On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:37:02 GMT, "Daniel R. Levy"
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>Any you people heard of a tooth brushing technique involving wiggling one's
>lower lip with the fingers while brushing.
>
>No I am not kidding, a hygienist I know claimed this would get the teeth
>cleaner.
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This is a hygienist with a very good sense of humor!
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>I looked at the tooth brushing instructions on www.ada.org. Nothing. I
>tried some Google searches with various combinations of terms like lip,
>wiggle, brushing, teeth. This mostly turned up descriptions of intimate
>kissing, but nothing that I could see about dental hygiene.
>
>Nor can I understand why that would be expected to work. I tried it while
>looking in the mirror and the gums don't seem to shift to expose more tooth
>to brush. Or maybe something else was meant: are you supposed to rub the
>teeth with the inside of the lip when all lathered up with toothpaste? If
>so, why wouldn't a clean finger tip do equally well and be less likely to
>stir up canker sores, which are tied to the detergents in toothpaste?
>
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