This is how most Somalis brush back home, no daawo or nothing.. And also they might use the tooth pick accosionally
You don't need anything niyow, you just need to make sure the tip of the siwak is soft and moist. You can make it moist by chewing on the tip and stripping the bark off until the small connected bristles start to dis-connect from one another to look like a brush.
You don't need dhowo, Cadaans need dhowo. Our people had good hygienes for generations saaxiib, without using the white mans stuff, because we were literally carrying out/practising a beneficial act our Prophet Muhammad(SAW) used to do. Waxaas ku faan, Cadaanku shaley uun bay barteen sida loo cadayadho.
Look at this video of these Kenyans using a miswak/caday. [Caution: These man are mad messy with their brushing
