What do you do while you brush your teeth?
 

We all have quirks, and often different hygiene habits. If it's safe to assume that we all brush our teeth (hopefully on a daily basis), I believe it's also safe to assume that many of us have different habits regarding how we brush, and what we do while we're brushing.

Personally, I drool all over myself if I try to brush my teeth standing up. I have no skill for keeping toothpaste foam in my mouth, so I have to lean over the sink while I brush to keep from making a huge mess. This shortcoming also contributes to another tooth-brushing habit: I prefer to brush without clothes on, or just in my underwear so I avoid the lovely crusty white stains that go along with slobbering on myself like a rabid dog. Brushing in the shower can also help avoid a mess, but I don't do it very often since I like to gargle afterward and it takes a while to get an adequate mouthful of water from the shower head.

So, how do you brush your teeth? Do you wander around the bathroom, the house? Do you hum? Do you drool? Do you do it with clothes on or naked, in the shower? Are you like my boyfriend, wandering around the house naked, practicing karate moves while you play with your junk? Or are you like me, clinging to the sink like you're chained to it?

If you don't brush your teeth (ewww:cringe:), let us know how you avoid letting your teeth rot and fall out, as well.

How long DOES IT take to get an adequate mouthful of water from the shower head?

I must know.

Longer than it takes from a cup or my hands from the sink. I'm short, so the water droplets are pretty spread out by the time they meet my mouth.

You shouldn't gargle it out with water. That rinses away its plaque fighting and cavity fighting properties. Better to use mouthwash and better still to include a drop of peroxide in the mouthwash.

I dance a little, walk around...

I gargle with water immediately following, floss, take my vitamins, then gargle with alcohol-free mouthwash and then fluoride mouthwash.

I wander around the house aimlessly. I can't just stay still while I brush my teeth...

I read a book while I brush my teeth.

I read a magazine, usually Time, Wired, or Discover.

I take my toothbrush from the charger, soak the head in listerine for 15 or so seconds, slobber on some toothpaste, and brush the entire inside of my mouth. I don't really move around, unless there's an emergency. I spit and rinse with water before rinsing with listerine.

I only brush twice a day, once after breakfast and once before bed. Other than that, it's usually just gum.

I pretty much just look at my naked wife..

Oh man I have some serious bathroom habits and this is one of them.

1. No clothes. I definitely drool the paste all over my mouth when brushing them and it goes down my shirt if I wear clothes.

2. Pick up toothbrush, wipe bottom of handle off on towel in case mold grew on it overnight, wet the toothbrush. Put a square of toothpaste on it and brush the flat part of my teeth, upper and lower. Eventually make my way to the front of my teeth. At this point I'm leaning over the sink with foam dumping everywhere (I can't brush with my mouth closed).

4. COMPLETELY RINSE the toothbrush off. Then start Phase 2 brushing which is doing the same phase over again.

5. COMPLETELY RINSE the toothbrush off again. Brush tongue vigorously, not missing any part of it, even the underneath. Rinse toothbrush again and do it again.

6. Rinse toothbrush, run the brush over all of my teeth one more time. Then put the entire brush including handle under the water to get any slime off of it. This prevents disgusting plaque build up on the toothbrush.

7. Wipe slop off of my mouth with hand, wash hands, get in the shower.

The process takes approximately 6 minutes and it grosses me out hardcore when people brush their teeth in 30 seconds.

I pretty much pace around a bit.

I have one of those ultrasonic toothbrushes though, so I have to be careful not to lose focus and take it out of my mouth. It only takes a split second before there are tiny droplets of foam and slobber covering a 3 foot radius.

wow. the excitement. i think i´m mr. boring. i stare into my bleary eyes in the mirror above the bathroom sink while brushing in the morning after breakfast.

Oh, and I kill hookers.

ps clothes or no clothes it makes no difference as i´m pretty capable of not making a mess with the toothpaste/slobber combination

I've been known to brush and pee at the same time, usually as a result of not realizing that I MUST GO NOW! before putting the brush in my mouth.

