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I can’t tell if I’m way older or way younger or way poorer than OP.

I went to an elementary school with 15 kids in the whole school. We were all on well water so every other week we went to the kitchen and swished fluoride for a minute.

But I have no idea WTF these pink things are. Y’all had toofsbrushes?

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AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
They’re tablets used to highlight plaque / areas missed by brushing. Common tens of years ago in the PNW anyway, haven’t really seen them in 10-15+ years though.

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- hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Weird. Maybe a state-based thing? Never hard of them in the SW.
  
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  - shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You would have seen these only at the dentist. We had them in Oklahoma when I was a kid. (55 here.)
    
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    FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    We got them in elementary school during an assembly about brushing and flossing
    
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    hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ah. I didn’t go to one of those until I was 19 or 20. (See: earlier mention of poverty)
    
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    Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Interesting. I’m a 44 year old, life-long Oklahoman and don’t recall these tablets.
    
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