Poll of the Day > Is it weird to brush your teeth at work

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Is it weird to do it during COVID

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Depends on what you use to brush them.

Also where at work you do it.

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Manual toothbrush

Used to do in multi person bathroom but currently do in a single-person room/office

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It would be weird in the bathrooms at my work building. But people do it at the base gym all the time

But you can pretty much do whatever in a single person bathroom
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I don't think it's a big deal as long as you're not messy with it.

I see lots of people that have braces or invisalign brushing their teeth at work and think nothing of it.

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Nah, I used to do it at work until I started working at places where the bathroom situation didn't really make it easy/feasible. Since I have been working from home, I do it during meetings, lol!

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Jen0125 posted...

I see lots of people that have braces or invisalign brushing their teeth at work and think nothing of it.

yeah this

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I wish my old supervisor would brush her teeth at work (or at home, or ever)

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a little

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvBa3aLxU

Something about brushing my teeth in the work bathroom feels kinda gross

I see people do it, but it always seems weird, and in a normal bathroom with stalls it seems like it'd be gross for whoever was doing it.

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Normally, no, but I wouldn't do it during Covid unless your local case numbers and vaccination rates are looking good enough that nobody has any reason to be concerned about such high-risk behaviours as spitting in a public sink.

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I've taken a shower at work before

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Action53 posted...

I've taken a shower at work before

We have these showers stalls in our bathroom. But Im not sure if they wont anymore. I think they were there for many reasons (including washing hydro off). But no one uses them. They just go to the gym if they need to
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i mean it's better than not doing it.

it's the people that pretty much bathe in the bathroom at work that weird me out. i guess it's a cultural thing, but... gross dude.

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I've know some people that do it.
I can understand why.

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adjl posted...

Normally, no, but I wouldn't do it during Covid unless your local case numbers and vaccination rates are looking good enough that nobody has any reason to be concerned about such high-risk behaviours as spitting in a public sink.

.....that's a "high-risk behavior"?

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yes, unless it's a job where you there for a very long time, like fire fighter, hospital, etc.
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I've seen about a handful of people who brush their teeth in the bathroom but I don't think anything of it. Maybe they like to brush their teeth after coffee?

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Optimal brushing is after every meal isn't?

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DrPrimemaster posted...

Optimal brushing is after every meal isn't?

Like 30-60 minutes after. Too soon and you can scrub away some of your enamel since it tends to be softer right after eating.

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Johnny Eagle posted...

.....that's a "high-risk behavior"?

When you're dealing with a virus that lives in mucous membranes, applying the mucous from those membranes to a public surface is a high-risk behaviour, yes. Off-hand, I don't know that any case transmissions have been conclusively linked to public tooth brushing, and toothpaste does have inherent anti-viral properties (mostly those that are inherent in any soap/detergent, especially when it comes to enveloped viruses) that will mitigate that risk to some extent or another, but intuitively, it doesn't seem like a great idea.

Again, that becomes less of an issue if the overall risk is lower.

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Dikitain posted...

Like 30-60 minutes after. Too soon and you can scrub away some of your enamel since it tends to be softer right after eating.

Especially after certain foods
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That seems pretty gross.
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