That’s exactly how my son was, too. Honestly, what finally worked for us was a slow phase-out—not the “cold turkey” thing everyone talks about. We sta...

That weird, zappy pain used to freak me out too, especially right after a tightening. One thing that helped me was sticking to softer foods for a coup...

Totally get that—mints turning into a sticky mess under dentures is the worst. I’ve had the same issue, especially with those softer ones. Breath spra...

I hear you on the water flosser thing. I went through the same cycle—got all excited, used it religiously for a couple weeks, then... back to the draw...

Totally get that. I once had a dentist who acted like getting an implant was no bigger deal than getting a haircut. Then I went home, googled everythi...

Insurance is such a headache, I totally get it. When I knocked out my front tooth in college, I had to go through this whole mess of calls and paperwo...

Totally agree with this. I had a countertop model too and it just felt like one more thing to clean around. Ended up switching to cordless for the sam...

Totally get where you’re coming from. I remember after my first root canal, I was more stressed about the invoice than the actual tooth pain. The pain...

I remember feeling exactly like that after getting my bridge—took ages before it stopped feeling like a foreign object. It’s not painful, just always ...

I totally get the wax vs. silicone debate. For me, the regular wax is fine if I really dry the spot first—like, I’ll literally use a tissue to make su...

That pretty much matches what my dentist told me after my son took a tumble last year. I remember panicking a bit—there was blood, and I wasn’t sure i...

That hits home. I’ve tried to rescue a botched mouth rinse before—kept adding stuff to mask the taste, and it just got worse. Now if it seems off, I j...

You're definitely not alone—I went through a similar phase with my night guard. Kept finding it under the bed or tangled in sheets. Took me a solid tw...

Haha, totally relate to this. I once tried making a homemade clove tincture for toothache relief—figured it'd be easy since dentists use clove oil all...