I brush my teeth while doing other things--like picking out my shoes for the day or finding a pair of socks to wear. I also occasionally brush my teeth on the toilet or in the shower.

I'm sure many of you notice the almost permanently attatched headphones in my pictures, ffs, they're even in my WA State DL. Yeah, thats what i'm doing, they only get in the way if I need to shave tho >.<

Yeah, he sure does. I'm the opposite... I HAVE to stay still while I brush my teeth. I stay in front of the sink until I finish. I am probably one of those 30-second brushers that disgusts you, Lasereth. :)

That's hardcore, brother. :)

I sing the song of the day--whatever happens to be in my head--which usually lasts 3-4 minutes and even then, it feels like a bit much. Usually shirtless and with quite a bit of dancing....


Beware, ladies....

I forgot to mention.. I also like to have toothbrush battles if I am assaulted before or after brushing my teeth.

I can be very threatening with inanimate objects.

Can someone explain to me how otherwise rational people develop OCD in the bathroom? You "have" to do something? Bizarre.

Me? I have no habits. If there's something on TV, I'll watch that. If I'm reading a book, I'll do that. If I'm talking to my wife, I'll do that. Sometimes I'll stare into the mirror.

Usually stare in the mirror. I think a lot, and I can do a lot of things while remaining still.

You would flip out if you knew about my other bathroom habits, especially how I take a shower.

Im boring....I brush my teeth, thats it....usually while trying to open my eyes

well I brush my teeth after a shower and breakfast. I rinse my mouth with mouthwash then brush my teeth, then rinse with water, then floss, and then mouth wash again.

while I am brushing my teeth though, i just brush my teeth. i keep my eye on the timer, (2.5mins.)

I brush my teeth twice daily. Usually, I stand in front of the sink. Sometimes when I'm feeling really crazy I walk around the bedroom or lay on the bed.

Before the fancy-schmancy ultrasonic toothbrush appeared in our bathroom, I'd brush my teeth in the shower. I take one in the morning before work and one when I get home from the gym. With the new vibrato-matic weirdo thing, I actually have to sit down on the toilet lid because the thing makes me dizzy and my ear canals itchy. My SO thinks it's hilarious. I, however, have mastered NOT getting the toothpaste all over everything... including the mirror in the bedroom. I still use the regular one when I don't feel like sitting down or when I'm in a bit of a rush. It's much easier in the shower. I have ADD and I'm the Queen of MultiTasking.

i do a little dance, make a little love, and get down tonight...

I try and stay in the bathroom because I am a bit messy when brushing my teeth but i do wander around the house a lot and drip everywhere....

I usually stay in my bathroom now and watch youtube vids on my iphone while i brush (3 times a day).

I brush my teeth, then help the little ones brush theirs (in the morning), but I do it solo at night :)

Like the OP, I drool all over myself and my forearm while brushing my teeth. In 22 years I haven't figured out how to keep the foam inside my mouth.

I wince, realizing,
My dentist will haunt me for eternity.

Oh...Santa...All I want for christmas is....

A blender.

I am a lot like merleniau in my habits... I can't control the foam and drool so I keep my head down in the sink. I usually do it right after my shower so I am either naked or with a towel around my waist.

My wife has the magical ability to walk around the house while she brushes. I think she has had drains installed in the back of her mouth so the toothpaste and foam can safely drain away.

I walk around the apartment until critical mass is reached and then purge it all into the sink, then brush some more and wander aimlessly around the apartment until critical mass is reached, and so on. I usually end up getting quite worked up and my skin starts itching and a daily routine has become to dunk my entire face with water after brushing my teeth in order to sooth my dry skin problem. I then meticulously rinse the tooth brush to ensure not one drop of tooth paste is left on it - some people I know leave just a tad on there, and it metastasizes into a cancerous growth that has to be scraped off with an SOS pad - disgusting.

