I feel like the biggest piece of advice I wish I could give my 20-year-old self is "floss and be careful with your teeth in your early 20s because oh man it sucks to deal with those consequences as you get older!"
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Heh, mine would be “replacing sugar consumption with alcohol consumption is great for tooth health but… only moves the problems to other areas… but man you’ll have fun though”
Mine would have been: “Dentists vary wildly in quality and if your dentist is deciding you need more fillings every time you go in, it could be your brushing sucks… or it could be your dentist sucks. It’s ok to look for a second opinion. Signed, your metal-mouthed future self.”
I went through something similar. My advice to myself would be to do what I’m doing now, which turns out to be an absolute cheat code for mouth care: go to the dentist 3x per year instead of 2. Just an extra cleaning visit. It’s worth the cost and more impact than anything you can do yourself.
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