I find it difficult to brush my teeth regularly

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BeautyWithin
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16 Feb 2007, 12:09 am

matt271 wrote:

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TheMachine1 wrote:

I brush often but the taste of toothpaste....Yuk! So I do not use toothpaste often. I do notice my teeth get a lot cleaner with toothpaste so I assume I'm not brushing enough when I do not use toothpaste.

There are lots of different flavours now.
You don't have to stick with mint anymore.
They even have non-floride toothpaste too.

lol i just picture some aspie at the store opening 1 of every kind of toothpaste tasting it.

lol
The sad thing is... I went through all the boxes just so I could smell them!
I can tell from the smell if I'll like the taste.
I really like cinnamon. :-)

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16 Feb 2007, 1:38 am

BeautyWithin wrote:

lol
The sad thing is... I went through all the boxes just so I could smell them!
I can tell from the smell if I'll like the taste.
I really like cinnamon. :-)

I love the cinnamon too, but my skin hates it. If I use the cinnamon stuff, even if I keep all the foam inside my mouth and don't let any drip down or get around my mouth, about 5 minutes after brushing I have a big red ring all around my mouth. It looks like what clowns draw around their lips, so I refer to it as having "clown mouth." It doesn't go away for an hour or more either.

The funniest part is that I don't look in the mirror often. So for months I was using that toothpaste, not looking in the mirror and heading off to work. I was showing up at work with this big red ring around my mouth for months and didn't even know it. I've since switched to the Lemon Ice flavor. It's tasty, but not as good as cinnamon.

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16 Feb 2007, 1:40 am

I never remember to brush my teeth or I'm too tired (like tonight).

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16 Feb 2007, 1:40 am

matt271 wrote:

i go weeks w/out brushing. i hate it.
i only shave the morning of days i have to go out and do something... because if i dont my mum makes a huge deal about it.
my mum used to check my toothbrush if i used it... she gave up.
now she makes me do the dishes everyday before she gets home from work, i think its like an experiment to see if she can force me to do it. i didn't do it and she flipped out as if i was the horrible person who wouldn't even do one thing.
its not that i mean to not do things, i just don't do them. i also don't do things for myself that i want done. some just call me lazy.

Completely illogical, but true.

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16 Feb 2007, 1:52 am

I brush my teeth while in the shower. If I don't shower, I forget to brush.

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16 Feb 2007, 1:57 am

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:

I brush my teeth while in the shower. If I don't shower, I forget to brush.

I have to too, but still sometimes forget...
Just like a few others here, ti's not in my routine, I gotta work hard to MAKE it.

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16 Feb 2007, 6:34 am

Frankly, I wish I could say I always remembered, or it was part of my routine. It isn't. I do always try to do it though. I LIKE the idea of smooth teeth, fresh breath, etc... I thought you guys would also.

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16 Feb 2007, 6:46 am

not only do I have problems with brushing, but every dentist that wasn't a blaring moron who I've ever spoken to has had nothing but bad things to say about local water <I dunno, it's just one of their rants> and how it makes local teeth really bad AND my anticonvulsants are hard on teeth <dunno why, I really need to research these things> so my teeth already look like hell, then I hate them to begin with because they're crooked as hell because my first dentist was a frelling moron who wasn't worth his fish tank

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16 Feb 2007, 10:27 am

I don't have trouble with the routine, but I do have a high gag reflex that makes tooth brushing difficult sometimes.

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16 Feb 2007, 6:25 pm

tinky wrote:

i have bad teeth as well. i can't seem to keep up with brushing my teeth regularly. either i'm too tired, too lazy, don't feel like it, or don't care.

I am the exact same way...there are just better things to do than brush your teeth. But I put up notes to remind myself and eventually get around to it. However, I've hated brushing my teeth for a long time (my mother used to do it for me when I was a kid and I hated it then, too).

But I have pearly whites now because I just got them cleaned. No cavities to speak of either! never had one in my life!

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16 Feb 2007, 6:35 pm

I also have the problem of not brushing my teeth as much as I should. I usually go for about a week or two before thinking 'Wow, my teeth are dirty, I should really brush them now'

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:

I brush my teeth while in the shower. If I don't shower, I forget to brush.

I may have to give that a try. Having a shower is a reflex action for me, but not brushing my teeth.

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16 Feb 2007, 6:38 pm

matt271 wrote:

BeautyWithin wrote:

TheMachine1 wrote:

There are lots of different flavours now.
You don't have to stick with mint anymore.
They even have non-floride toothpaste too.

lol i just picture some aspie at the store opening 1 of every kind of toothpaste tasting it.

haha...that's a good picture... lol maybe some NTs around giving him a kind of strange look like "WTF is this person doing?" lol.

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16 Feb 2007, 6:57 pm

matt271 wrote:

Sounds a lot like me

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16 Feb 2007, 7:02 pm

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:

I brush my teeth while in the shower. If I don't shower, I forget to brush.

that is a BRILLIANT idea! i am going to do that

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16 Feb 2007, 7:33 pm

I can't stand brushing my teeth at all.

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17 Feb 2007, 7:55 pm

9CatMom wrote:

I don't have trouble with the routine, but I do have a high gag reflex that makes tooth brushing difficult sometimes.

I have a horrible gag reflex as well. I cannot even have a tongue compressor put in my mouth of I will have a dry heave.

Also, those things the put in your mouth when they take a dental X-Ray makes me gag horribly as well...

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