Staying healthy is very important and the older I get the more I believe that health is worth more than almost anything. When it comes to teeth I am working on getting more healthy. It is one area that I know I need to work harder at. The general thought about going to the dentist scares most people and for me I don't relish spending money on cavities, fillings, and surgery. So if I am able to step up my dental hygiene and also my families this is an area I hope to avoid.
Especially during the COVID Pandemic, I knew this was the time to work on our dental health so let me go over what we have done to be more healthy.
The first thing we did was to increase the actual amount of brushing that we normally do. With the pandemic in full swing it is hard to get a dentist appointment unless it is an emergency and with all the scare going on it is simply one thing I do not want to do. So we thought that the best way to keep out of the dentist's office was simply to brush our teeth more. Normally our family brushes at a minimum of once a day. That is honestly an average day. We try to get a morning and an evening brush in and about 3 times during the week we succeed at this. But since my wife and I was going to be home and we were able to actually be able to do this we decided to add a lunch brush in.
We solidly spent breakfast, lunch, and dinner brushing our teeth after we were done. This was a hard habit to start, but I feel it was a wise choice not only for me but my family. It was a worthwhile choice in my mind because we have not had dental issues currently. So this was probably part of the reason we have not had to go to the dentist.
The next thing we did was to change up one of our brushings. On our nightly brushing, we changed out our toothpaste to charcoal toothpaste. Not only did we want to be more healthy, but we wanted our teeth to look good. This was a good alternative for us to using some kind of white strip. We have used those in the past and they worked really well. The issue with the non-natural whitener was that it caused lots of sensitivity and pain. That was something that did not feel healthy and we wanted to avoid that this time.
So with the new nightly toothbrush, we ended up with some crazy black teeth while brushing. Charcoal certainly does have some wild looks while brushing. It also leaves a bit of a mess so be ready to clean up black spots on the sink. As long as you do it quickly they don't stain though. But do not throw any toilet paper with charcoal in the toilet and not flush it. Yes, it does stain the toilet until you bleach it. It looked scary and made us all a little wiery till we found out what it was. Less learned on our behalf. So try and be more healthy and we will keep it up on our end as well!
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