Not rinsing after brushing

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I read a top tip from dentists is to not rinse your mouth after brushing, but I can never bring myself to do it. Does anyone do this? Just spit out the toothpaste and that’s it?

And I'm that adamant I'll do it FOUR times!

I think flouride is added to the water in some parts of the UK eg Birmingham?

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I'm in the rinse, but reapply toothpaste group.

I use floss daily, but Wed & Sat (generally) I have 'Dentist cleans' where I use the interdental brushes and have an extra slow thoughtful brush.

Used to years ago until was told better not to rinse

@marshmallowfinder I've already removed it
I floss, interdental brush, mouthwash then brush
If you rinse off your toothpaste you may as well not use any or use fluoride free

Always rinse. I don’t want to absorb more of the fluoride into my body than is unavoidable. That goes for many of the other ingredients in toothpaste too.

I have 4 fillings and as a child of the 1970s that is a pretty good track record

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/oct/31/experts-dentists-22-quick-easy-ways-to-care-for-your-teeth

Some good stuff here. Also some good info on how little flouride is in toothpast @SalviaDivinorum

It's never occurred to me to rinse ever 😂I must have been living under a rock

The amount of fluoride in toothpaste is very much higher than what they add to water though - we (DH and I) worked out that you're getting about 1000 times more in a day if you swallow 2 pea-sized blobs of toothpaste than from fluoride in the Canadian water, although it varies with the brand of toothpaste.
So, don't swallow any, which they say anyway, and presumably if the Canadians are using that water for drinking all day then they're getting loads of fluoride?
So it's not easy to work out the variables. But, 60 percent of pg women developing thyroid problems is not to be ignored, although I think it said most did go back to their usual levels after the birth.

@BigDahliaFan

Not keen on swallowing all the other ingredients in toothpaste either! Detergents, sweeteners, colouring etc etc.

I've read about this before. My dentist and hygienist are both good but havnt mentioned it.

But it does sound gross not to rinse.

I clean, rinse n spit then clean again but not thoroughly just enough to get paste on my teeth and I don't spit that out.

I don't rinse, just brush and spit. Although I did have to rinse my mouth out about a hundred times after using that corsodyl toothpaste. The taste of it was making me heave.

Always rinse ,..no fillings yet!

I don't rinse after I heard this! Just spit out as much as you can so you're not swallowing a mouthful of paste

Goodness - this is totally new to me.

I brush, rinse and sometimes mouth wash - maybe this is why my breath is so bad!!

I never ever rinse after brushing. I use chlorhexidine mouthwash after brushing and flossing. But if you wash with water all the flouride and cleaning properties of the toothpaste get washed away.
I also always use a straw when I drink fizzy pop.
Obviously I shouldn't drink coke but dentist said if you have to do it, use a straw!

You'd be swallowing a minimal amount though after spitting the majority out. The good stuff then stays on the teeth

For a while maybe. It gets washed off by your saliva and either swallowed or absorbed through the mucus membranes of the mouth.

Yes I know it’s a lot more flouride in toothpaste than in Canadian drinking & cooking water. But you’re not ingesting two pea size blobs by just leaving the slightest residue on your teeth after brushing and spitting it out. The effects of flouride are cumulative. So women in Canada will be ingesting overall more flouride from their drinking water than from brushing teeth, spitting and not rinsing. The risk of dental flourosis and thyroid issues is WHY the U.K. decided not to flouridate our drinking water. I agree it isn’t to be ignored, but you can’t take a Canadian study on flouride caused health issues and apply it directly to the UK as the daily ingestion of flouride is dramatically different.