Since my dentist’s intervention (appointment), I have been flossing and brushing every day. I’ve been using my little two minute timer, which looks like a little pink hourglass. In fact, my boyfriend saw it sitting on my bathroom counter, and raised his eyebrows and asked if we needed to talk. I think he thought it had something to do with a pregnancy test.

Two minutes sounds a lot shorter than it is when it comes to brushing your teeth. When I tried it the first time, the muscles in the top of my right forearm started to hurt, and my mouth was so full of toothpaste foam, it looked like I had rabies.

My gums are starting to get used to regular flossing, and it doesn’t hurt or bleed much anymore.

Still have to get the wisdom teeth extracted…