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<blockquote data-quote="Crayola13" data-source="post: 731055" data-attributes="member: 21066"><p>When I was a kid, the dentists told us to brush the teeth and gums very hard to remove more plaque, have whiter teeth, etc. Now we know that aggressive brushing leads to gum recession. If the recession is bad enough, you have to have a graft, which feels extremely painful when you wake up from surgery, and causes three days of misery. Vigorous brushing is not going to make the teeth whiter, but back then, we thought the opposite was true. I had sores on my gums. They bled all the time. Eventually, I had to have the graft, and it didn't really help the recession.</p><p></p><p>I regret believing the myth that soda and chocolate would break out my face. When I was a teenager, my metabolism allowed me to have fries, chips, chocolate, etc. without gaining an ounce. When I was 17, I started getting bad acne, so I gave up those foods for three years. I was told that water helps acne, but it disdid. I was floating away and still had acne. Finally, I went to the dermatologist and he said diet has no affect in acne. It angers me that I denied myself those foods back then. Now that I am 44, I can't have those foods because I no longer have the metabolism of a kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crayola13, post: 731055, member: 21066"] When I was a kid, the dentists told us to brush the teeth and gums very hard to remove more plaque, have whiter teeth, etc. Now we know that aggressive brushing leads to gum recession. If the recession is bad enough, you have to have a graft, which feels extremely painful when you wake up from surgery, and causes three days of misery. Vigorous brushing is not going to make the teeth whiter, but back then, we thought the opposite was true. I had sores on my gums. They bled all the time. Eventually, I had to have the graft, and it didn't really help the recession. I regret believing the myth that soda and chocolate would break out my face. When I was a teenager, my metabolism allowed me to have fries, chips, chocolate, etc. without gaining an ounce. When I was 17, I started getting bad acne, so I gave up those foods for three years. I was told that water helps acne, but it disdid. I was floating away and still had acne. Finally, I went to the dermatologist and he said diet has no affect in acne. It angers me that I denied myself those foods back then. Now that I am 44, I can't have those foods because I no longer have the metabolism of a kid. [/QUOTE]
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