Prolly wouldn't work, since dental hygene seems to require vigorous physical scrubbing. I doubt any gum could realistically pull it off.

Unless you had bristles in the gum and could just move it around in your moth

then again that'd be so horribly uncomfortable i'd rather just use a toothbrush

"Here, chew on a sea urchin. The venom in the spikes has the added benefit of numbing your mouth as it scrubs away the plaque. You might not survive the experience, but you'll have clean teeth!"

Actually, I've heard chewing a piece of gum can work as a short term substitute to teeth brushing. Obviously it isn't ideal though. And it obviously needs to be sugar free.

On a somewhat related note, I know a guy who will squirt toothpaste in his mouth and swish it around as an alternative. So there's that.

Actually, I've heard chewing a piece of gum can work as a short term substitute to teeth brushing. Obviously it isn't ideal though. And it obviously needs to be sugar free.

 

On a somewhat related note, I know a guy who will squirt toothpaste in his mouth and swish it around as an alternative. So there's that.

Sugar free would probably be worse. Depending on what they're using for sweetener, they're even more acidic and harder on teeth than sugar is.

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My old dentist used to give out Trident gum when we got done with our exam. He wasn't advocating replacing teeth brushing with the gum but still.