Cleanliness isn't as related to technology as you'd think.
Plumbing and waterworks are definitely possible with Eorzea's current technology level, and baths are likely very easy to find -- public, natural, or private. Contrary to popular belief, bathing and cleanliness was greatly sought after in antiquity.
People bathed as often as they could, be it in a stream, a bath drawn from a water source, or a public bath (a la the Romans).
There's numerous references to bathing and personal hygiene routines, from the implied (plenty of bathing women in Greek Mythology, told as a very common/ordinary situation), to the explicit (Scandinavians were said to bathe frequently).
In general, humans have always had a desire to seek cleanliness.
Regarding hand-washing: If you can find drinking water, you can find hand-washing water.
Regarding dental hygiene:
Firstly, dental problems wouldn't be as big of a problem in a pre-industrial/globalised society as it is now; due to there being less sugary foods.
Further, oral/dental hygiene is something that can be maintained with pre-industrial tools fairly easily, and is something that we, as social creatures, will innately pursue. Ancients with access to mint frequently consumed it to have better-smelling breath; and garlic in many cultures has been avoided due to its bad breath issues.
Cleaning teeth is also possible with toothbrushes or toothpaste. Arabs used 'miswak' -- a twig of a specific type of tree, which they basically chewed on to floss, remove plaque, and freshen their breath.
tl;dr: There are lots of ways to keep clean without modern showers/plumbing/etc. and they'd be very accessible to the common person in some form
Though, imo, with Eorzea's current tech level, I wouldn't even worry about it. Showers and plumbing do exist in lore.
Plumbing and waterworks are definitely possible with Eorzea's current technology level, and baths are likely very easy to find -- public, natural, or private. Contrary to popular belief, bathing and cleanliness was greatly sought after in antiquity.
People bathed as often as they could, be it in a stream, a bath drawn from a water source, or a public bath (a la the Romans).
There's numerous references to bathing and personal hygiene routines, from the implied (plenty of bathing women in Greek Mythology, told as a very common/ordinary situation), to the explicit (Scandinavians were said to bathe frequently).
In general, humans have always had a desire to seek cleanliness.
Regarding hand-washing: If you can find drinking water, you can find hand-washing water.
Regarding dental hygiene:
Firstly, dental problems wouldn't be as big of a problem in a pre-industrial/globalised society as it is now; due to there being less sugary foods.
Further, oral/dental hygiene is something that can be maintained with pre-industrial tools fairly easily, and is something that we, as social creatures, will innately pursue. Ancients with access to mint frequently consumed it to have better-smelling breath; and garlic in many cultures has been avoided due to its bad breath issues.
Cleaning teeth is also possible with toothbrushes or toothpaste. Arabs used 'miswak' -- a twig of a specific type of tree, which they basically chewed on to floss, remove plaque, and freshen their breath.
tl;dr: There are lots of ways to keep clean without modern showers/plumbing/etc. and they'd be very accessible to the common person in some form
Though, imo, with Eorzea's current tech level, I wouldn't even worry about it. Showers and plumbing do exist in lore.
