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> >in the conventional sense, I don't take very good care of my teeth.
>
> Theola, do you mind being more specific about your dental hygiene?
> I stopped brushing my teeth in autumn 2002 after being on paleo for a
> couple of months or so. It just felt natural.

Fredrik, since you asked I'll tell.  Really, I'm convinced that diet rather
than brushing and flossing is the mainstay of cavity-free teeth.  DH says
his teeth would fall out if he took care of his the way I "don't" take care
of mine.....but he regularly eats sugars/starches that I seldom touch.  I
*do* brush, once a day, in the morning.  Sometimes I think to brush my
tongue, sometimes I don't.  But within minutes my teeth are swimming in a
second cup of coffee laced with half & half.  From there it's just a
downward slide of a day's meals being passed through the chompers.  I pretty
regularly use a toothpick, but I am absolutely the world's worst not to
brush before bedtime...unless heh-heh.  And I almost never floss.  It's
really a weird situation for me that it's been 3.5 yrs since I've been to
the dentist because I've had a good history of checkups and a costly amount
of past dental work to prove it.  Paleo dividends are great!

Theola