"I said to 'Aishah: 'Tell me, what was the first thing that the Messenger of Allah did when he entered upon you?' She said: 'The first thing he would do would be to use the tooth stick.'"
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 1, Hadith 24
← Previous Hadith The Messenger of Allah said: "Use the tooth stick, for the tooth stick purifies the mouth and is pleasing to the Lord. Jibril never came to me but he advised me to use the tooth stick, until I feared that it would be made obligatory for me and my Ummah. Were it not that I fear that it would be too difficult for my Ummah, I would have enjoined it upon them. And I use the tooth stick until I fear that I may make the front of my mouth sore.' (i.e. my gums) (or cause my teeth to fall out due to brushing them so often)."

Sunan Ibn Majah Book 1, Hadith 23 Next Hadith → "Your mouths are the paths of the Qur'an, so perfume them with the tooth stick."

Sunan Ibn Majah Book 1, Hadith 25