do you spit the toothpaste and dry your mouth or do you rinse with water?

Question

I've seen in many films that most of the people after brushing their teeth are spitting the toothpaste and drying their lips with a towel. We normally spit and then rinse our mouth with water to clear the remaining paste particles. Is there an additional healthy (?) effect of the remaining paste/flouride on teeth, is it to keep the freshness of menthol in the mouth for a longer time, or is it to save water or what??

Answer 1

No offense but eww... My entire life I've always brushed and definitely rinsed. Now I floss and then use mouthwash too.
The movie is probably to make it quick.
What is the point of leaving it in your mouth? It's just another way of saying to digest the toothpaste, which totally is out of question for me.
After all: Got to rinse with water!

Answer 2

Any effect of the remaining toothpaste on your teeth would be lost as soon as you ate something. Your saliva would eventually clear any residues as well. Toothpaste can be irritating to some people's stomachs, and consuming too much fluouride (the active ingredient) can actually discolor the teeth of young children.
Brushing your teeth prior to bedtime would provide the longest lasting benefit of any remaining fluoride coating, because you would not then be eating anything for eight hours. It would also reduce the quantity of bacteria in your mouth and reduce the incidence of morning breath.

Answer 3

When I brush my teeth I brush then rinse out my mouth with water and wipe off my lips. I don't think it matters which way you do it. It is probably just a personal habit.

Answer 4

Both - Spit then rinse.

There's no point in keeping it in your mouth. Your breath is not going to stay fresher longer. The tiny amount of fluoride remaining is not going to make any impact one way or the other.

Answer 5

I rinse and spit, otherwise you can end up with white stuff around your mouth and I want to rinse the stuff that comes out of your teeth out of my mouth.

Answer 6

I would rinse with water, there's sugar in flouride which isnt good to keep in your mouth and especially on your teeth.

Answer 7

always rinse after brushing. Some toothpaste can actually eat the enamel off your teeth if left on them.

Answer 8

I always rinse with water. After scrubbing my teeth, don't you think it's a good idea to swish and expel all the crud I got off my teeth? I do.

It's a movie. It's not real life.

Answer 9

Hi hunny,
A good few years ago our dentist at the time told us not to rise after brushing, he said its like polishing then washing the polish off again so since then we have just brushed and wiped. We found our breath was fresher longer and we have not had to have any painful work done so maybe it was a good tip

good luck hunny x x x x

Answer 10

Brush my teeth with toothpaste, then wash my mouth and spit the paste out, then use mouthwash, then floss, then chew sugarfree gum.