Are you kidding? Brush my teeth in the place where I pee?
I lived on a tropical island for 6 years. You do NOT drink tap water there, so brushing with tap water made no sense to me. I began brushing with drinking water from the fridge, and got used to brushing with very cold water. Now, brushing with any other temperature doesn’t feel clean to me.
I brush in the shower, and so does my dentist (in her own shower, not mine). I take that as an endorsement.
Usually in the mornings I’ll brush teeth in the shower. After dinner and before bed, I use the sink. I have long hair, so I brush while I am rinsing it. I actually prefer to brush with warm or hot water, rather than cold tap, as my teeth are sometimes a bit temperature sensitive.
Yes. I have my big tube of toothpaste on the sink, and I keep the little ones that my dentist give me in the shower. It usually isn’t enough to go the 6 months between visits, though, so I’ll usually end up with 2 tubes in my bathroom.
Of course.
I have to take the time to do it anyway so why not do it in the warm, calming waters of a shower while I desperately cling to the oblivion of sleep instead of bent over a stainless steel sink questioning my reflection while toothpaste leakings run all over my hand (messy brusher, I guess.).
Just make sure you keep the toothpaste leakings off your ding dong. Makes it feel funny for a while.
No. I think it would take me a lot longer to thoroughly rinse my mouth after brushing in the shower. It would be too hard to gather the water in my closed palms to rinse the 10 or so times that I do at the sink. Plus it would get complicated with the tongue scraper in there as well.
ETA: I agree with the others that brushing at the sink allows for a nice already-warm shower when done.
I brush my teeth and shave in the shower. I keep the my toothpaste and toothbrush in the shower. Occasionally I brush my teeth at the sink, which breaks my cycle and I end up at the sink till I remember to put the toothpaste and brush back in the shower.
Wet myself down, shampoo my hair, brush my teeth, rinse the shampoo out, shave, wash with soap. I’m pretty wasteful when it comes to hot water.
I have never done so, even after hearing about the concept. Trying to do things like that while the shower is spraying doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, and I don’t like spitting into the runoff water. To do it reliably, I’d have to leave my toothpaste and toothbrush in the tub, which I would not want to do because of the spray. And if I’m going to have to get it ready before I go in, I might as well just do it right then.
Shaving makes even less sense to me, since you can’t see what you’re doing. There is a part of it I can do without a mirror, but I need to check in the mirror to finish, and it would be weird to have to wait until I get out to do that part. Sure, shaving legs makes sense, since they’re wet and ready and you can see them. But my face? Not even if I still used regular shavers instead of electric, which prevents any burning, at the expense of a less clean shave (which I can get away with since I have a beard. No one wants to feel the smooth part under my beard.)
I’m not saying I’d judge anyone else. I could definitely see doing it if you have a tendency to forget and putting it in the shower helps you remember. But I still went with “crazy talk” since it’s something I will be quite unlikely to try. I actually am hoping to get an electric setup eventually.
I use my sense of touch (i.e., rubbing my hand over my skin) to tell when I’m done shaving. YMMV
I’m more likely to brush my teeth while sitting on the toilet. The sink is within spitting distance.
They have these nifty fog free mirrors that work well. While I don’t brush for the aforementioned reasons, shaving in the shower is great. You just need to have a spot behind you to place the mirror, and to stay away from the direct flow of the water. It is difficult in some hotels.
Yup. Handily, the basin is within easy reaching distance of the shower, so I keep my toothbrush/paste in the 'normal ’ place then reach over and grab the stuff once I am in. It is less marginally less messy, and means that any ‘toothpaste dribble’ can be safely and effectively neutralised.
Contortions? I keep a plastic mug in the bathroom for this purpose. If I don’t have a cup of some sort, I put some water in my cupped hands.
I answered “hell no” because it was closest to my reaction, but it just feels mildly icky to me, not out-and-out disgusting. But the real reason I’ve never tried it is because I don’t shower when I want to brush my teeth, so there’s no reason to set up for it to be convenient, so it would be hideously inconvenient. Also, I don’t like the idea of drinking warm tap water – who knows what it’s picked up in the hot water tank.
To those who have suggested that “it saves time”: how?
I can’t imagine very many people in the world are capable of brushing their teeth with one hand while soaping their body with the other (or not very effectively, at least). In which case, you’re not saving any time; instead of taking a shower (10 minutes) then brushing your teeth (3 minutes), you’re just taking a 13-minute shower wherein you’re combining the two without being more efficient. In truth, you’re just wasting more water by extending your shower.
For the record, I’ve never done it nor even considered it.
No, but I do keep a toothbrush in the shower; it’s to clean the grout.
It takes two minutes to brush my teeth.
During shampooing, I leave the conditioner in my hair for two minutes to fight the curls and frizzies.
During the two minutes I need to leave the conditioner in my hair, I can productively brush my teeth.
Two minutes are saved.