meJune 29, 2008 6:39 pm
"I’m following the trend ‘cause I wanna
have some friends. I want to be somebody.
Don’t wanna be a ‘nobody’………..
- From the Dead Milkmen’s "Moron"
I’ve gone back to using toothpaste. I got nervous about having many dreams in which I look at my reflection in a mirror and see myself with a bloody mouth. The dreams could have been arising from my fear of not using toothpaste or it could mean that I’ve been watching episodes of Buffy and find vampires fascinating.
I switched to Tom’s but never even attempted my own concoctions. When I first started reading about them I checked with my dentist and he was adamantly against most of the home recipes because of the potential damage to teeth and gums.
Comment by organicneedle — June 29, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
I switched to Tom’s about 3.5 years ago, which coincided with moving from GA to OR. In GA, I used Crest and had my teeth cleaned about every six months. In OR, I’ve only used Tom’s and had my teeth cleaned once - about two months ago. Gross, I know. I fully expected this most recent experience to involve hammers, picks and lots of lecturing. But no! It was the quickest, easiest cleaning I’d ever had. And the hygienist even gushed about how clean and lovely my teeth were. My kids even use Tom’s kid-friendly stuff with high marks from their dentist.
Tom’s tube is aluminum and recyclable at the curbside for me. The cap is also recyclable at special collection events in my area.
I’m pretty much hooked on Tom’s!
Comment by natalie — June 30, 2008 @ 10:58 am
I love Tom’s too! I frequently have dreams of my teeth falling out. Gross.
Comment by arduous — June 30, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
After my then 4 year old ended up with 8 cavities (they have to put kids under to fill that many cavities - 3 were root canals) when we didn’t use flouride toothpaste, I’m sold on the importance of using toothpaste. Somethings we can do without in the name of the environment. I don’t think toothpaste is one of them.
Comment by Green Bean — June 30, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
I tend to pay attention to my gut feeling alot, its never let me down. So even though nothing is wrong with our teeth I just decided to pay attention to my fears being manifested in my dreams and go back to toothpaste.
Comment by Beany — June 30, 2008 @ 10:47 pm
Oh dear. I’ve led another soul down the wayward path. But we can all make up for it by quitting shampoo! Or whatever.
Comment by Beth Terry — July 2, 2008 @ 6:27 am