Taking care of teeth.

Tart Cherry Jam · Aug 23, 2023 at 05:01 PM

Used to stimudent at bedtime last night. It was very pleasant.

splitimage · Aug 24, 2023 at 08:52 AM

Way to go on using the stimudent.

Once again flossed and didn't brush yesterday.

Tart Cherry Jam · Aug 24, 2023 at 10:32 PM

Second brushing today. I have started doing things a little differently in preparation for my road drip in California/Oregon in October. I put my floss, orange toothpaste and one tongue scraper in my new hanging toiletry tote bag.

Stanford Blood Center - Donor Portal toiletry bag

I also put two regular (manual) Dr Plotka toothbrushes in a special component for the toothbrushes which I keep unzipped.

The scraper is in a zippered meshed component.

I now do my dental care routines in the bathroom and use the timer on my phone. In the past I used the timer on the microwave in the kitchen.

I also used to toss the used tongue scrapers (I have many) into the DW. But I won't have a DW on the trip. So I now wash the tongue scraper immediately upon use with dish soap and put it into the mesh compartment and next day it is dry.

I need to stop by a drugstore and buy a travel size bottle of dish soap and put it into the hanging toiletry bag.

I am making these changes to develop a new habit seamlessly, so that when I do go on the trip, it won't be jarring to me.

splitimage · Aug 25, 2023 at 06:51 AM

Sounds like you are setting up a good routine, both for now and on your trip.

Flossed yesterday.

splitimage · Aug 26, 2023 at 09:23 AM

Yesterday was a rough day. Didn't manage to brush or floss.

unaluna · Aug 27, 2023 at 09:51 PM

I had a first tonight. I forgot that i had brushed my teeth when i sat down to do my nightly meds. So its like i took it for granted (and i had!).

splitimage · Aug 28, 2023 at 10:08 AM

Nice that your brushing has become automatic - that's great.

Got back on track last night and flossed.

Tart Cherry Jam · Aug 28, 2023 at 10:33 PM

Did my second brushing today. Plan to do stimudent before bedtime. Tomorrow, a dental cleaning appt!

splitimage · Aug 29, 2023 at 06:42 AM

Good luck with your dental cleaning appointment. I hope it goes well.

Flossed yesterday.

Tart Cherry Jam · Aug 29, 2023 at 05:56 PM

The appointment well well. The dentist said she liked my gums, especially the areas around my two implants.

Between plastic GUM picks and stimudent, she said that given my receding gums (from too much dental work in the past), she would go with plastic tools. Between waterpik and floss, either way. But basically she said that the routines I am doing at home are working and I should continue with them and that it is thanks to them that the mouth is in such a good state.

splitimage · Aug 30, 2023 at 09:31 AM

Yay for good checkups! I'm really glad that your work is paying off and you're seeing benefits.

Flossed yesterday.

unaluna · Aug 30, 2023 at 11:44 AM

I had some gum inflammation - i dont know what set it off, but geez it felt like abscesses and teeth too big for my mouth and my whole upper left jaw ached. So i flossed the life out of it and even brushed twice! and took ibuprophen for a few days and i think its better now. I hope ive learned my lesson.

Tart Cherry Jam · Aug 30, 2023 at 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I had some gum inflammation - i dont know what set it off, but geez it felt like abscesses and teeth too big for my mouth and my whole upper left jaw ached. So i flossed the life out of it and even brushed twice! and took ibuprophen for a few days and i think its better now. I hope ive learned my lesson.

Don't forget to eat or at least drink milk contemporaneously with taking Ibuprofen. Long term use of Ibuprofen without coating it with good can give you gastritis. Yikes!

splitimage · Aug 31, 2023 at 08:18 AM

Flossed but didn't brush yesterday.

splitimage · Sep 01, 2023 at 08:43 AM

Rough night last night, didn't floss or brush.

unaluna · Sep 01, 2023 at 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam

Don't forget to eat or at least drink milk contemporaneously with taking Ibuprofen. Long term use of Ibuprofen without coating it with good can give you gastritis. Yikes!

Yeah i think i overused ibuprophen last year. I am being more cautious this year. I dont really do dairy anymore. I tend to binge on it. I mean even plain greek yogurt or nonfat cottage cheese. Milk tastes funny to me now, like on cereal? Like gamey. Whereas soymilk tastes grassy to me. There used to be huuuuuge soybean fields about a mile from where i grew up (Ford's!) and that was all you could smell in the summer. Its all built up now, stores, offices, homes.

splitimage · Sep 02, 2023 at 06:36 AM

Another rough night, didn't floss or brush.

splitimage · Sep 03, 2023 at 07:51 AM

Yesterday was a better day, I managed to floss.

splitimage · Sep 04, 2023 at 07:14 AM

yesterday was a good day. I flossed and brushed. I'm going to try really hard to keep the brushing going along with the flossing which seems to be a habit now.

Tart Cherry Jam · Sep 04, 2023 at 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by splitimage

yesterday was a good day. I flossed and brushed. I'm going to try really hard to keep the brushing going along with the flossing which seems to be a habit now.

very happy to hear that!

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Tart Cherry Jam Magnate Member Since Mar 2021 Location: California Posts: 2,685 (SuperPoster!) 3 1,205 hugs given	Aug 23, 2023 at 05:01 PM #221 Used to stimudent at bedtime last night. It was very pleasant.
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Aug 24, 2023 at 08:52 AM #222 Way to go on using the stimudent. Once again flossed and didn't brush yesterday. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Aug 25, 2023 at 06:51 AM #224 Sounds like you are setting up a good routine, both for now and on your trip. Flossed yesterday. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Aug 26, 2023 at 09:23 AM #225 Yesterday was a rough day. Didn't manage to brush or floss. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,150 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.1k hugs given	Aug 27, 2023 at 09:51 PM #226 I had a first tonight. I forgot that i had brushed my teeth when i sat down to do my nightly meds. So its like i took it for granted (and i had!).
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Aug 28, 2023 at 10:08 AM #227 Nice that your brushing has become automatic - that's great. Got back on track last night and flossed. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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Tart Cherry Jam Magnate Member Since Mar 2021 Location: California Posts: 2,685 (SuperPoster!) 3 1,205 hugs given	Aug 28, 2023 at 10:33 PM #228 Did my second brushing today. Plan to do stimudent before bedtime. Tomorrow, a dental cleaning appt!
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Aug 29, 2023 at 06:42 AM #229 Good luck with your dental cleaning appointment. I hope it goes well. Flossed yesterday. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Aug 30, 2023 at 09:31 AM #231 Yay for good checkups! I'm really glad that your work is paying off and you're seeing benefits. Flossed yesterday. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,150 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.1k hugs given	Aug 30, 2023 at 11:44 AM #232 I had some gum inflammation - i dont know what set it off, but geez it felt like abscesses and teeth too big for my mouth and my whole upper left jaw ached. So i flossed the life out of it and even brushed twice! and took ibuprophen for a few days and i think its better now. I hope ive learned my lesson.
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Aug 31, 2023 at 08:18 AM #234 Flossed but didn't brush yesterday. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Sep 01, 2023 at 08:43 AM #235 Rough night last night, didn't floss or brush. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Sep 02, 2023 at 06:36 AM #237 Another rough night, didn't floss or brush. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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splitimage Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Mar 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,345 18 76 hugs given	Sep 03, 2023 at 07:51 AM #238 Yesterday was a better day, I managed to floss. __________________ "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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