Taking care of teeth.

Brushed, flossed half twice (after lunch then after dinner), also after brushing rinsed with hydrogen peroxide (1 part to 2 parts warm water, then water rinse). My gums have been a mess. They feel better this morning.

@unaluna, glad your gums feel better and well done for taking care of them

Flossed yesterday.

Actually flossed twice yesterday.

Didn't manage to floss yesterday.

Flossed yesterday.

Flossed yesterday.

Flossed yesterday

Flossed yesterday.

I'm going slightly batty - I have a spot on my gums which is really itchy. I'm going to try mouthwash which I've never really used before to see if it helps. If not when I next go to the dentist in early Nov. I'm going to ask the dentist for a prescription for an antibacterial mouth wash.

Was on vacation, came back yesterday, going to join the thread again. Glad to see a lot of flossing!

Brushed for the 2nd time today. Used the orange cream toothpaste. My mouth feels so wonderful!

I now have this set-up: my morning brushing is with an electric toothbrush in the bathroom and I rotate through three different varieties of toothpaste, Xylitol sodium fluoride, prescription high dose of sodium fluoride, and stannous fluoride. Then the second brushing is with a manual Doctor Plotka high quality durable toothbrush in the kitchen and I use the non-flurodie remineralization Japanese type toothpaste, currently orange cream flavor. I keep the orange cream toothpaste and the manual toothbrushes next to the kitchen sink and I use the timer on my microwave to measure 2 minutes of brushing.

I really like this set-up!

Splitimage,

I was thinking of how you now floss most of the time but still struggle to brush consistently, and I believe that you might find it fun, the way I do, to have several toothpaste varieties and rotate through them, or simply ask yourself each time what variety you care to brush with now. You can keep the tubes in the kitchen while your bathroom renovation project is ongoing.

Just a thought.

@Tart Cherry Jam Welcome back. Glad you've got a set up / routine that works for you. I like your suggestion of mixing it up with different toothpaste flavours, I'll have to see what I can find that isn't crazy expensive in Canada.

Flossed yesterday

2nd brushing today.

Here, my stannous fluoride toothpaste, endorsed by my dentist, in an inexpensive 3-pack with an additional 30% off coupon for Subscribe and Save, on Amazon.ca:

https://www.amazon.ca/Crest-Pro-Heal...48&sr=8-2&th=1

Thanks for the link. I appreciate it.


Flossed yesterday

Flossed yesterday

As I understand it, one common source of gum irritation is plaque/tartar buildup under the gum line. My dentists and hygienists have told me that "plaque" (bacteria setting up housekeeping as biofilm) tends to harden into tartar (and become more irritating as well as harder to remove) after 24 hours or so. I've also seen "48 hours" cited. I'm sure each of those numbers depends on the researchers' judgment of when plaque becomes hard enough to be called tartar, and possibly dentists'/hygienists' judgment of what it'll take to scare me into brushing more often.

For years, it didn't seem to make much difference whether I brushed once a day, twice a day, or occasionally skipped a day. My impression now is that I wasn't hitting all the right places so whether I got the other places clean, superclean, or only half clean didn't matter that much.

Trying harder to follow my dentists'/hygienists advice didn't help much. Not only were at least some of my efforts misdirected, but I came to resent what I regarded as intrusive and not very useful advice. When it came (theoretically) time to brush, I'd often be too sleepy to care. Curiously, what seems to have made the most difference for me was one hygienist's bad advice. It turned out that regular Waterpicking at maximum pressure was clearly too much, but the same procedure at about half the pressure worked quite well. In the year or so since then, both a subsequent hygienist and my periodontist have told me that my oral hygiene was "good".

Depressed and in bed. Not flossing nor brushing.

@FooZe, thanks for the info and the waterpic suggestion, So far I'm sticking with regular floss as it seems to be working ok for me, but I do know I need to be a lot better about brushing.

@Tart Cherry Jam, I'm so sorry you're depressed. Can you talk to your Dr or is this something that you just have to ride out?

Flossed yesterrday

Thank you, Splitinsge. My doctor knows about the depression. There was a very significant event that caused it, psychologically, so I have to process and ride it out. Because of the risks of switching into elevated mood, I normally have to ride depressions out without taking antidepressants.

I am s little better today and was able to take a shower and detangle the bird's next of hair. When I am depressed, my hair shows it because self-care becomes impossible. But you know how it is with self-care. Still have not flossed or brushed but will probably scrape my tongue as this is quick and easy to do.

Tart Cherry Jam, good luck with getting through it. I'm glad you managed to shower and do your hair, even though it's hard that always makes me feel a little bit better.

Rough night last night as I'm coming down with a cold, so didn't manage to floss.

Of course! Having a cold and flossing just do not go together.

I am fine already. Yesterday night two positive events happened plus today I proceeded the negative events with a T and he is terrific so that helped a ton. I even drove around my neighborhood taking photos and videos of Halloween displays and will post them on FB and send to ppl who are not on Facebook.

I first flossed yesterday night. There was so much yellow gold on my teeth that they looked just awful. But after really careful flossing they were back to normal.

I flossed as usual this morning and now I am going to do my 2nd brushing which will actually be right before bedtime. Noce.

It feels wonderful not to be deprssed. I also had a productive day at work.

Tart Cherry Jam, I'm glad you're feeling better. Driving around to see Halloween decorations sounds really nice..

Good day yesterday, I actually managed to both floss and brush.

I was a little too happy last night. Could not fall asleep on my regular small dose of Seroquel. Had to take Zyprexa and even that took awhile to act, but I did ultimately sleep enough and woke up without traces of beginning hypomania. Zyorexa does nip it in the bud. I will stay on it and forego Seroquel for the next few nights until I see my doctor.

Flossed and brushed this morning and plan to do a 2nd brushing tonight before I go to bed.

Excellent report Splitinage. To more days like this in your life.

Tart Cherry Jam. I'm glad you have a med that works for you. I take Seroquel too and find it works great for me, but I'm on a pretty high dose.

Another good day yesterday, managed to floss and brush.

Flossed yesterday. And the toothpaste you recommended, Tart Cherry Jam, d arrived yesterday, so I'm going to try it today.