Teeth Brushing Contest
In primary school I participated in a contest like this. I was part of a team of 5 classmates and together we went through training that was tougher than the army. The competition was fierce; it was a county-level contest with dozens of participants, after we had passed the city stage. After classes, we would study theory for 2 hours a day from some hardcover books. And the teeth brushing had to get rid of even the very last spot of blue. Where did the blue in our mouths come from? Well, before brushing our teeth, we’d rinse them with a disclosing solution that stained both our mouths and our teeth.
What Miruna wrote today I can recite in my sleep at any hour of the day or night even to this day. Because I wanted to win that contest. Unfortunately, though, I’m talking about the times when it didn’t matter what you did at any olympiad (not even a teeth-brushing one), but rather how active your parents were in the Party. But my parents weren’t communists. :( So I got third prize. But I walked away with a really great thing: I know how to brush my teeth!
From my memories of those times, allow me to add an important step to Miruna’s article. When you spit the water out of your mouth (after you’ve rinsed), you have to keep your mouth wide open. Meaning, you actually don’t spit, but rather let the water drain out of your gaping mouth. This prevents the gunk in your mouth that you want to get rid of from gathering behind your front teeth. In short, instead of spitting the water, let it run out while keeping your mouth open as if you were saying “Aaaa!”.
Congratulations Miruna, great initiative, I’d love to hear that you managed to teach a few people how to properly brush their teeth!
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:) got it! cum abia m-am trezit ma duc sa pun in practica sfatul tau… si promit sa nu mai scuip :D
foarte corect! faza cu apa scuipata, adaug si eu un later edit, azi-dimineata cand m-am spalat pe dinti mi-am amintit :p
Felicitari, Sebastian, imi place ca esti un om preocupat de intretinerea sanatatii lui! :)
Mircea ar fi cel mai fericit sa stie, ce preocupari aveti. Ptc. spalatul pe dinti e asa de important , cum nu isi imagineaza nimeni si pacat ca nu se ocupa doctori de treaba asta. Adica noi avem un program de Prophylaxe pt. copii , incepind de la 6 ani pina la 18 ani. Avem o asistenta special angajata pt. asta, vine in fiecare luni , tratamentul este preluat suta la suta de casele de bolnavi. Si programul incepe chiar cu explicarea tehnicii spalarii dintilor, dupa care se face adevaratul tratament. Se repeta la fiecare trei luni de zile si vin copiii cu multa constiinciozitate. Unii chiar dupa ce au implinit 18 ani si le facem tratamentul gratuit, merita la atita constiinciozitate.
Spalatul pe dinti merita si o olimpiada internationala! :) Important e sa nu apuce sa se depuna tartrul sub gingii, ca adio dinte, “bun” venit parodontoza! Bleah! :( … In afara de spalatul pe dinti, eu zic ca e importanta si profilaxia, din cand in cand se pricep ei stomatologii sa faca un fel de “curatenie generala”, de nota zece ;)
:-ss eu cred ca nu ma spal corect pe dinti
azi mi-a cazut plomba.
“Acest lucru împiedică mizeriile din gură pe care vrei să le arunci să se strângă în spatele dinților din față.” Exista si dintii din spate?
era o plomba de la dintzii din spate;-)