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Wow - I seem to be all about dental hygiene!
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:24 pm
by Bianca
It's amazing to me how deeply into dental hygiene I am since I got my braces on.
I floss my teeth at night, I waterpik both at night and in the morning, I use my sonicare at night and in the morning, and I use a regular toothbrush after lunch.
Holy Moses! It used to be a good day if I managed to brush and floss once a day, now I've turned into super hygiene woman or something!
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:45 pm
by Kell
LOL, I was just thinking about this very subject last night. In less than 48 hours I am going to be all about cleaning my teeth and analyzing everything I eat.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:40 pm
by Flora2006
lol same for me!! I've become teeth obsessed. It takes me about 30 minutes in the morning to wash my teeth (including proxibrush...) then during the day, every single time i eat i immediately go brush my teeth afterwords (that takes about 15 minutes)...and then at night it takes me about 45 minutes...15 minutes for flossing...it is so time consuming though.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:41 pm
by Way Too Old For This
Same here. I was never a big flosser until now. I hope I keep the good habits after the braces come off.
I also feel like I stand in front of the mirror a whole lot more than I used to. I keep watching me teeth as if they are going to move right before my eyes.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:31 pm
by ronni
same here. i almost quit my job (which is a VERY good job) and threw away my first degree to go back to school to get a second bachelors degree in dental hygiene. luckily, the dental hygiene program only took new students once a year so i had a while to think about it. After a few months, i decided i was only obsessed about my own dental hygiene and didn't need to become a dental hygienst. I'm so glad I didn't do it know, but I was so obsessed at the time.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:42 pm
by Bianca
ronni wrote:After a few months, i decided i was only obsessed about my own dental hygiene and didn't need to become a dental hygienst.
That is hysterical! Yeah, I find other people's dental hygiene kinda yukky.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:56 pm
by Jade
I don't even have my braces on yet and I'm obsessed,
I even thought of going into the dental field...
I'm a woman obsessed!
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:23 pm
by hannah164
I also find myself much more obssessed about dental hygiene than I ever was!
I wasn't exactly the great flosser or brusher before but now I take the time to brush and floss twice a day everyday!
Hopefully it will pay off even though my teeth don't exactly look much whiter!
Good luck!
-HAnnah
Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Next Adjustment was 1/11/06 but now is rescheduled to 1/21/06
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:15 pm
by dena
ditto. I'm sure I'll eventually break this routine, but morning and night I brush twice with the spin brush, once with a regular, I swish water and then I use listerine. After all food, I brush and swish until everthing is gone.
On the bright side, my teeth are nice and white! Except for that yucky cement...it turns yellow and the excess is still cominmg off from around the brackets!
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:43 pm
by Bianca
Okay, not meaning to sound goofy, but how can it take ten minutes for brushing?
Whenever I brush I have at least swished my mouth out a couple times with water to get rid of any loose pieces, and then my sonicare does a great job in about two minutes, or I do a decent job with a normal brush in 1-2 minutes.
Am I missing something? It takes me forever to floss in the evenings, but brushing doesn't take me all that long...
I'd hate to think that I am not properly brushing?