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This is kind of random but I just got really stressed out and want to talk about something I feel is important.

If you have depression or any other mental illness/condition that affects your daily life and can make it hard to function, please try to at least brush your teeth. Bare minimum. When even that’s too much I sometimes will just swish around some mouthwash when I piss or something. Anything.

Depression really fucked up my mouth and now it hurts to eat/drink most things and my dental bills are high because of how neglectful I got during particularly bad episodes when I was younger. Teeth can’t repair or replace themselves, so take care of them as best you can. If not just for the health aspect of it, keeping up your dental hygiene could save you from a lot of financial stress in the future.

ok that’s all take care toodles

FUCKING THIS ^^^^

I honestly just stopped caring at one point and my teeth are quite literally dying in my mouth. 

Every other day part of some tooth is breaking off in my mouth, and eating is so fucking painful. 

Not to mention that just BREATHING causes pain to shoot through my gums to the point that sometimes I’m in tears. 

Please, PLEASE, force yourself to brush your teeth. I wish I would have. 

I recently had to have three cavities removed and a root canal because of this. Please. Please take care of your teeth.

If you can’t force yourself to get out of bed and go to the bathroom, they make mini disposable toothbrushes with toothpaste, like Colgate Wisp. Keep them next to your bed and use them. 

Extremely this; three of my teeth just crumbled recently because brushing my teeth was something that fell by the wayside when i was too depressed to even get out of bed most days! Its really hard but believe me, the feeling of your own tooth falling to pieces in your mouth is infinitely worse

I got nine cavities in my mouth and paid out the ass for it. But i learned things:

A cheap-ass basic tube of toothpaste has virtually the same amount of fluoride as a fancy one. Unless ordered by your dentist or needed for other reasons, you can skip expensive pastes and use a more affordable brand

Same with toothbrushes. Unless you need special angles or find them really helpful, you can buy a cheap brush.

If cavities are small enough, they can be reversed with care. Like when you feel a zit coming on and treat it before it becomes an issue. It does take a lot of diligence though.

Drinking water after consuming soda and sugar is a good idea, as it washes the abrasives out and reintroduces fluoride to your mouth. Even just a mouthful or two helps.

Flossing once a week is better than never at all. Yes, you will bleed, but that’s because your gums were irritated by all the crap you just removed.

When you do brush, make sure to hit your gum line and get all that gunk. Get the back and sides too. 2 min total is ideal, but do your best.

a tip my dentist shared with me is that you do not want to brush your teeth for about half an hour after you eat because that is when your enamel is weakest! as the above poster says, rinse your mouth out with water instead. if your tap water is safe to drink, it should have fluoride in it even if it’s on the acidic side, which will help.

they also make these things called xylitol mints that help prevent tooth decay which you can take after meals too!