A Third of Us Brush Our Teeth with Hot Water

When you brush your teeth, do you use cold water or hot?

If you’re a cold-water brusher, you might be surprised ANYONE goes for hot.  But it turns out a lot of us do.

Someone polled over 11,000 Americans, and 37% said they use “warm or hot” water to brush their teeth.

42% of people in the Northeast said hot.  That’s about five points higher than anywhere else.

The poll also found 35% of us usually keep the water running while we brush our teeth.  So those people are either wasting a lot of water, or brushing for like six seconds.

 

(YouGov / YouGov)