It’s not too late to start caring for your teeth! Do it today, even just once.
I stopped brushing my teeth for a bit when I got super depressed a few years ago. I was barely taking care of myself. My breath was awful and I knew it and I didn’t want to be around anyone ever because of it, which only made everything worse.
I don’t know what pulled me out of it but I realized I needed to take care of myself. So I started brushing just once a day, because 1 > 0. I figured I probably had a dozen cavities and was going to have to spend a fortune at the dentist already. May as well pump the brakes a little, and it made my breath smell nice again!
Then I had a filling pop out. It lodged between my teeth and I couldn’t get it out. I couldn’t afford a dentist, so I had to meticulously floss it every single day multiple times a day because food kept getting jammed and it was uncomfortable as hell. I put a bag of floss sticks on my desk and would just pick away while doing whatever on the computer.
And since I was there anyway, I started flossing more of my teeth. Eventually I worked up to brushing 2x a day, sometimes.
When I was finally able to see a dentist, I fully expected to be told I’d need root canals by the dozen after all that time I’d spent not brushing at all. But to my surprise, she said my cavities weren’t too bad and there’s nothing urgent. I now have an over-time plan to fix one at a time until they’re all done.
It’s still going to set me back about $4000 in total, but imagine how much worse it could have been if I hadn’t started caring for my teeth again? And it’s worth mentioning I would have saved $4000 by just brushing once a day.
2 > 1, but 1 > 0. Mouthwash > nothing. Floss > nothing. Slap a bag of floss sticks where you hang out most at home and just pick away while you watch TV/youtube. You will save yourself thousands in dental care. Root canals are not cheap.
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