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R E K

As an adult I am embarrassed to say that I learned very late how to care for my teeth.

I wrote this short post to share what I have learned.

kokorobot.ca/site/keeping_teet

26 comments
coffe☕

@rek nice writeup!
If you want to add an extra layer you can use mouthwash with fluoride. 🌟💦

That's what I have been doing lately. And it is also recommended by The Public Health Agency of Sweden. Works great for me!

Capital

@rek I can relate to that note about SLS. The compound is in so much stuff and it irritates everything. Very bad to have with eczema...

Gersande La Flèche

@rek 1. Your website is really cool, love the website design. 2. This is a great blog post! I am in a similar boat. Have had luck with teeth, and that luck *may* be running out just as my financial capabilities are being stretched beyond their limits...

R E K

@gersande 1. Thx ^___^! 2. Can certainly relate to this. Next year the Canadian Dental Care Plan(CDCP) is kicking in for everyone eligible (I think I fit the bill). I'll be relying on that. Maybe it'll help you too?

mcc

@rek @gersande hey, where can I learn more about this? Or should I be looking for Ontario resources rather than Canada resources

TronDD

@rek I had a similar experience of learning proper oral hygene through my audult years. Even with years of proper bushing and flossing, I still had gum recession. I've added a water pick which helped significantly and objectively by my desntist measuring the pocket size of the gumline. Also flouride mouth wash, mostly to help protect the newly exposed parts of my teeth.

R E K

@trondd Thx for sharing. The same thing may happen to me, time will tell.

My dentist recommended a water pick, but sadly it's really not practical aboard a boat :/...

Wojo

@rek @trondd thank you both for sharing. Makes me realize im not alone in not knowing how to care for teeth.

R E K

@polishdub @trondd I was hesitant to share it on here, but Im glad I did :>...

Calder

@rek I was in a similar situation, and adding interdental brushes into the mix along with a sonicare toothbrush helped to reverse and stabilize everything in my case. I wish I’d figured out a proper routine earlier, but at least everything is in check now!

Csepp 🌢

@rek One of my biggest regrets in life is not taking care of my teeth between the ages of ~16 and, uhm, now. Depression really fucked up all my routines.

spooky blip 👻

@csepp @rek empathy with both of ya. Dental care is hard, especially with modern diets doing what they do to teeth.

Signed, only one cavity so far, but my gums in one quadrant especially have been on a continual (slowing, kinda) decline for many years from multiple causes (including likely bad gene lottery, but also gum maintenance habits, depression, diet, etc)

fibre 🐿

@rek is it possible to switch your page to light mode for me as a reader?

R E K

@knittingsquirrel Not with how it is set up currently, maybe for now just copy and paste the text into a text file? Sorry about that. I'll keep that in mind for the future (edit: by saying this I mean ill try and implement it soon)

R E K

@knittingsquirrel If your browser preferences are set to light mode, you'll see the light version of my website now :>... I still have some tinkering to do but the current theme works well enough :>!

fibre 🐿

@rek wow, that was fast! thank you so much! it works just fine! *.*
and now i could read your article!

Lizbeth

@rek that's so real, i'm in the same spot now, slowly working on improving body maintenance routines. I've been tackling skin care recently, this motivates me to work on my teeth next :)

R E K

@ritualdust A lot of what I do isn't ideal =___=, my skin is a mess (the fact that i stopped drinking earlier this year tho has helped).
I'm focusing on teeth and eyes at the moment. There is so much to know.

Lizbeth

@rek yeaah, we have to start somewhere but indeed there's so much to learn and we're kinda just expected to know it somehow. I like the idea of sharing our health wisdom as we figure it out :)

Daniel Demmel

@rek thanks a lot for writing this up!

One thing that neither you nor replies have mentioned is using an electric toothbrush. Dentists here in the UK mention it on each visit and it did make a huge difference for me. You don't have to push so hard (so easier on the gums) and it still cleans better. The batteries are tiny so wouldn't add much load on the boat, but the ones that clean the best unfortunately have irreplaceable batteries so you end up having to replace them every 5 years or so...

R E K

@daaain Yea i tend not to mention things I'm not likely to use, but I could mention it for others, like i did with the water pick.

Daniel Demmel

@rek Yeah, i think there's value in mentioning "I looked into this thing and decided not to use it because..." but at the same time of course you don't owe anyone an exhaustive list of all dental interventions in the world 😅 I just wanted to mention electric toothbrushes because they did make a difference for me and as long as you don't go all in with "smart" ones doing AI coaching and whatnot they aren't that big of an indulgence in the grand scheme of things.

Björn 🎃 Starkimarm

@rek
I had to learn, that even sugarless beverages are harmful if they are acidic (almost everything is either or both). Don't drink too much of them and drink (non-carbonated) water afterwards (also after meals).

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