whats your dental hygiene like

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do autistic people have a hard time remembering to clean their teeth?

i spend alot of time grooming myself so i do clean my teeth every day but my front teeth are weird but luckily my top lip covers all my top teeth so they only visible when i really smile which isnt often

my two front teeth have a little gap between them and look like rabbit teeth so im glad they are not visible when i talk

I always get cavities in my teeth, I often have good hygeine when it comes to clothes hair and skin but my oral hygeine is bad. and I feel guilty because even though insurance covers half the cost, my own mother pays for the other half.

Very, very, good.

But I still need $9-10k of dental work between 2 teeth. (One implant, one root canal & crown)

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Ever since I went to the dentist at age 22 and had a whopping great filling, I've been brushing twice a day. Especially so when I had braces at age 25-27. My housemate barely brushes at all and I'm afraid it's going to catch up with her.

I need to book a checkup soon plus a scale and clean.

Not good.

For reasons.

It's less about forgetting about dental hygiene, but more like there's no consistent time for it.
It's basically what my life has been so far and yet hopefully that would end soon.

And that lack of consistency gave me so much stress -- even when to eat and when not to -- to brush my teeth meant I won't be eating anytime even after eating, and that brushing would waste it.
And that stress gave me a consequently this emotional eating.

That gave me least 5 broken molars. All currently untreated.


Other than that, it's this accident at age 10. It broke my front teeth. I was sliding by the hall way, only for someone foot on a way and fell down.

Anyways.
An inadequate care for over 15 years me gave me an increasingly visible and worse overbite from stimming from it, and over 10 years long of chronic headache.

Never told anyone that there's this pocket of pus on the roof of my mouth along with the headaches.

Now I have a whole 4 upper front teeth missing, replaced by a tooth bridge.
No more pus pocket, no more headaches. Not even my dentist knew. This was during pandemic.


Why didn't it happen earlier?
I can't afford it. My parents can't afford it.

Why not just fix it now?
Same old answer -- I still can't afford it now.

Why not change my lifestyle?
The answer's the same -- I literally cannot afford it yet.

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Also, I'm a mouth breather no thanks to chronic sinusitis.
Also untreated for most of my life until, like, basically last week -- for the same reasons why my teeth remains unfixed.

So there - I also likely have a form of jaw muscle issue in a way.

And that issue causes me sleep issues, that adds my stress levels, that causes more emotional eating, that causes worse dental health problems...

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I have a couple ultrasonic toothbrushes which are so convenient I can use them even if I'm already in bed. I just put some water in my mouth move it around. I'd have to be exceptionally lazy/tired not to bother

I don't like cleaning my teeth, but I still clean my teeth because I don't want to get tooth decay. I have an electric toothbrush and I only clean my teeth once a day (before I go to bed). I don't see the point in cleaning my teeth twice a day. I do use mouthwash twice a day though.

If you don't eat sugar/carbs your teeth won't rot fast at all. Most modern problems with tooth decay are due to diet.

I also only brush once a day and have excellent teeth. No fluoride, no toothpaste, but also no sugar/carbs.

Yeah I didn't have a toothbrush until I was 16. I was just never introduced to one. But I never ate sweets and I've never had any cavities/fillings and I didn't even visit a dentist.

I actually brush twice a day these days and also use interdental brushes and mouthwash.

I brush and floss my teeth once a day (at night right before bed) and so far, I haven't had any problems from my current once a day routine.

I did have some interproximal cavities from not flossing at one point, though (because flossing with braces sucks and it's kind of hard to find interdental brushes and threaded floss in stores). Luckily, I'm supposed to get my braces off this May and when I do, my history of interproximal cavities is going to one of many reasons why I'm demanding removable Hawley retainers and absolutely refusing to have permanent retainers put in.

I've never had trouble with my teeth. I never even get toothache. But some people my age do get cavities even if they brush their teeth every day.

Sometimes it's just luck of the draw. Some people have strong teeth. My teeth seem pretty strong. In fact all my bones seem pretty strong. I've never broken a bone in my life.