What;s your oral hygiene regime?

What's a donnot?

I use the electric toothbrush and my dad's a dentist so yes oral hygiene is important.

Once I started using the electric toothbrush I couldn't go back to manual. It really cleans your teeth pretty good! My dad gave me this sonic thing but I can't use it 'cause it makes my head dizzy. It's supposed to be better than the regular electric oral b toothbrush but I just don't like the feel of it.

Oral hygiene is very important, the state of your mouth can be indicative of other serious health problems.

Just a manual toothbrush and floss for me, with some mouthwash for good measure. I've only a few cavities, my dentist once told me I have very decay resistant teeth, yay for me.

mouthwash, floss, sonicare, bleaching system, waterpik

in fact, I just bought some new blue mouthwash today that shows any plaque after you swish it for 30 secs...

V important!!!

I recently got an electric toothbrush and I love it. My teeth have not been cleaner...and they even feel clean .... I use moutwash too in the AM and PM ...I have a miswak that I use sometimes to pick at my teeth probably not good:lol: My teeth are important to me...

donnot= do not

VERY IMPORTANT! Electric toothbrush, floss, AND mouthwash. I brush my teeth 3-5 times a day. I know that's a lot, but it's important to brush after waking up to get rid of halitosis, after each meal (when I eat 3 times a day), and before I go to bed.

Manual brush, floss and antibacterial mouthwash. I have great teeth, no cavities ever(knock on wood) but my gums are genetically crummy. Dentist told me I had the choice between this routine or no teeth by 45.

Aqua-sol floss, Glister brand toothbrush and toothpaste; also use diluted Glister oral rinse (it comes in a 60 mL bottle of CONCENTRATE--which means you get an easily portable bottle which contains equivalent of 1.5 L of Listerine/Scope/etc).

Manual toothbrush (Colgate 360) I love those things.

Manual toothbrush, electric toothbrush (although both of the last ones I bought broke ) and floss. I think taking care of your teeth is important, although I'll admit to not having done so quite so well in the past.

Manual toothbrush and floss. I am thinking about changing to electric tho.

oh this is easy.. I dont have teeth..
I am soo kidding..

Halitosis Yup brushing would cure that right up!Or go to a bad breathe clinic!

Veeeeeery important!!!

Manual toothbrush, but I like the electric ones too. Floss, Bleach sometimes...

Without proper oral hygiene you could be in for a host of many health problems.
Manual toothbrush here
Floss
Regular xrays and dental cleanings

Manual toothbrush, floss, mouthwash morning and evening. In the evening I use a tongue cleaner - anyone else use one? It's amazing how much cleaner your mouth feels afterwards.

Am I the only one who needed to look up "miswak"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miswak

I wonder if I can make my own? I have olive trees...
(and how has the natural foods community missed *this* one?! Empire, here I come!)

I knew about miswak because my parents brought it when they did pilgrimage.

Although I never knew about the positive side effects. Thanks on the wiki link !

I once had a manger with such bad breath that you could smell on the telephone receiver after he finished using the phone.

I use a tongue cleaner in the evening too! It is widely used in India (by those who are more modern that the usual neem tree twig used as toothbrush) but I didn't start till my dad brought a new one from USA when he visited me in India once.

My response includes "other":

So
- Rubber pick to clean out the "pockets"
- Interdental brush to clean out between my teeth where the larger gaps are
- Floss to clean between the rest of my teeth and the backs of the last molars
- Manual toothbrush
and
- Electric toothbrush on weekends until my 3 months is up on my last manual toothbrush.

Above routine is done EVERY day right after breakfast (big, chunky muesli bits)
At night time, just brushing with the manual brush is all that is necessary.

Do I think that oral hygiene is important?
Yes.

More importantly, what's a "Miswak"?

Ever since I started using an electric tooth brush my plaque problem has disappeared. I also try to floss at least once a day

bleh this ain't about the oral hygiene that i thought it meant

I think you should vote miswak / miss-whack.

Toothbrush, whitening toothpaste, floss and occasionally some whitestrips will sneak in there.

Brush, manually and use mouthwash. Floss too.

Manual toothbrush and flossing.

More illnesses are related to bad mouth/teeth hygeine than you think!!!

Until I saw your post, it never occurred to me to look it up. I'll do it now---with your link!

Electric toothbrush, whitening toothpaste and floss.

What kind of floss do you use, mags?

I use this:

I've still got my regular from Boots in the UK!! It is a looooonnng roll!

LOL - I finished my Boots roll two years ago.

I miss Boots. CVS just isn't quite the same...

Me too