Do you want to borrow my toothbrush? You could catch anything.

I should stop using other peoples toothbrushes! Sometimes something as simple as this is overlooked. Read what Dr. Marty Jablow suggests about toothbrushes:

Most Britons would be happy to lend their toothbrush to somebody else according to a new UK-wide dental survey.

The National Smile Month Survey, commissioned by the British Dental Health Foundation in association with Healthplan provider HSA, found that over 60% of people would be willing to let their partners, children, friends and even celebrities borrow their toothbrush.

Interestingly, men were far more protective of their brushes than women with almost half saying they wouldn’t lend their brush to anyone, as opposed to only a third of women.

Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Foundation, commented: “Sharing a toothbrush leaves people susceptible to all sorts of oral and general health problems. There are many hundreds of different bacteria and viruses in our mouths and people sharing a toothbrush could be passing these on to others. Whilst this might be something relatively harmless, such as a….MORE

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