the wet brush dry brush dilemma

For best results put toothpaste on a dry brush, before brushing wet your brush and paste and rinse your mouth with water and brush up and down.

I always use a wet brush with the logic that toothpaste rolls off a dry brush. On thinking it over... toothpaste is wet, so it probably sticks anyway. But you're supposed to use a wet brush!

FIgure its up to the person but I also wet brush first even with false teeth

I wet the toothbrush, put the tooth polish on, then wet the whole thing. Although I have read the instructions - I read EVERYTHING - I don't remember it saying anything about the water. I do think it's funny that the instructions say "For best results, squeeze tube from the bottom." It makes it sound like you get cleaner teeth if you squeeze the tube from the bottom and not the middle! But, I think it's personal preference on the water part. As long as you're brushing then I think you're ok...

I always wet my brush after I put a toothpaste on it. I never thought that wet or dry brush matters. I guess it doesn't matter if one put the toothpaste on a dry brush when one would just wet it right after putting the toothpaste then use it. I think it all comes down to personal preferences.

I don't remember if I was ever told which way to put the toothpaste on. I just always wet the brush first too. This way the toothpaste suds up better to clean my teeth.

I always wet my brush..always have done it that way but for a few times. It seems the toothpaste lathers better when I do. I also like rinsing the brush before using it .

I did some research online, and the only site that addressed the issue of wet or dry brush was About.com. http://dentistry.about.com/od/basicdentalcare/ss/simplybrush.htm It gives step by step directions for brushing your teeth. Step one is below: After flossing, moisten your toothbrush with water and apply a thin strip of toothpaste. Try to choose one that contains fluoride.

I don't know if there is a right or wrong way, but like you I always wet the brush before applying the paste, and usually after also. I don't know anyone who uses a dry brush.

I don't know which is the correct way but i always wet my toothbrush "I think" i do at least..I don't remember even noticing but now i will pay attention, but if you put it on a dry toothbrush then you have to run water on top anyway so i would think you would wash some of the toothpaste off the brush in the process...I have so many other things on my mind actually i have never really paid much attention...

personal preference, luv, and you can put just a dab on either and get all the tooth paste benifits oh, and my dentist says to scrub back and forth not up and down to get the gums - humm, need to brush my teeth, need to get out new brush since the ferals in my bathroom destroyed the old one

It's personal preference, although using a wet brush is better for your gums because the bristles aren't so stiff then and won't damage the sensitive tissue. My dentist always told me to use a wet toothbrush for that very reason, especially since my gums are very tender.

[b]...It matters?? It's going to get wet at some point, anyway, so I wet the brush, & the paste (or in my case, the baking soda) sticks to it a bit better, & wetness lets me speed up the whole process. If he likes having a stiff, dry brush, the he's welcome to stress out his gums & take a few more seconds if he chooses. Me, I see no real reason why he should care what you like to do. It's no skin off his gums...oh wait...maybe it is when doing it his way.... Maggiepie[/b]

I don't like to take sides but I would say you are right plus you brush your tonge and the roof of your mouth. cd

I think it's personal preference to be honest, I think you also do it out of habit as well, it's whatever your used to doing, it's part of your routine, ergo you do it how you always do it. I had to stop and think to remember how I do it, and I follow your husband in that I always put toothpaste of a dry brush, but I only put a pea sized amount on my brush rather than all the way across it. Even with an electric toothbrush which I occasionally use I will always put it on without wetting the brush head first.

I have never heard of ever putting toothepaste on a dry brush. How does the toothpaste get foamy enough to do its job?

its totally a personal preference, some people feel too much dryness in mouth, and so they wet thier brush, but i never do i dont like that loosening of paste and then it is kind of diluted with water, so i put it on dry brush and then move it up and down on the teeth....a clean perfect cleaning..

I don't know....I wet my toothbrush first before adding the toothpaste. I don't really know if it makes a difference or no. I could be wrong of course but I am willing t o bet that it is a matter of personal preference and neither of you are wrong.

I always apply toothbrush to a wet brush and no one ever said anything to me!

I've always put water on my toothbrush and then put toothpaste on it, I guess to make a little water start the foaming action. I know that when you put anything in your mouth your saliva starts and you could probably bypass the whole water thing but if its a habit, and not a bad one, then I think its a personal thing.