Do you wet your toothbrush before brushing? (a poll)

In My Humble Opinion
1

For me: put toothpaste on toothbrush and then brush.

For my husband and friends: put toothpaste on brush, douse in water, brush teeth.

Which is more common?

2

I wet my toothbrush, apply the paste, then brush.

3

I used to wet it until a couple of years ago when I read on an Indian dental health website that you should not wet it since wetting it will just increase the amount of foam and bring about the spit reflex before you are finished brushing.

I found that to be some sagely advice!

4

Water, toothpaste, brush.

5

Water, paste, water, brush

6

Paste, water, brush

7

Water first. I like to rinse my toothbrush to make sure its clean and hasn’t picked up any dust/dirt/bathroom-particles.
:eek:

8

water paste water brush

9

Hah! I knew I was right! :smiley:

10

water, paste, water, brush

11

Call me Gumby, cuz I’m with pokey. I used to wet my brush, but found that not doing so kept the foaming action significantly down, which led to me being able to brush for longer before a spit reflex comes into play.

12

^^^^^What he said.^^^^

13

Wet, paste, brush.

I don’t know why but I hate the sensation of putting a dry toothbrush in my mouth. Just . . . egh.

14

water, paste, brush

15

Water, paste, brush.

Otherwise the bristles are all spiky and they hurt. I have to soften them up with the water first.

16

Water Paste Brush. I never heard of doing it any other way.

17

Spit reflex, eh? Weird. I wasn’t aware I had one. It’s never kept me from finishing brushing in my entire life. If I have too much foam and am not done brushing, I simply spit out a bit of it out and keep scrubbing away.

Wet, paste, brush, BTW. Paste on a dry brush is too gooky.

18

water, soap, water (rinse off soap),toothpaste,water.

I like to start with a clean brush. Stupid medical journals have me paranoid about my toothbrush. I’m ready to put an autoclave in the bathroom.

19

I’m another wet-paste-brush sort.

20

I’m in the water paste water brush water brush.

I brush off the toothpaste gunk with a wet brush after brushing my teeth with the paste.

Brushing irritates my gums, and the cold water on the brush afterwards feels yummy.