Brushing your teeth

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One of the few extravagances in my otherwise frugal existence is changing my toothbrush very frequently - like every three weeks (rather than every three months). I just power through them.

Then I feel guilty about the environmental cost, so end up keeping the used-up brushes in case they could be useful for leaning around the house, getting into those little tucked-away places that are hard to reach. This need doesn't occur very often, though - so I have something like 100 used toothbrushes sitting in jars in cupboards.

I did once try a toothbrush with a wooden handle - thinking it would be more environmentally sound, biodegradable, trees absorb carbon etc etc. But the handle snapped quite quickly - I guess I probably go about the task with too much vigour. So it was back to the plastic handles.

This toothbrush decadence is my small fry equivalent to Prince's legendarily changing his underpants three times a day. (I should imagine we're not talking Y-fronts or typical boxers either - probably an undergarment made of silk).

 

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I have known people with Luka's approach to oral cleansing. One close friend, then a student, never brushed his teeth. Like maybe once in a blue moon. For some reason, he did go to the dentist once, though. The dentist pointed out that his teeth were in dreadful shape. "One of the ones at the back there, it's basically held in by the plaque!" he exclaimed. My friend expressed the dissenting view that, given this was the case, why not leave well alone. If the plaque served the function of cement - why oh why brush it away?

 

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