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Ersatz86@lemmy.world 7 months agoListen to this guy/girll OP.
Your dentist will almost certainly recommend:
-Getting an electric toothbrush, READING THE INSTRUCTIONS, and using at least twice daily.
-Simultaneously, getting a water-pik or similar (they make travel ones too) and using it twice a day. (Tastier if you fill it with mouthwash).
Or shell out ~$10k or more (in the US) later for ignoring this advice, like I will in April, for gum restoration procedures.
Plus nobody will tell you you have eye-watering bad breath, but they will certainly hold it against you.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Proper mouthwash is a game changer.
Had problems in my 20’s (30 years ago), old dentist: “use mouthwash 2-3x a day, and not that newfangled nonsense, I mean Listerine. Yea, it tastes awful, but it works.” hahaha
Dammit if he wasn’t right about my issues at the time.
And modern electric toothbrushes are a game changer. Not like the truly electric (as in you plug it in) when I was a kid. I think improved brush heads and especially the built-in timer make the difference.
CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 months ago
Electric toothbrush is amazeballs.