Crompsin has this ability. It fascinates me and also makes me feel inadequate (and like a drooling fool) because I can't do it myself without making a huge mess.

Keeping the foam inside your mouth... doesn't it just require keeping one's lips wrapped around the brush, to create a seal for the foam to stay in until an opportune spitting time?

A bit like giving a blow job, I must say... :)

all's ya gotta do is keep your mouth closed around the handle...sheesh...

Hahahaha... I just haven't mastered it, I guess. I brush pretty hard and tend to produce a lot of saliva/toothpaste foam.

I like to think I'm good at giving blow jobs... :shy: But I must say.. a toothbrush is much different in shape/size when compared to a penis.

You don't want to know what I do while I brush my teeth...

Hmm... what do I do while I brush my teeth? I stand there and make sure that my electric toothbrush is hitting all the right places.

Yeah, sorry, I guess I'm boring. I didn't realize so many people had these random bathroom quirks...

Thanks for tonight's giggle.


There sure are some obsessive brushers here....
Maybe y'all can't control the foaming because you put so much on the brush. Only need the size of a pea.

My two kids leave a spray over everything-I'm very thankful for Clorox wipes.

Whistle.

Honestly, I sit at my computer and brows TFP. Almost every single time I do this. The only times I don't is when I am either in a hurry to get out the door or it is late and I am really tired.

And I brush my teeth about 4 times a day. If I eat any large amounts of sugar product I have to brush my teeth or they feel dirty and it grosses me out.

We really need a video of this.
We are here to help.

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oh yes we do if you´re going to put it like that.

I usually hold on to my nose.

Stupid vibro brush has just the right frequency to make my the tip of my nose tickle so badly that I have to either hold on, or stop brushing.

It occurs to me that I have no idea what I do when I brush my teeth. Have I been brainwashed?



No...I think I just space out. And hum. I'll pay more attention tonight :)

I have to lean over the sink, i have an electric toothbrush and i look more like i'm performing major dental surgury. Toothpaste everywhere!

My wisdom teeth are starting to come through, but are impacting with my other teeth so they tend to hurt more. (yeh, hi guys, took your damned sweet time and still didn't get it right). As such sometimes my toothbrush ends up flying across the bathroom in anger at the pain.

I just stand there and brush. Sometimes I fantasize about my latest celebrity crush (right now it's Jack Johnson and Jeremy Piven). I use my tongue cleaner first, sometimes floss, brush for at least two or three minutes, then rinse with listerine for a minute or so. I <3 my teeth!

Hm, I'm just concentrating on actually brushing my teeth. I don't count brush strokes or think about much else. Its really just the teeth for me.

While I brush I like to pee in the sink, is that weird? I grew up in a really small 2 bedroom apartment with 4 ppl, so when I'd come crawling in at 3-4 in the morn I'd usually just wash my face, quick brush and a quick piss in the sink to avoid the noise of the flush. 10 years later and having a large place to myself I can't kick the habit. A problem or someone who likes to conserve water?

I brush over the sink, in front of the mirror. I wear braces ( until sometime this summer ) so I have to use a mirror to make sure I get every tiny spot between the wires/coils/chains/bands and my teeth. Pain in the ass, it is.

Like CinnamonGirl here, I also don't know what I do while I brush my teeth, I've never actually paid attention to it despite the fact that I brush my teeth when I can ... in the morning, at night before bed, if I'm home the whole day, it's after every meal ...

I'm trying to think of a witty reply but it's just not happening itt.

This can be such a Zen question...

My balls often get played with while I brush my teeth. Probably because one hand otherwise sits there and does nothing, plus I'm usually wearing boxers while I brush em so there's no reason not to. So therapeutic.

i watch myself in the mirror and make dumb faces while i brush my teeth. either that or masturbate.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who drools uncontrollably whilst brushing my teeth. Because of this I'm usually in my boxers, or at the very least shirtless, and I tend to either stand in front of the mirror or I will meander about until I finish and have to spit and rinse.

when i brush in the morning, i can't help but to walk around the house, but at night i tend to just hang out over the sink...never really thought about my brushing habits before!

