IS IT TRUE I CAN GET SICK FROM MY OWN TOOTHBRUSH? Yes—particularly if you’ve been sick recently. When you come down with a cold or flu, your germs can continue to live in the bristles after you’ve recovered. “I have so many patients who catch their own colds from their own toothbrushes,” says Dr Ajay Dave, of Dave Dental Care, private practice of Memphis, TN. “Because toothbrushes are relatively warm and moist, viruses like them and can live on the bristles for as long as they remain wet. |
