Stealth Tooth Brushing?

[ClassyGlobal]

While deployed 5x overseas and many a time in the field, I used this double water bottle method.  I don't know if others use it.

1. Collect/Crush/ReCap/Save 16oz waterbottles (recap to keep them crushed (saves space))
2. Keep one you never crush (air dry after last rinse)
3. With intact bottle, fill 8oz or less (depends on how much water you may need for swishing/rinsing)
4. Dip dry brush in water
5. Apply paste of choice to brush
6. Brush teeth/gums until you feel fresh
7. Spit saliva into a crushed bottle, recap
8. Brush tongue
9. Sip a bit of water, swish to rinse
10. Spit in same crushed bottle, recap
11. Drop used brush into uncrushed bottle with leftover fresh water shake vigorously to rinse
12. Pour rest of water into crushed bottle, recap
13. Toss used crushed recapped bottle into your trash to dump later

*Be mindful that you may have to stretch crushed bottle a little bit depending on how much space you need to accommodate your used water.

Sounds like a lot but it is quite simple and goes smoothly once you get the hang of it

I started using this method because I didn't always want to walk 300 yards from my living space to the bathroom/shower area in 130 temps or if we were under alert.  They didn't want us spitting outside of our doors.  The sugar attracted bugs as well as it looked quite unsightly to see someones dried up spit puddle between your hooch.

 

[MrNoodly]

Brush. Swallow. Drink water. Swallow.

 

[XFILE36]

I have a gray water container in my Prius (large laundry detergent bottle with handle) stick a funnel in it.

It's ready for brushing teeth.  I use a small squeeze bottle for water to rinse mouth and brush/funnel

Brent

I saw a woman who lived in her car who used a laundry det. bottle for urine.  Any reason you cant combine the two?

 

[XFILE36]

Fluoride doesn't do anything for teeth.  ALCOA just wanted to get paid for dumping their chemical waste.  Fluoride is what Hitler's gang added to the water in the Jewish Ghettos (and later in the concentration camps) to keep the inmates docile and stupid.  It also robs  us of what tiny bit of iodine we're getting (we desperately need much more).  

You've read that our IQs are going down?  Fluoride was added to our water in the 1960s, and iodine was basically removed from our diet and touted to be 'toxic' (also not true) about the same time.  Our IQs started dropping in the 1980s.

Soon after the changes in the 1970s, Type 2 diabetes, obesity, breast cancer, autism,  prostate and heart problems started increasing substantially about the same time, and are still increasing.

Just remember that doctors don't CURE much of anything -- they just treat your symptoms until you die.

Do your homework -- you'll see.

WOW!  I still get amazed when I hear people that think fluoride is good!  It literally is rat poison!

 

[DesertDweller]

I personally can't go more than 12 hours or so without brushing my teeth. (Mom drilled the tooth brushing into our heads as kids, and we got smacked in the head if unbrushed). When traveling in the van, I find a local restaurant, store or Starbuck's that has a bathroom. (lots of Starbuck's have one stall bathrooms, too). If we're out in the boonies, I just use bottled water to rinse, and spit it outdoors. 

I've never had a filling in my mouth at 57, although I could use two back teeth extractions right now. I'm petrified of the dentist 

Yes, I use a flouridated toothpaste, but I'm not swallowing it, for cryin' out loud. It gets expelled after brushing, so I don't see the danger in it.

 

[Oberneldon]

I saw a woman who lived in her car who used a laundry det. bottle for urine.  Any reason you cant combine the two?

XFILE36

I don't see a problem combining both. For me the pee bottle is easier to grab and hold for that purpose and my large laundry bottle with screw end takes a long funnel and makes spitting/rinsing in it and rinsing toothbrush when done easier.

Brent

 

[mnpaul]

Tutorial on the dangers of Water Fluoridation and why Commies never drink water.
Provided by Peter Sellers, Doctor Strangelove.
Remember to protect you Precious Bodily Fluids.
Plans to add flouoride to icecream:   

 

[TxLady]

I read once in Prevention magazine that toothpaste is primarily a cosmetic. The dry brushing or using only water works just as well. Foamy toothpaste gags me so I use very little and have thought about experimenting with dipping the clean toothbrush in mouthwash instead. I brush once a day and in between use lots of plastic toothpicks, floss picks and those little Colgate Wisps for brushing. They really work great and leave your mouth feeling clean with no foam and no rinsing or spitting needed. I don't know how they do it but they do! And no food particles either. I can't abide wooden toothpicks or anything wood like popsicle sticks in my mouth; it's like nails on chalkboard. That's why all the plastic devices for cleaning.

