I swear, after my implant, I felt like I’d turned into a part-time dental hygienist, part-time bomb squad. Every time I brushed near those stitches, I...
I actually did a full 180 and went back to string floss. The soft picks were fine, but I felt like I was just poking around and not really getting muc...
Honestly, I feel like you just described my entire braces journey. I tried to eat with wax on once—nope, never again. Ended up chewing it right into m...
Seriously, right? I was all ready to stockpile pudding and avoid my toothbrush like it was made of sandpaper. Turns out, as long as I didn’t go full H...
That bit about taking photos is genius—I wish I’d thought of it before trying to explain “it’s like a tiny, maybe white-ish, but sometimes not, spot” ...
Charcoal powder is like the glitter of dental fads—gets everywhere, looks cool for two seconds, then you’re scrubbing it out of your sink and wonderin...
I tried the baking soda thing too, thinking I’d be walking around with a Colgate smile after a week, but all I got was this weird gritty feeling, like...
Haha, love the tooth brushing Olympics idea. Reminds me of when my youngest went through a phase of absolutely refusing to brush unless we sang this r...
Funny you say that, because I had almost the exact same panic moment right after getting mine done. Switched from porcelain to zirconia about a year a...
I've tried coconut oil pulling a few times, and honestly... it felt like I was swishing salad dressing around my mouth for 15 minutes. 😂 Didn'...
Two years is pretty impressive, honestly. My dentist-made one lasted about a year and a half before it started looking like something you'd find under...
Haha, same here—I practically lived off milkshakes the first week. Weirdest part for me was randomly biting my cheek...felt like I'd forgotten how to ...
Totally agree about the warm compress—massage near the graft site sounds like a recipe for disaster. I learned that one the hard way. A couple weeks a...
Haha, I feel your floss pick pain. I once snapped one right in half while flossing after lunch at my desk. Had to spend the next 15 mins subtly trying...
Tried the coconut oil thing once and almost gagged—felt like I was swishing melted chapstick, haha. Maybe I did it wrong? Does the type of coconut oil...