While this may seem horrifying to you, I've been there, and I can tell you what happens. In your thirties, when you can finally afford to see a dentist, you need a bunch of fillings. In your forties, those filled teeth need crowns. In your fifties and sixties, those crowns fall off and you need implants.
It doesn't matter when you floss, as long as you floss. So my advice is to avoid making your toothbrushing routine more onerous and do it at your desk. While you are goofing off and reading internet stuff or watching TV, pull out the dental floss you keep in your drawer or in the end table and floss them. Make it a habit. This chart is from Matt Shirley.
Friday, August 20, 2021
Flossing Calendar
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Pro tip: when a corner breaks off a crown leaving a small gap for food to get stuck in, resist your dentist and leave it. You will then have daily motivation to floss. :) Worked for me.
Base your dental hygiene on the animal world where tooth decay is rare.
It is simple - Take your floss and use it to tie your packet of sugar closed, forever.
Then get some more floss (preferably the minty type) and suspend from it a list of all the foods that contain sugar, and when shopping, or looking in the cupboard or fridge for something yum, refer to that list and do not buy or eat anything on it.
Be aware that animals in the wild, when they see corn syrup on the ingredients list, run many metres away.
Metres obviously, spelt correctly and not yards.
It's not just sugar. Any carbohydrate, like bread, pasta, potatoes, and crackers, will feed the bacteria that cause decay.
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