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so i bite my fingernails and then, with my tongue, i use them to clean between my teeth. and if its a real good one ill keep it around for a few days. sometimes i store them in pockets :) sometimes it hurts just good enuf to leave it in there for a while, between my teeth, hurting just a lil bit :)
am i insane?
Do you even know how many germs youre putting in your mouth!!! Thats sooo gross. Theres this nifty invention called floss & the container is even compact enough to carry with you! lol
Haha, you asked if you were insane and I voted yes! But that yes was for Is it normal and no it's not. It's just unsanitary and gross. It's bad enough you chew your dirty nails.
I'm in the medical field and I do it all the time. It's not gross as long as you wash and clean your hands thoroughly before biting your nails. Do you know that your mouth is usually dirtier than your hands? If you have normal immunity, you should be fine. Now, the advantages of the fingernail: Many mention toothpicks. Those can easily damage the enamel of your teeth and they do poorly to pick the more posterior spaces. They can injure your gum easily too. The same is true with floss. The floss also usually leaves out stuff in the interodontal spaces because they slide and leave behind the debris. The fingernails (I usually prefer the ones from the thumbs or middle fingers) are perfectly curved for the purpose of flossing. They're also a little serrated from your bite so they act to pick the debris well. You have to learn to use them in the right direction (works well in one direction and not in the other). I am yet to find a better material or technique for flossing. My teeth are great. Happy flossing with your fingernails!
So glad after all these years to find out I'm not alone. Sometimes there's blood. Funny thing is dentists always mention how strong and healthy my gums are. Possible correlation?
I do this all thw time. Daily infact. I dont remember how young i was when i started and i cannot stop. I had bracesas a teen and i love my new teeh but i cannot stop :(
OMG, 54% people think this gross habit is normal. Clean fingers or not, its GROSS, GROSS and GROSS!!! To find how gross it looks, you have to be eating something in front of someone who is biting nails, toothpicking with nails or nosepicking....... Even grosser it looks is when that other person is an adult man/woman who is wearing okay type clothes and who often talks about manners/etiquette.
Who doesn't is right?!
Lol I'm not getting up for a toothpick lazy me :)
Little wooden things called toothpick.. Been around from the 17th century.
They are toothpicks from the gods, you never run out. Lol.
And for all who are like, "eeeewwww grosss..." Scrub/Wash your hands more if you don't know what clean hands are like. Me personally, my fingernails are all clean from the massive ammounts of soap I use.
I don't use my nails as toothpicks, but I get the question.
I just googled this! Thank god I'm not the only one who bites their nails and uses the hang nails as floss!!! So much easier than getting up, going to the bathroom, getting floss, and all that jazz.....
I used to do this but now after bitting all my nails off I use floss. I like flossing hard. I understand why you would like a bit of pain. I like the pain of flossing hard I sometimes do so until I bleed a little. Normal normal.. :)
Sadly I do this...I know it's gross and weird but kinda addictive...it's good to know I'm not the only one.
I totally use to let bit off finger nails chill between my teeth for a while lol! Then I started getting my nails done and got outta that habbit
Just think about all the things you touch all day, including picking up behind your dog. Dirty bad habit I do not have.