Originally Posted by
Bruno
I usually use cheap brushes, out of a 4 pack. Colgate or oral B, medium hard.
I tried using electric brushes, but I didn't like it.
I also admit not brushing for 2 minutes. I doubt if I get to 30 seconds on average.
The Gods have blessed me by giving me very strong teeth. My yearly visit to the dentist is usually nothing more than removing a bit of plaque (manually of course) and occasionally I have a tiny cavity.
My wife otoh brushes with an electric, the full 2 minutes, 2 times per day. And her teeth are really battle worn. Several root canal treatments, multiple fillings in most teeth, the occasional broken tooth... She really does her best to care for her teeth, but to no avail.
So while I acknowledge the benefit of brushing twice per day, you either have good teeth or you haven't and no amount of brushing is going to change that.
:OTI did spend a lot of time finding the good toothpaste though.
I have very sensitive teeth, cold things like ice cream or even drawing freezing air deep in my mouth can hurt in the place where my molars touch the gums. In the end, I found that colgate time control was the only toothpaste that was good enough to get (mostly) rid of this problem for me. It is supposed to be very good for the gums (my teeth can take care of themselves).
At a certain moment I couldn't find it anymore, and I tried something else that didn't work quite as good, with subtle-but-always-there toothache as the result.
I thought they had discontinued it, and I found a store where they still had them...
I cleaned them out. :eek: Hilarity ensued... :w
Sometime later I discovered that after the inital marketing push of colgate, only a couple of stores carry it regularly, but colgate still makes it. Nevermind. Even if they stop now, I have about 10 years worth of toothpaste left. :roflmao:roflmao That reminds me... have to buy some more soon before I start hitting those reserves... :gth