
Probably. But it’s toothpaste. If an extra tube of toothpaste destroys my finances I’ve got much bigger problems than toothpaste. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I bought some Sensodyne while recovering from some repair work that caused sensitivity to temperature. I just looked at the tube, and the instructions printed on it specify an inch-long portion of toothpaste. More profit for the toothpaste factory? I wonder whether they sell this stuff in other countries. "What is this thing called an inch? We are metric here." הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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paradox in a box |
I load that toothbrush with as much paste as will fit. Damn the tree huggers. Damn the budget. I'm old enough and I feel I've reached a point in my life I can afford more toothpaste than I need. These go to eleven. | |||
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| Member |
As a retired dentist, I call BS. Pea sized gob of toothpaste, brush for two minutes, rinse and move on. Swallowing toothpaste (which will happen if you don't rinse) is not helpful and can cause fluorosis in kids. Don't do that. | |||
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