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[dulciana]

thank you for your contribution Dulciana.  Do you wear a retainer now?

No, babyjane. 

[dulciana]

As we age the gums recede = gaps so that the tooth may loosen.

That's why brushing technique is so important, too - i.e. making sure the brush movements massage the gums as well as clean the teeth.  I was shown this when I had the ortho. treatment.  Touch wood, on my visits to the dentist now, she never mentions my gums.  Not so Hubby, who was recommended to get an electric toothbrush.....

[CLKD]

I dont' believe in electric toothbrushes, too messy and the one I tried bounced off my teeth/gums - most unpleasant 


A dentist in the 1980s told me that brushing the gums gently was more important than brushing the teeth.  That was int he days B4 teepee brushes which I use regularly.  I also opened a new packet of brushes yesterday and they feel great - bet I won't be able to find those again as I tend to buy several types at once 

[babyjane]

I already use a combination of electric and manual toothbrush which my hygienist told me is the very best way.  I floss but I can't use teepee because my teeth are too tightly packed.  I was recently told by the hygienist that I have excellent oral hygiene with good teeth and healthy gums, I just have higgledy piggledy teeth that are quite hard to keep clean.

[CLKD]

We can have a competition here - my teeth are more crowded than yours are  and I can teepee brushes through - I use a lot of the red and can get a green between the back ones much to my Dentist's amazement.  It's the two at the very front that are crossed and I have to go in from behind with a scrapper thingy.

[babyjane]

- my teeth are more crowded than yours are 

How do you know, we have never met 

[CLKD]

  and all my photos are taken with Big Gob Closed 

[babyjane]

so will mine be if I end up with train track braces 

[CLKD]

Burka?

[babyjane]

say 'pardon'   

[Janice68]

 
You two are funny!!!

[CLKD]

Yep.  It's that time of Life tha knows 

[babyjane]

we do our best to entertain the troops 

[Janice68]

You do!! You and clkd should do a comedy thread?

[CLKD]

   you couldn't afford us 

I once saw someone laughing so much that his false teeth flew out