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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam
Mine: dental floss. I love the feeling of freshly flossed teeth and gum surfaces and even the process of flossing. When I have my occasional bouts of depression and anxiety, which are thankfully short-lived these days, hygiene stops and when I return to normal afterwards, flossing is the very first thing I do that signals 'the crisis is over'.
I walk down memory lane and can't believe I used to live without flossing back in the day.
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I am back to where I started the thread: frequent flossing allows me to heal bleedings gums in less than two days. For the whole winter, I could not floss two sections of the upper teeth because of temp crowns that had no spaces between "teeth". My gums were inflamed and bled like crazy. On Thu the dentist finally put permanent crowns and told me to floss, rinse, water pik and brush frequently to make them heal. I left behind lots of blood on the little table where her used tools were after the appointment, and got to work. I did what she suggested, but mostly flossed. No blood after less than two days of his. Flossing at least three times a day. This is such a simple, yet effective technique that our ancestors didn't have.