To run the tap while I brush my teeth

[EleanorHooverbelt]

even though I live in Scotland where it rains a lot and I don't get charged for water anyway?

It's ridiculous to swallow so much toothpaste. It's full of nasties like fluoride (toxic, much like chlorine).

My shower is electric (a Mira) when I turn it off and on again, it is red-hot, scalding, then goes icy, then seems to adjust to the temp on the dial. It takes a couple of minutes of being unable to use it.

I WOULD'NT like that stuff left in my mouth/teeth ffs

YABU. Huge unnecessary waste.

WOULDN'T ffs again

Why on earth would you leave toothpaste on your teeth. Too much fluoride is extremely harmful, not to mention the taste!

You don’t swallow it. You spit it out, but you don’t rinse it off.

Why on earth would you leave toothpaste on your teeth. Too much fluoride is extremely harmful, not to mention the taste!

Because actual dentists recommend it? Once you’ve spat out the toothpaste there is only a small amount left.

I thought mouthwashes were to help the teeth after brushing? And the breath, of course.

It's like washing your body and not rinsing.

My husband gets,crazy annoyed about me doing this. I wet brush, turn tap off, brush all over, spit, turn tap on to rinse brush, then brush again with water - so tap is on while im doing my second water brush because I'm dipping the brush in every few seconds. I dont like the feeling of toothpaste or food residue on my teeth either.

Does no one actually listen to the advice their dentist gives them?
You spit you DO NOT rinse with water. Rinsing is as stupid as putting sun cream on your skin then immediately washing it off with water.

You also DO NOT brush your teeth and then use mouth wash straight after.

Does no one actually listen to the advice their dentist gives them?

My dentist has never told me this. Never. Will mention it next visit though!

I didn't know toothpaste was there to leave a protective film. I thought it was used for cleansing, in the way that soap is. Obviously, I've been ignorant of all this new information.

Isn't it enough that we have fluoride in the water?

Ive always rinsed toothpaste. Youre not supposed to swallow it which you would if you leave it in your mouth

I do this but I try so hard not to. Somehow I just do it on autopilot but it is wasteful and as soon as I realise I've done it, I turn it off. I think I'm going to write myself a reminder note on the bathroom mirror to remind myself!

NHS advice....

www.nhs.uk/Livewell/dentalhealth/Pages/Teethcleaningguide.aspx

Thanks, pickle.

Is flossing in or out now? I thought I heard recently that they were backtracking on the need for flossing now? I need to keep up with this stuff or I'll have no teeth left

I brush my teeth in the shower find I get it all over myself if I try and do it at a sink!

Because actual dentists recommend it.

Dentists do/say what the big pharma companies tell them to.

Turning showers off and on is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. What an enormous waste of coal/gas-produced energy.

The more water you dilute the soap with the better for the environment that the waste enters into later.

Stop thinking of the profiteering water companies and think of the rivers getting polluted and the fact we need more clean water entering them.

I genuinely thought everybody left the water running when brushing teeth... I’ve never even thought about it! I obviously feel sufficiently shamed about it now though blush

I genuinely thought NOBODY still did this! you live and learn, hey.

This is why people should be charged for water (and everything). When people aren't recurve to pay for the things they use they end up taking the piss.

My DH dies this and it really annoys me. I normally turn off the tap while he is brushing. His no brained logic is that he pays for the water so he can waste it if he wants. I normally reply that he has paid for the groceries as well, does he want me to flush them down the toilet?

You don't get charged for water?!