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Hey, autistic people!
You pour water over your toothpaste in order to soften it so it'll turn into a liquid easier. If your toothpaste is always too solid and goopy it's because you aren't wetting it.
I both wet my toothbrush and sip a tiny amount of water for brushing. Not only does it help my tongue which is sensitive to toothpaste, it also gets far frothier (which I assume makes for more thorough application).
Do people not have spit....?
You're supposed to wet the toothbrush before you put the toothpaste on it. That way the toothpaste doesn't fall off.
I think toothpaste sticks better to a dry brush. If i try to squeeze the tube onto a wet brush it wet noodles to one side.
I don't wet either and brush my teeth just fine. Just to make this conversation more confusing.
Unless you're not the best at getting it to stick to the brush before you put it under the water, and the majority of it gets knocked into the sink when you try. If that constantly happens to you, you can wet the brush first and THEN add the toothpaste. It'll take a few seconds to mix when brushing, but you'll get the same results with less wasted toothpaste.
Too complex. I just squirt the toothpaste into my mouth.
(not really)
I actually do this. I typically don't bring it up as a third option when this discussion happens because I'd rather not be seen as a maniac around here. But it works great.
I put the toothpaste onto the tip of my tongue, get the brush wet, then as I put the brush in my mouth I also mush the toothpaste into the brush with my tongue.
Hygiene seems like the obvious concern. But funny enough, in our household we each have our own tubes of toothpaste and the end of mine looks perfectly clean while my wife's and son's are gross crusty messes. I can apply the toothpaste super cleanly. And any concerns about bumping my lip or tongue and contaminating the end of the tube seem to also exist but in a much worse way for toothbrushes and whatever may be floating around in the air in a bathroom. I'll leave it at that, lol.