How long do you brush your teeth?

a cartoon cat brushes teeth - a carton cat brushes teeth
@youless (112123)
Guangzhou, China
May 28, 2007 10:09pm CST
I am wondering how long time you will spend in brushing your teeth. In the past I tended to spend short time. Now I think perhaps spending longer time will be better. So now I will spend about 5 minutes brushing my teeth. How about you?
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9 responses
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
30 May 07
I have never really time myself when I brush my teeth. I think I should take a bit longer time brushing my teeth tomorrow like you.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
30 May 07
Haha, thanks:)
@jogie_bien (1103)
• Philippines
29 May 07
i spend 5 minutes to brush my teeth.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
30 May 07
It's a suitable time.
• United States
29 May 07
Till I feel that they are clean. After I eat chocolates etc. I brush longer to get that stuff out of my teeth otherwise may be for 45 seconds.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May 07
Isn't it a little short time for brushing 45 seconds?:)
• Philippines
29 May 07
i usually brush my teeth for about 3 minutes or a length of a full song :) i think that the longer that you brush, the better it would be because you can clean all part of your mouth, including the tongue area. it is best to brush your teeth when you are not in a hurry.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May 07
I also think brushing teeth for longer time is better.
@rb200406 (1824)
• India
29 May 07
I usually take 5-10 minutes.It depends.Usually i take more time brushing at night then in the morning.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May 07
It's very good that your brush teeth for a long time.
• United States
29 May 07
I probably spend about 3 minutes, maybe more. Sometimes I just get mixed up in thoughts and doze off while I'm still brushing my teeth. A dental hygienist once told me that the more gentle you are when brushing your teeth, the better.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May 07
Thanks for your advice.
@limosonia1 (1559)
• United States
29 May 07
I spend a lot of time on my teeth and brush at least three times a day. I wasn't very good at taken care of them before and ran into some trouble learned from my mistakes and now i am almost religous about it. It is way to painful to correct the mistakes.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May 07
I only brush my teeth twice a day, thanks for your comment.
• United States
29 May 07
I brush for 200 strokes just like my dentist told me to when I had braces. He told me 2 minutes or 200 strokes so my teeth dony get stained.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May 07
It's a very useful digitals. I have never known that 2 minutes will be about 200 strokes:)
@lreddell (172)
• United States
29 May 07
I brush my teeth twice a day, for two minutes each time. When I was brushing with a regular toothbrush, I knew that I wasn't brushing long enough, so I switched to one of those Sonicare toothbrushes. It is timed in intervals, 30 seconds per section of your teeth. Its really awesome! So I guess my answer would be 2 minutes. :)
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May 07
Currently I use digital toothbrush, and I think it works better than the regular toothbrush.