# Brushing teeth in the shower??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-teeth-in-the-shower/223859>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 10, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-teeth-in-the-shower/223859 "2004-01-10T20:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pherenike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pherenike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pherenike)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-teeth-in-the-shower/223859/21 "2004-01-12T00:51:24Z")

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Never even considered it! The water is all warm and everyone knows that you must have cold water for toothpaste. Next you’ll be suggesting white wine with steak!😉

Plus, what if you slipped in a glob of toothpaste? White paste would be invisible on white tiles; I could slip and break my neck.

Do those of you who do; do you have trouble with toothpaste ring-around-the-tub?

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-teeth-in-the-shower/223859/22 "2004-01-12T06:48:37Z")

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I brush my teeth and shave in the shower and have for years. Who needs a mirror to shave after years of practice?

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**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-teeth-in-the-shower/223859/23 "2004-01-12T12:38:43Z")

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I do shave in the shower but like many others I want to brush my teeth with cold water. Many who brush whilst showering seem to do so because they get toothpaste all over their clothes if they don’t. I usually brush my teeth in the nude, right after taking a shower, so I don’t have that problem and anyway… do you people need bibs when eating, then?

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-teeth-in-the-shower/223859/24 "2004-01-12T14:45:56Z")

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I agree, cold water is the only way to brush one’s teeth, so I do this at the sink. As much as I would like to shave in the shower and save time, I would never be able to do it, even with a fog-proof shower-mirror, as I would also have to wear my glasses in the shower to see what I am doing.

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