Floss threaders are basically the unsung heroes of my bathroom drawer. I swear, the first few weeks with braces, I spent more time untangling floss th...
The binky fairy made a stop at our house last year, and I remember feeling like I was prepping for some kind of Olympic event. I’d built it up in my h...
Totally relate to the cheek-biting thing... I once thought I was in the clear and tried eating chips. Big mistake—felt like I’d gone a round with my o...
I’ve definitely wondered if it was my teeth moving or just the guard getting janky. Mine started feeling weird after about a year, but my dentist just...
We did the sealants for my oldest when he was in second grade, mostly because his back teeth had those deep grooves and the dentist said he was at hig...
That’s interesting, because I always thought fixed was the “easy” option too—until my bottom wire popped off during a sandwich and suddenly I was in f...
I get where you’re coming from. When I had my wisdom teeth out, I was super strict with the rinses and soft foods at first—mostly out of fear, honestl...
I think the “jaw patrol” phase is real, but honestly, I’d push back a bit on just accepting pain and tingling for a week as totally normal. After my s...
That sounds a lot like what we went through, honestly. I remember thinking the binky was going to be a years-long battle, but it turned out to be more...
I totally relate to the mashed potato fatigue. I hit a wall with applesauce—thought it’d be my go-to, but after a week, I couldn’t even look at it wit...
Yeah, I totally get what you mean. I actually switched orthos halfway through because my first one kept saying the same thing—“small changes matter”—b...
I feel you on the coffee struggle—switching to a straw just made me feel silly at work. I tried those whitening strips too, thinking they’d fix my tet...
That tingling and tightness thing is so familiar. I thought I was just being paranoid, but I had this weird numb spot along my gum for almost three we...
I totally get what you mean about movement helping. After my root tip surgery, I tried to just veg out with Netflix at first, but honestly, I started ...
Totally get what you mean about the bite feeling off. When I lost a lower molar, it was subtle at first, but after a few months, I started noticing my...