Date:   1/2/2007 4:08:27 PM ( 18 y ago)
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mercury881 said:

"So you've been using bar soap to brush for a while now, huh? Do you have any dental issues what-so-ever? Does your dentist know? I'm curios about all this becuz sometime within the next 3 mos I have to make an appointment w/my dentist. I've had perio issues for couple yrs now and have been keeping it "in check..not worse but not better either". I will want to see if the oil pulling and now, brushing w/soap, will help the pockets and gums. I'm figuring 3 mos should be a good time frame. What do you think?"
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Yes, I have been doing my secret cleaning for a while now ... and the only "dental issue" I have is receding gumline over one of my "eye tooths". My dentist does not know because I don't have a dentist ... I've been scared of them for as long as I can remember.

In my 37 years on this earth, I have only been to the dentist TWICE. (yes, you can read that again ... it says TWICE.) That's another secret I've been hesitant to share with people because I was afraid people would think I had a dirty mouth if I admitted I don't go to dentists.

My parents never took me when I was little ... and then when I was fifteen, I needed braces ... that was traumatic for me ... but I survived braces in the EARLY 80's with NO cavities ...

And when I was pregnant with my oldest child (age 21) I had my teeth cleaned because my OB told me to in disgust after I told him I never had my teeth cleaned before ...

And then, oh, what? About six years ago I went in again to have them cleaned because my new husband freaked out when he found out how long it had been since I went to a dentist ... he has been going to the same dentist since he was a toddler (and he also has a mouth full of silver stuff and I don't know how many root canals plus four PULLED teeth) ... but I was happy to come out of that visit with no cavities.

So here I am ... I don't know if I have cavities or "problems" or not ... I don't want to go to the dentist ... they scare me ... I don't like people putting things in my mouth ... I have a severe gag reflex and I DON'T want to find out what a needle feels like in there ... and I DON'T want holes drilled in my precious teeth ... SOOOOOOOOOOO

Did I answer your questions?

Um, no ... you had one more ... about oil-pulling ... well, I've only been doing it two weeks or so now ... the "eye tooth" was sensitive because of the receding gum above it, and it no longer twangs me much anymore ... my teeth are whiter ... my 15 year old wanted to know if I'd been using her beloved Crest White-Strip thingies ... but I told her NO Ma'am!!!!!

I haven't told anyone I am oil-pulling yet ... it is another one of my secrets.

My family already thinks I am ... what's the word? ... eccentric ... so I am slow to reveal more of my idiosyncracies to give them more arsenal to use against me.

I am curious what the dentist would say when I go back though. My husband keeps pushing me to go to his dentist again. I suppose I will ... but I sure don't WANT to.

Oh, one more thing ... I am a bad mother, too ... my older girls always tell me I need to take them to the dentist ... but I've only taken them twice in their lives.
But they seem to have inherited my good teeth genes ... because they have no complaints or cavities (that I know of.) There is a lot of peer-pressure out there to go to the dentist. I feel guilty at times for not taking them. I'm still trying to figure it all out.

Anyway, hope you have a great day ...




 

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