Once I started drinking as a rowdy teenager (also part of the problem I'm sure) I started brushing a lot, and a lot, and a lot. And what happened? My teeth started dissolving! So I had to get them fixed. What I found out was the braces I had as a tot, wore of the shields of my teeth. Or so I was told. So doctor so-and-so fixes my teeth. And I leave them alone for a good long time. But eventually I wanted to brush them again.
Once I started brushing again, get this, they started falling apart again and even worse this time. The new dentist said the one mentioned above did the restructuring strange and made my teeth worse. Well, shit. So okay, again I get them fixed. Totally fine while I'm not taking care of them... I think you can guess what happened next.
*I'm not saying it's bad to brush, but I am saying don't trust spamming your teeth with gunky chemical-paste.
So here I am, today, just having a chip and BAM! My front tooth snaps in half. It doesn't even hurt, but it sure as hell doesn't look sexy.
Does It?
I'm not going to blame all my oral problems on the health-care system. But they certainly credit for a decent amount of the problem. The other part of course is diet. The crap food we stuff our face with is just as bad as the crap dental-care we deconstruct our jaws with. But that's another story.
Personal opinion, and logic, aside I did want to get into studies and all of that. Usually what I would do is rewrite them in my own words. But this article I found is just so wonderful that I don't feel so bad for plugging someone elses work while sacrificing a larger article of my own.
So here are seven "myths" about dental care: http://www.modernalternativemama.com/blog/2012/10/06/the-7-myths-of-modern-dentistry/#.UabRfdKR_X4
I would also like to note that I have been using alternative methods of tooth-care recently such as oil-pulling and the results on my teeth are double that of more profitable chemical at-home treatments such as those tooth whitening sticks which I used up until oil-pulling.
Remember guys, our teeth have been with us since our first days. They aren't designed to be treated with lab-made shit. And if I would have listened to my own advice years ago, I'd probably still have all my damned teeth.
-Arrrooo!
So here are seven "myths" about dental care: http://www.modernalternativemama.com/blog/2012/10/06/the-7-myths-of-modern-dentistry/#.UabRfdKR_X4
I would also like to note that I have been using alternative methods of tooth-care recently such as oil-pulling and the results on my teeth are double that of more profitable chemical at-home treatments such as those tooth whitening sticks which I used up until oil-pulling.
Remember guys, our teeth have been with us since our first days. They aren't designed to be treated with lab-made shit. And if I would have listened to my own advice years ago, I'd probably still have all my damned teeth.
-Arrrooo!
