Timeline for How can I clean teeth in the backcountry?
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| Mar 6, 2022 at 7:38 | history | edited | Vorac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2021 at 19:14 | comment | added | Chris H | @scohe001 from the UK national health service "Don't rinse with water straight after toothbrushing". It's not particularly recent | |
| Oct 28, 2021 at 18:47 | comment | added | scohe001 | @ChrisH do you have a source for this "latest advice?" That's not something I've heard of. | |
| Oct 28, 2021 at 11:29 | history | edited | Vorac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2021 at 8:02 | comment | added | Chris H | @Michael shake hard, rinse lightly, shake hard. That gets the toothpaste residue off anyway. Then, if you're worried, rinse properly when you fill up your bottles with water, even if that means filling a bottle to give the brush a good squirt. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 17:09 | comment | added | Michael | The main problem with scarce water is: How do you clean the brush? I usually sacrifice a small squirt from a bicycling bottle to give the brush a very rough rinse. But it’s not a great solution. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 14:38 | comment | added | Chris H | @fraxinus against splinters possibly. Most (but by no means all) woods are safe enough for culinary use including putting in your mouth. I could test apple, olive, walnut, and lemon (not listed but orange and lime are) twigs from my own garden if I really wanted to | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 14:33 | comment | added | fraxinus | The "specific ones" part is prrobably important. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 13:38 | comment | added | Chris H | @fraxinus I don't fancy the risk of splinters myself but wood is traditional there too. It looks like (Wikipedia) the woods used are specific ones, and chewed first. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 12:25 | comment | added | fraxinus | It is not the handle that is bad, it is the fibers that come in contact with gums. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 12:24 | comment | added | Chris H | @fraxinus and now you can buy wooden-handled (or bamboo) toothbrushes to save plastic! Ragged sticks are traditional in some places, widely sold, and probably better than nothing | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 11:51 | comment | added | fraxinus | My dentist profoundly advises against anything wooden in the mouth. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 11:11 | comment | added | Chris H | @phipsgabler A good shake is often enough, combined with leaving it out overnight. It might not dry completely every time but it stays clean enough | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 10:20 | comment | added | phipsgabler | For the last point: I habitually rub my toothbrush against the upper arm part of my sleeve to get it dry in such a setting. That place is usually not dirty, and the little bit of moisture and paste remainders are irrelevant outdoors. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 8:51 | comment | added | Chris H | You shouldn't rinse after brushing your teeth anyway, according to the latest advice. Anyway the amount of water used in brushing teeth is small compared to drinking/cooking needs. | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 2:56 | comment | added | fyrepenguin | I’d opt to use nothing over something like grass; a few days without brushing won’t kill you, but contamination on the ground could! | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 1:28 | history | answered | Vorac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |