Survival: If you are in an isolated place, no...

I will use the stick broom.

That's survival? Maintaining your dental care for the two days it would take you to reach shops? I can imagine it not being top of my list of priorities. However, there are various plants which have a brush like texture when broken. Failing one of those being handy any old twig would be better than nothing. Your finger would seem to me to the most handy tool though, and you can rub a combination of things onto you teeth to make them feel squeaky clean. Salt is probably the easiest to obtain, or soot. Neither are as bad as they sound! you spit not swallow after all! Dried and ground aubergine (eggplant) works well, although does require some prior planning.

Well, In my opinion it would seem plausible to then buy more toothbrushes then needed so you will always have a toothbrush on hand at all times so you wouldn't have to make a extra trip for just a toothbrush. I have like 5 or more extra toothbrushes for my husband and I so we will never be in need of one for awhile and we will have an extra one for visitors..

A hundred years or so ago, my grandmother would cut of a piece about the diameter of her small finger and about 6 inches long of a branch of an elm tree. She would, then, chew one end of the twig to make it into a brush and used this to brush her teeth. Sometimes she used crushed charcoal or ashes as tooth powder. Later, she used baking soda. I don't remember her ever having to wear dentures.

I had a dentist once tell me when I was younger that your tongue can act like a toothbrush in the absence of a toothbrush, so I would definitely run my tongue over my teeth on a regular basis. In addition to that, I would make sure and gurgle and swish some water after I'd gotten done eating. This might not be quite as good as having a toothbrush and toothpaste, but you have to do what you can do in desperate times.

You've got a good topic. Let me share about what I learned is truly about survival. Survival is usually associated with a person being in a bad situation where life is in danger. In danger in the sense that at any moment, if mistakes are done, it can cause life or lives of people. In a toothbrush situation, in my personal opinion, it's not related to survival. It's just one of those secondary things. that's just me but of course, I respect your wonderful point of view.

I'd use my tongue and rinse with water, your body produces saliva which has been proven by dentists to break down the bacteria in your mouth that is why they recommend chewing gum (sugar free naturally) it helps stimulate saliva that will help protect your tooth and gums. You can always find something hygienic to floss your teeth with. If you look hard enough you can still find emergency stopgap oral substitutes to look after your teeth.

My Native American ancestors pounded twigs and used them as brushes to clean their teeth. You can also use lots of water to rinse your teeth.

If there is water available, I will use that to rinse the food off my teeth. That could help some until I reach civilization.

If I were in an isolated place, I would look for a Guava tree and use its wood to make sticks for tooth pick.

I'd just probably gargle and try to find a coconut husk to use it as a brush. I am not sure if it will help, but am hoping that would work somehow.

in india some people in rural area uses neem stick as a toothbrush. they chew the stick and use it like a brush. neem tree flowers and oil are used in herbals and medicines also. by having such medicinal values it will work as a tooth care.

I would break a small branch and ravel the end and us that to brush my teeth...once it ravel enough it can certainly work pretty good...

Our dental health tells a lot more about our general overall health than any other factor, so I would want to brush my teeth. I would probably try to find a natural way to clean my teeth, like looking for food. Maybe I could find an apple tree. If there were not any natural teeth cleaning remedies I would look for a stick and scrape each one of them to get any residue off of them. I would also look for some water, so I could rinse and cleanse my mouth, which is another healthy way to keep the teeth clean.

Chewing on a stick, this is actually a more effective means of cleaning teeth than a toothbrush all the best, urban

I'd like to tell what one of my schoolmate did some years ago to deal with such affairs.In our secondary school life, in my impression, he was the laziest student in our dormitury.Every day,after we went to our classroom,he got up.He was so lost in computer games that he spent almost every night out of our school on online games.As a result, he used up all the money from his parents.So he had little money to buy things for daily life and school things.We were all amazed about how he dealt with his teeth without toothpaste and toothbrush.One morning,I had left something in our dormitury and returned to fetch it.To my great surprise, he was putting my toothpaste on his right forefinger,and just made his fore finger temporary toothbrush.

I would be more concerned about how I'm going to pee and poop! You don't really need toothbrush to have clean teeth. You can use grass or coconut husk to clean your teeth. Toothpaste is unnecessary.

hi, for me i will sacrifice that two days walking just to buy a tooth brush,walking for two days will happen once only,but if i there is no store for that i think i can use some sticks as a toothpick,or i will create an improvise toothbrush that made from leaves and sticks.

the biggest part of the people in the world are not brushing their teeth at all. So this is not a subject at all. Also if you live very isolated small chance you will be able to eat much candies or stuff that will ruin your teeth. You can also do it the way my husband does (he lives in Africa) you use a piece of a tree and chew on it!

I guess the next time you take the 2 day walk you stock up on dental care, until then swish out with water, use thread for floss, and your finger and baking soda or even just plain water to brush your teeth.