 

[XFILE36]

Okay.  I've used my tiny cup of water for tooth brushing, and been camped where I could just spit out the door or on the ground.
Great.  No problem.

NOW.. tell me what to do if I'm 'stealth' (about the spitting part!) LOL  :huh:

Thank YOU.

cherterr,  Not sure if anyone has said this or not, so sorry if they have.  I am still in a condo, but need to live in my car ASAP.  I recently discovered Activated Charcoal for health reasons and found out it can naturally clean and whiten teeth!  ONLY BUY ACTIVATED charcoal, not the stuff you cook food with.  You can get it at the vitamin store/pharmacy or maybe Amazon (hint-Bob?).  What you do is open a capsule and "rinse" your mouth with it for about 15 minutes, then SPIT IT OUT!  You then need water to rinse the Halloween monster looking teeth you have, LOL!   Some people brush with it, but I think it is abrasive so don't recommend it.  It keeps your teeth feeling cleaner for a while and looking whiter.  You aren't supposed to use it every day or often.  

 

[XFILE36]

You guys are so cool.  Something gleaned from all:

 Almost There - I'm more determined than ever not to have grey water on board.. lol  At least not more than a tiny container for a few minutes!!

lterry -  "...I have no advice, I just came to sympathize with you."  OMG.. speaking of spitting.. I laughed so hard my coffee was in danger.

gcal - Perhaps I should have not used 'stealth'.  Perhaps boondocking would have been a better word choice.  I just meant 'stealth' in that I don't want anyone seeing spittle. (Including ME!!)

rvpopeye - Ahh.. paper towel.. hmm.  Not bad.  I'm minimal on paste, and water already.. so.. maybe less rinsing, and a paper towel.  I like it! :idea:

Bitty - Hydrogen Peroxide.  Hmmm.  Must do a search for alternative tooth brushing methods.  Thanks for making me think.  (Not too sure I'm fond of the bubbles/fuzzy mouth, but I will give it a shot. :idea:

You're funny!  I'm subbing you

 

[gypsyvioleta]

I stopped using reg. toothpaste quite a while ago. I use coconut oil. I brush for 2 min. & swallow, rinse toothbrush with some vinegar water (kills germs), wipe brush with paper towel or napkin & put on brush cover & store away. The coconut oil help keep teeth whiter between bi-yearly cleanings. I also floss. I do this twice a day & it seems to work great.

 

[DrJean]

Use a finger cap brush.... it's great! https://www.naturalhealthyconcepts.com/finger-pet-tooth-brush-13716486.html

Unless you have a saliva issue, your mouth should have enough to brush with this.
Spit into a paper towel or tissue.

The MAIN thing for health is FLOSSING folks.... they have linked lack of flossing to heart disease and other maladies because of the bacteria that goes through the body?

You can floss easily.
Saki will whiten teeth (and you don't have to drink it )
A teaspoon of apple cidar vinegar won't kill you to swallow and will kill bacteria too! (If you have no saliva...)
Toothpicks work in between brush/floss.

 

[XFILE36]

Hey , the tribe has a dentist !

RVPOPEYE, WHO, i Missed it.

 

[mpruet]

Okay.  I've used my tiny cup of water for tooth brushing, and been camped where I could just spit out the door or on the ground.
Great.  No problem.

NOW.. tell me what to do if I'm 'stealth' (about the spitting part!) LOL  :huh:

Thank YOU.

I car camp a lot in my Prius.  I keep an empty urinal inside the car so that when I wake up I can pee quickly without having to go outside.  I do this even when I spend the night at a rest stop.  It just takes too long to get out of the car and inside the restroom.  When I prepare for bed, I also have a water bottle near the bed. 

Soooo when I stelth camp, I just spit into the urinal and close the list....