3 minutes brushing the teeth?..do you follow?

Yep, I've heard that recommendation many times. Many people have three minute sand timers in their bathroom. It is a good practice.

I always brush until I am happy sometimes I brush longer than 3 minutes. I always look after my teeth as a toothache is horrible to have.

My daughter I think does it longer she has brushed her teeth so much she has breushed the enamal off them lol. I have false teeth so just brush tehm

I have never heard that one before. In fact what I hear is the following... people brush too hard and too fast... but I have never heard a time frame put on it. 3 minutes that DOES seem like a long time. Thanks Zelo

i never knew there was a suggested time on brushing your teeth.. i just brush till i have brushed everything and feel clean

No, it only takes me 1 minute,sometimes less. i think it is enough and it is the most important of how to keep your teeth heathy that you should choose the right posture to brush. i have been told that the right posture is brushing from the root to cuspal,and repeat again and again, which would make your teeth strong and clean.....

i do my brushing but usually more than 3 minutes but attimes in the night ,i am usually in a hurry to sleep,so i do brush in a hurry which means less than 3 minutes.(brushing is a sort of habit)

[i]Hi bomb, Like you, I can't spend 3 minutes always...Depends on my schedule but when I am just at home, I am trying to do it more longer![/i]

I just brush my teeth until I'm convinced they are clean. I never watched the time!

I do but not always. I love brushing my teeth and find it very refreshing if I brush longer. there are times when I am really in a hurry that I have to brush in alittle 2 minutes.

Hi bombshell, I normally take up to 5mins to clean my teeth, but I also clean my tongue too...littleowl

yes i always follow to brush for 3 minutes and my brush span life always is up to two months only. the dentist advice is up to three months but mine goes up to two months already. that is why sometimes i ask my bro who lives at london to send some toothbrush for alam mo naman sa pinas, the products are not well made i have to admit. so back to the discussion yes i make sure that i brush my teeth for three minutes and my child ony brushes a minute or less. he can not stand the toothpaste long yet but we will teach him that when he grows much older

I never measured it but i hope so it would be max 2 minutes and yah, i would do until my mouth is clean.

our dentist gave my kids a timer so yeah we brush for however long we are supposed to not sure how long that really is though since it's one of those sand timers that you flip over.

Well.I do brushing for atleast 5 mins brushing each and every corner of my mouth.I had a severe tooth ache once and dentist suggest to do so.Now am very happy with my teeth.Happy mylotting..

I dont know how long I brush my teeth, but it is probably not the recommended amount of time. My eletric toothbrush used to have a timer on it, but I dont know if it does now. I think there are soem things that a toothbrush can time for you, but I dont know if all of them have a timer for how long you should brush your teeth.

Not sure. I just do it until my mouth feels clean.

I have never timed it so I do not know. I use an herbal tooth powder instead of toothpaste. I brush but then leave some of the tooth powder around my gums. It has good herbs in to, like white oak bark to kill the germs. I feel like I'm getting five or ten minutes extra as that works into my mouth. So I probably get at least three minutes in if you include that.

Unless you actually set a timer, it's hard to brush as long as you're probably suppose to. I know they make toothbrushes now that sing until you can stop brushing. I agree with the above noter, I brush my teeth until I feel like they , along with my entire mouth are clean. I don't know if it's always 2-3 minutes or not.