Yes, I’ve somehow made it to being an adult without ever developing this habit. I don’t recall it ever being stressed as a ritual when I was growing up, to the point that my teeth had started turning green. After repeated adult dental visits I would have a brief spurt of attentiveness to oral hygiene, but it would then lapse.

I’ve heard from various sources that it takes 21, 28, or 30 days to form a new habit, so since my last visit to the dentist I’ve been trying to form this habit. I’m a bit hazy about how long I’ve been going on an uninterrupted streak (shoulda wrote something down), so I’ll just mark Monday the 4th as when I started. Hopefully by March it will become a lifelong habit!