In French passe compose, what word does the verb agree with?

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Yeahhh, kind of. It agrees with the direct object if the direct object has already been stated before the verb.

Je me suis lavée. (I'm a chick) the "me" is the direct object, already stated, pp agrees with it.
J'ai lavé ma fille. "fille" is the DO, not stated yet, no agreement.
Je l'ai lavée. ("la", changed to l' is the DO, already stated, pp agrees)
Je me suis lavé les dents (you can say laver les dents in French)--les dents is the DO, not stated yet, no agreement
Je me suis les lavés. (les DO, stated)
 
Do you make the verb agree in number and gender with the direct object? For example, how would I say "I brushed my teeth"? Would it be" je me suis brossees les dents"? Or would it be "je me suis brosse les dents"?
I'm a female, so would that make it "je me brossee les dents"? And with a verb that doesn't have the se does it still have an extra e on the end for females?
 
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