Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Day 28: Good Hygiene

One of the things Dr. M commented on yesterday was that I had good hygiene.  *pats myself on the back*  But seriously! I asked him, how can I possibly have good hygiene?   The insides of my teeth haven't seen a toothbrush in 4 weeks!  Never mind "daily flossing!"  He laughed and said it was normal and I was doing fine. 

I do brush the outsides of my teeth several times a day with the smallest baby toothbrush I could find (it has Snoopy on it! :) and I use mouthwash like it is going out of style!  But I am constantly worried that I have bad breath and that the fuzziness on the insides of my teeth is going to take over...

Why am I telling you about all this loveliness? So that you can maybe appreciate just a slight bit of the joy I felt today when I brushed my teeth with the elastics off.  I could open my mouth (just 1 cm) and some of the bristles reached the inside of my upper teeth...oooh cleanliness! The bottom teeth were jealous, but when I tried to angle the bristles over the lower teeth my jaw cramped up and said that was enough of that! So only a few teeth got just slightly cleaner, but it made me feel so good for a moment.  I bet you've never thought that brushing and flossing were a privilege!

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