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When I was at 6th Form, I used to drink 3 or 4 cans of fizzy drink a day. 3 or 4 cans, 5 days a week, for almost 2 years. You do the math. Consequently, I've found myself with rather prematurely stained teeth. They're not pure yellow, but in the right light (the light of a bathroom perhaps), they really bug me because they're just off-colour enough to be noticed. Sorry if this has spoilt your Ultra-human-sex-pot image of me, but it's true - I'm getting stained teeth. It doesn't help that I ingest copious amounts of tea, but I have cut back on the fizzy drinks, only really drinking them when I'm round mate's houses, or at a pub and don't want beer.
Now back to toothbrushes. Up until yesterday I used a hard toothbrush. I find that a long brushing session really makes my mind feel better about the state that my teeth are in. The only downside is that I get through a toothbrush every month. Now THAT'S not normal! They always end up all curved to the side and the bristles start to come out after a few weeks. I do hold the brush very hard and I do brush my teeth very hard, but I don't do it hard enough to cut my gums. Just long enough to wear out the brush quickly. But yesterday I got a new toothbrush - one with the kind of rubber handle you'd expect to find in a special-needs school.
It's kinda weird. The head of the brush is fine, but the handle splits into two, and looks like the bones on your forearm. I think it's meant to absorb the force put into gripping a toothbrush, but it could just be a pointless gimmick. I've used it a couple of times now and the results weren't exactly fantastic. It may just have been because it is a new brush, but I didn't feel my mouth feeling as fresh as when I use the normal brush that I buy. That's an interesting side-topic: what's the worst gimmick you've ever seen to sell a toothbrush?
So onto your toothbrushes. What type of brush do you use? Soft? Flexi-head? Long? Hard? Oo-er, this is all starting to sound very..."racy". Do you scrape your tongue (an old practice, but still very essential to oral hygiene)? Do you just let the fur grow on your teeth? What's the biggest thing you've found between your teeth? Have all your teeth fallen out? Come on people - let's get oral!
When I was at 6th Form, I used to drink 3 or 4 cans of fizzy drink a day. 3 or 4 cans, 5 days a week, for almost 2 years. You do the math. Consequently, I've found myself with rather prematurely stained teeth. They're not pure yellow, but in the right light (the light of a bathroom perhaps), they really bug me because they're just off-colour enough to be noticed. Sorry if this has spoilt your Ultra-human-sex-pot image of me, but it's true - I'm getting stained teeth. It doesn't help that I ingest copious amounts of tea, but I have cut back on the fizzy drinks, only really drinking them when I'm round mate's houses, or at a pub and don't want beer.
Now back to toothbrushes. Up until yesterday I used a hard toothbrush. I find that a long brushing session really makes my mind feel better about the state that my teeth are in. The only downside is that I get through a toothbrush every month. Now THAT'S not normal! They always end up all curved to the side and the bristles start to come out after a few weeks. I do hold the brush very hard and I do brush my teeth very hard, but I don't do it hard enough to cut my gums. Just long enough to wear out the brush quickly. But yesterday I got a new toothbrush - one with the kind of rubber handle you'd expect to find in a special-needs school.
It's kinda weird. The head of the brush is fine, but the handle splits into two, and looks like the bones on your forearm. I think it's meant to absorb the force put into gripping a toothbrush, but it could just be a pointless gimmick. I've used it a couple of times now and the results weren't exactly fantastic. It may just have been because it is a new brush, but I didn't feel my mouth feeling as fresh as when I use the normal brush that I buy. That's an interesting side-topic: what's the worst gimmick you've ever seen to sell a toothbrush?
So onto your toothbrushes. What type of brush do you use? Soft? Flexi-head? Long? Hard? Oo-er, this is all starting to sound very..."racy". Do you scrape your tongue (an old practice, but still very essential to oral hygiene)? Do you just let the fur grow on your teeth? What's the biggest thing you've found between your teeth? Have all your teeth fallen out? Come on people - let's get oral!
"Is it toothbrush or tuthbrush"
The only problem is that id doesn't produce much of a foaming effect, which is good for killing bacteria in the mouth. So I find mouthwash to be a good solution, no matter how disgusting it tastes, or how much it ruins your next meal. Which it does. Severely.
> The real question is:-
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> "Is it toothbrush or tuthbrush"
Is only tuthbrush if you come from the West Midlands, and nobady wants to admit to that :p
(The Ogre is from WM and I always take the p!ss out of him for saying tuth)
I think maybe brushing twice a day is enough. It might be my imagination but I think my mum was a dentist person and there is a chance that too much flurine tablets as a youngster or too much toothpaste can slightly stain your teeth.