How often do you actually need to do teeth

Everyone says brush daily. Nobody I know brushes daily. What is the realistic minimum that still does something useful?

Not veterinary advice

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3 replies

Noor A. (sample)
Aug 29, 2026
Daily is the ideal and three or four times a week still helps a lot. Once a fortnight is closer to a gesture. The honest answer is that whatever you will actually keep doing beats the perfect plan you abandon in March.
Tess W. (sample)
Aug 29, 2026
Attaching it to an existing habit was what made it stick for us. He gets his teeth done right before his evening walk and now he waits by the drawer.
Olu B. (sample)
Aug 29, 2026
Tying it to the walk is clever. Trying that.