I shave while brushing my teeth. That's how hardcore I am.

I ponder life, the universe and if I need to shave my beard.

I used to be able to walk around while brushing my teeth, but the electric toothbrush prevents that(no, it does not plug in to the wall). For some reason, the electric makes it hard to keep the foam in the mouth. So I have to stay by the sink. I do brush my tongue as well.

Will, for killing hookers, a nonelectric works well, because you can sharpen the nonbrush head into a shank. Two tools in one!.

I don't understand how anyone "does things" while brushing their teeth. I have a hard enough time keeping the toothpaste in my mouth while standing still, leaning over the sink. If I start to "do things" there will be a terrible mess to clean up. And I have no idea how I get so much toothpaste on the mirror over the sink, but there it is, every time. There must be something - some trick - that I was never taught as a child.

I stand in front of the sink and think about each tooth while it's being brushed. Yes, I know I'm weird, but that is how I make sure I am doing a good job.

use less toothpaste. all those commercials and adds with a full brush of paste is bullshit. you only need a small dab, its enough to brush your whole mouth, and your toothpaste lasts longer and you dont make quite as much of a mess.

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do you name your teeth? just wondering. i knew a girl who named her toes.

No, I'm not THAT weird.

I make funny faces in the mirror:hyper:

I tried to pee and brush my teeth at the same time the other day...

This is a lot easier in theory than it is in practice.

really, how hard is it to pee?

Especially if your brushing is a bit more vigorous than normal...something you only realise once you've wet both sides of the toilet seat.

Me, I like to think I put more thought into my actual brushing - kind of a quality over quantity thing. I brush quickly, but I make sure I hit all the areas 100% before I finish. I find that sometimes, I forget to close the tap and end up watching the water run out of it till I'm ready to rinse. wasteful, I know.

Am I the only one who tries to sing while brushing my teeth? :orly:

I pace back and forth a couple of times in the bathroom while I'm brushing my teeth.

I brush my teeth, look at my face and wonder if I can get away with no shaving before work again. Most of the time I just stand there, but if some good Irish music comes on I dance. Or try to dance, I'm white.

I'm usually fully clothed. Depends when I make it to the bathroom after a shower to brush my teeth. I'm not weird when it comes to bathroom habits.

When you guys sit on the toilet and brush your teeth, do you open your legs and spit into the toilet? Or just wait till you are done? I never do anything except read when I'm on the throne.

I brush in the shower.

I just don't see it. This is the equivalent of rubbing your stomach and tapping your head. Very hard to achieve .... are you freakin' ambidextrous?

I watch TV. If the door is all the way open, I can step a little to the right, and turn a little to the left and the TV reflects in the bathroom mirror.

The added bonus is I usually brush much longer than if I just had to stand there. Sometimes I have to walk out and turn up/down the volume, change the channel, stare out the window.

I floss/brush/sorta floss/brush/listerine.

I generally don't have a hard time keeping what I need to in my mouth. Sometimes I leak, but rarely. Listerine has to be done over the sink though, because you're good, you're good, then in a split second good god I have to spit it out.

:eek:
that is so gross, you live in my apartment. If my bathroom smells like urine you are washing everything!!!
:eek:

I read, check the cats' food and water, look out the window, check the answering machine; I do all kinds of good shit.

I open and close my mouth and move my head, creating interesting and varied sounds.

It's not the peeing, so much as the aiming, I have trouble with...

Maybe I'm just a poorer multi-tasker than most.

i just brush my bloody teeth

I just stand there and look at myself in the mirror-brushing. Not sure why. I do like to brush in the shower too when I remember.

I dunno try sitting on the bowl?