Do you wet your toothbrush before brushing?

In My Humble Opinion
1

The recent thread about leaving the water running while brushing got me wondering about this. Some of the respondents implied that they don’t wet their toothbrush before brushing their teeth.

That’s freaking disgusting! A few times, I’ve been absentminded and started brushing my teeth dry, and it’s like sucking on sheetrock dust.

I polled a few of my friends, and none of them admitted to doing this. One of them did claim that she knew someone who did, though.

So, what side of the fence do you fall on? And if you’re a dry brusher, how can you stand it?

2

Take brush from stand. Turn on water. Wet brush. Turn off water. Apply toothpaste. Brush. Turn on water. Rinse toothbrush. Return to stand. Spit. Turn off water. Rinse and gargle with Listerine 30 seconds. Spit. Whee!

3

My ex-gf brushed without getting the brush wet. I told her that only savages brush their teeth in that manner.

4

What?
No toothpaste?
I don’t wet the brush if I brush with my mouthwaste first. :stuck_out_tongue:

5

Yes.

6

Yes.

7

I wet my toothbrush, apply toothpaste and then I slightly moisten the toothpaste.

8

I don’t wet it. The toothpaste provides enough moisture for me. Maybe I use more toothpaste than I’m meant to, but life’s short, might as well live it up.

9

I’m afraid to ask.

10

Every time.

11

My toothbrush has been sitting wet in the bathroom all day/night collecting who knows what from the air. I usually run it under hot water for a few seconds just in case something is growing on the bristles.

12

Same here. And I’ve taken to putting a cap on top of the brush after I’m finished with it.

13

I always do. I do find it strange that my best friend wets it after she applies toothpaste, though.

14

Yes, twice. Once before applying the toothpaste, and once after applying it.

15

Me too. And I tell myself every time that it doesn’t make any sense.

16

Twice, once before I apply toothpaste, once after.

17

Yep, twice.

Wet brush, apply toothpaste, wet brush … I also wet it after every time I spit the toothpaste out …

18

I am, also, a toothbrush wetter.

19

I used to brush dry. Then I found that wetting the brush first made it easier to rinse off the excess toothpaste that had become embedded between the bristles. Less gunk in the bristles, less gunk for germs to build up on, I figure.

20

Me too. I have very sensitive gums, and I find this helps a bit.