What are you guilty of?

[EndangeredPasta]

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I bet we can all admit that everyone here does something that goes against the beliefs or practices of dentistry.

So what is yours?

Mine is that I have an addiction to candy and will not stop eating it if its in front of me.

 

[Sophlu]

Food in general...I have to control myself so I do not get fat!

 

[Doh Boy Fresh]

dagnabbit, i often forget to floss 😱

 

[yuppers]

I brush with a wire brush..... better than a sonicare.

 

[Dental Monst3r]

I forget to floss sometimes

 

[JustBePM]

I smoked cigarettes for more than 10 years.

 

[BillytheEchidna]

Cheek-biter since Kindergarten... 😳

 

[enfuego]

Cheek-biter since Kindergarten... 😳

Me too! And it causes cancer! I've been trying to stop, but it's such a bad habit.

I don't really floss either.

 

[btk2333]

Sometimes i go a couple months too long without going to the dentist

 

[whateveryoulike]

1)wait FAR too long between dental visits
2)grind my teeth randomly while awake
3)grind teeth constantly while asleep
4)eat complete crap and drink TONS of soda and coffee
5)brush my teeth far more times than the recommended number (after just about every cup of coffee that isnt being followed by another one)

 

[Jake8]

Way too much coffee

 

[Zubnaya Feya]

skittles, jelly beans and gummy bears

 

[Erhatstil]

house and electro music addiction

 

[Livineasi]

ummm...I have never brushed my teeth at night and I only floss after I eat a mango.

 

[niza0212]

Self-proclaimed ice chewer here.

 

[cobalt31]

i don't have dental insurance now. yikes.

 

[enfuego]

i don't have dental insurance now. yikes.

I don't either. My family never has. Even with braces and wisdom teeth and everything, it was cheaper overall to pay full price for every visit than to make the monthly insurance payments.

 

[La fea]

Nail biting
eating when stressed

 

[xianexiane]

I eat children!!!!😱 I'm horribly lazy about flossing..... Has anyone tried the Waterpik or other flossing substitutes.... I havent but i got on there website and it advertised a PSI range of 5-80 lmao are we removing plaque or rust here 😀

 

[rewJW]

i don't have dental insurance now. yikes.

Ditto there. Or any insurance for that matter. All of this mandatory medical stuff I have to get done in anticipation of starting school is killing me ... meningitis vaccine alone = $170 so far ... still have to get a full physical! At least I get discounted dental work done at my job.

 

[bleech]

"Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I don't know... I sing in the shower. Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me. No, don't sue me... that's the opposite of the point I'm trying to make."

 

[rachmaninoff3rd]

I always forget to brush my teeth after I get wasted. Gross feeling in the morning.

 

[PSU SHC 414]

cigars... i love cigars

nothing like an beautiful spring morning with a fishing pole in one hand and a good cigar in the other!

 

[prydA]

house and electro music addiction

i know what you're talking about

 

[Contach]

i only brush once a day..

 

[RMPredent2009]

I chew on things as a nervous habit - pens, ice, straws, etc, etc. I also brush really really hard multiple times a day.

 

[GoetzItDone]

one time I chewed on one of those little firecracker thinks so that I could make it explode in my mouth. But the dentist never said to do that!

 

[MaverickPreDent]

I keep the food that is stuck in my braces and when I get hungry, I just suck it out and have a snack.

 

[YungJoc87]

I don't have teeth, I have fangs.

And I haven't been to the dentist in two years...

 

[12345a]

I'm guilty of being the tooth fairy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPl9YMcESYs

 

[robg]

I can't stop chewing ice

 

[cookand]

cigars... i love cigars

nothing like an beautiful spring morning with a fishing pole in one hand and a good cigar in the other!

This is my vice. I worked at a cigar shop for 5 years through undergrad and grad school. About the only thing better than what you mention friend is tailgaiting on a crisp Fall afternoon (or morning, depending on kickoff😉), with a cold beer and a fine cigar.😀

 

[Hordel]

I can't stop chewing ice

Same here!