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...smokes a menthol cigarette and then retires directly to his bedroom. He half-jokingly claims that smoking a menthol cigarette is an acceptable alternative to brushing his teeth. Recently, however, we've realized this is no joke. In fact, we've seen no evidence that he even owns a toothbrush. We really want to help him, but we can't think of the right way to make him aware of our concerns. What should we do? Hushed about Brushing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So How Does He Floss? | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...worried about his health? If he wants to rot his teeth, it's his business. If, on the other hand, his breath smells, then give him a toothbrush, maybe even two. Tack toothpaste ads up in the bathroom, and give him mouthwash as a present. Good luck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So How Does He Floss? | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...standards of the Southern California trial it comes from. Other testimony last week moved some jurors to tears, as Lyle Menendez described how, when he was seven years old, he had been forced to perform oral sex on his father and later had been sodomized with a toothbrush. Lyle, now 24, and his brother Erik, 21, are seeking to explain why they burst into the television room of the family's $5 million Beverly Hills mansion on the night of Aug. 20, 1989, and killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, with 15 shotgun blasts, including two "contact" shots -- from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sons and Murderers | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...cruel punishments for trivial offenses. Much worse, he testified, when he was seven, Jose "would be in the bathroom, and he'd put me on my knees. He'd guide me in all my movements, and I'd have oral sex with him." Also, "he used objects, a toothbrush, some sort of utensil brush . . . he'd take my pants off, lay me on the bed. He'd have a tube of Vaseline, and he'd just play with me." Worse yet, "he raped me." Lyle testified that he took out some of his rage by violating Erik with a toothbrush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sons and Murderers | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...disease is not something to be ignored. It starts out harmlessly enough, perhaps with just a little blood on the toothbrush. But the bacteria responsible are relentless. If left alone, they eventually produce infected pockets of pus, invade the roots of teeth and put people on the path to being Polident users. As many as 3 of every 4 Americans are somewhere along that path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Way to Escape The Dentist's Knife? | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

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