I'm really surprised at this attitude coming from a normally crunchy/AP community!
ITA about genetics. Brian and I are much the same as you and Austin... Brian's dental hygiene is ABYSMAL (he brushes his teeth once a day in the MORNING) and he has NEVER had a cavity. I don't floss daily (hide) but I brush twice a day and use fluoride rinse and have had dozens of cavities and a root canal. We don't yet know whose teeth Robin got... I guess my feeling is that I want her to be cooperative about teeth brushing so that as we add to the routine, she'll be up for it. And hello, I want her to do it HERSELF, I don't want to be holding down a screaming 4 year old. It seems like if she's fine with it now, we can refine her technique, and add in a morning brush, and later on work on good rinsing, etc, without her fighting every step of the way.
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Date: 2009-10-31 09:23 pm (UTC)ITA about genetics. Brian and I are much the same as you and Austin... Brian's dental hygiene is ABYSMAL (he brushes his teeth once a day in the MORNING) and he has NEVER had a cavity. I don't floss daily (hide) but I brush twice a day and use fluoride rinse and have had dozens of cavities and a root canal. We don't yet know whose teeth Robin got... I guess my feeling is that I want her to be cooperative about teeth brushing so that as we add to the routine, she'll be up for it. And hello, I want her to do it HERSELF, I don't want to be holding down a screaming 4 year old. It seems like if she's fine with it now, we can refine her technique, and add in a morning brush, and later on work on good rinsing, etc, without her fighting every step of the way.