• Dadd Volante@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Travel. Try new things. Eat food you’ve never tried before.

    Get into the habit of reading. Actual books, not just things like lemmy.

    Realize that literally every person you meet is a walking story, just like yourself

    Brush your fuckin teeth.

    Also: Floss. Seriously. Take care of your damn teeth. They’re important.

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      3 months ago

      Take care of your damn teeth. They’re important.

      I’m 34 and I already lost half of my teeth. By 40 they’ll probably all be gone. It’s definitely genetics, but also very much the lazyness in my youth that caused this.

      If someone in their twenties reads this: Brush your fucking teeth, seriously. I had a phase in my life where I was living with constant pain for almost a year and almost went insane. Nobody should have to live like this.

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      3 months ago

      Also don’t brush your gums too hard, I did that a bit when I didn’t know better, and my gums receded slightly. Turns out those things don’t come back. Make sure you brush that area though!

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        3 months ago

        My electric toothbrush was an amazing investment. It flashes red lights if I press too hard while brushing. You’d think after 10 years of this thing that I’d develop an intuition about how hard to press, but it still yells at me to back off all the time. It’s made a huge difference for the health of my teeth.

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      3 months ago

      Don’t eat between meals to re-establish your saliva microbiome and pH. This will do a lot for prevention of carie growth.