Toothpaste - No need to be so excited and squirt too much

Save... Not sure but you should be able to cut down your toothpaste usage by at least half. Maybe around $3 a month?

The long and the short of it

Don't use that much toothpaste. Just a pea size amount will do.

Local tips!

Small ang moh pea hor. Not the ginormous edamame pea

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This ad just screams! "More toothpaste = better!" Why not just empty the whole tube in each brush!

Advertising is at the same time one of the best and worst things to happen.


Above is a typical toothpaste advertisement and oh it's so nice to brush with a whole toothbrush slathered with that minty fresh toothpaste. It's like the only way to keep your pearly whites... well... white.

Actually... no!


This is actually how much toothpaste you need!

That's still too big a pea but at least my toothpaste now lasts me longer than a week

Toothpaste is basically an abrasive (think very fine mobile sandpaper) and a small amount will be enough to do the job since abrasives don't dissolve. A small pea sized dollop will do!

Still not convinced? Here's an article by HowStuffWorks.

And lastly, do your teeth a favor. Cut back on the whiteners. They whiten your teeth by eroding your old coffee/tea/smoke stained enamel to reveal the fresh new shiny white layer beneath.
Use whitening toothpaste often enough and you'll erode your teeth away. So don't!
Whiteners are expensive too so that's a doubly good.