WHEN a character finishes brushing their teeth in the movies or on TV, they often just spit out the excess without rinsing their mouths with water and gargling. However, most of us adopt the rinse-gargle-spit routine after brushing our teeth – after all, we were taught to do so since young, often by those older and wiser.
Since Hollywood-made entertainment is make-believe, it is easy to dismiss this non-rinsing behaviour as an on-screen quirk.
The Health Ministry's MyHealth portal makes no mention of rinsing and only advises us to"spit out after brushing".The fluoride in toothpaste, which helps prevent tooth decay, will remain in the mouth and continue to be effective if it is not rinsed out. Ironically, fluoride is also why we were taught to rinse after brushing when we were kids. It can lead to dental fluorosis in children, which is why children's toothpaste usually does not have fluoride but if it does, the amount used is small.
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