Why does none of this suprise me? ;<)
As a young kid, I already realized that what dentists did was mere torture. Fluor biting ( a treatment for young kids ) was an example of this. The taste disgusted me, eventhough they tried to give it an aftertaste kids were supposed to enjoy, like Cola ( hahaha! ). It also didn't help that my parents both were kind of afraid of the dentist, due to their past experiences with dentists. Nevertheless, they kept going at least twice a year and expected us to do the same.
The last time I went to the dentist is almost 4 years ago. In 2019 I lost my Dutch health insurance, due to moving to Portugal, and although this frustrated me at first, I'm now happy about it. My teeth are quite alright, aside from some small pains, every now and then, but I'm seriously interested in trying out the soap brushing. I stopped using fluor toothpaste a couple of years ago, no regrets.
Cheers for this extremely insightful post. I love to see how your brave kids are willing to try out this new technique and am looking forward to reading your future posts about this subject.
Hey Vincent! Am pleased you caught this one. I guess we all have dentist horror stories of some kind? I call health insurance hell insurance. Guaranteed to kill you while lining the pockets of the beast!
Excellent to hear you are still going strong despite not seeing a dentist for the last four years.
Seriously looking forward to getting into this repair work now and covering the journey as best I can...