4-25-12 1:34pm
Can I just say I love Crest Sparkle Fun toothpaste? Alongside the adventure of trying to learn to cook, I have also embarked on trying to take care of my teeth.
Many of you know that me and oral hygiene don’t exactly mix. And by don’t exactly I mean almost never. I always avoided brushing my teeth growing up. I’d lie to my mom that I did. Aside from a dental “check-up” before kindergarten I never saw a dentist either. When I was 18 I got all my cavities taken care of and got braces. They were helpful not only in straightening my teeth but reminding me to take care of them. But when they came off I stopped working at it. For a long while brushing my teeth made me throw up so I just didn’t do it. Then I got sicker and for the past few years I’ve been afraid to brush my teeth. I’m not sure why.
Anyway, I saw a new dentist this week and got a plan for how to fix up my teeth. Not sure where I’ll get the money but I want to do it. I do genuinely care about my food crunchers. I do love food ya know. Yesterday my doctor was like, “Once you get all this work done, start brushing your teeth.” It would be so much easier if they had pot roast flavored toothpaste.
So when I was at Walmart yesterday buying the skillet I don’t know how to use I stopped in the sample-size aisle and picked up a few mini-toothpastes to see if I could find one I was willing to endure every day. I hate toothpaste, I hate brushing my teeth, and I hate the taste of mint and strong cinnamon. I happened to pick up a kids travel pack with a tiny Sparkle Fun toothpaste and a small monkey toothbrush that could only be more awesome if it shook like a rattle when I brushed. I LOVE it. It has glitter in it and tastes like bubble gum. I’m sure I’ve used it before but it wasn’t called Sparkle Fun, although it is quite sparkly and fun.
I’m proud of myself and really grateful for this thing that is fun and does not taste like mint and makes me not scared of brushing my teeth. You should try it. Might change your life. ;)
© Michelle Routhieaux 2012
Writing Towards Happy 
My grandma always kept a box of baking soda in the bathroom, and we went to visit, that’s what we used to clean our teeth. I also keep some to this day to use a quick refresher. A lot of toothpaste that you find at natural food stores have paste with out a lot of additives or flavoring. You can also keep a tooth brush in the shower, and when you are washing you hair put some water in your mouth and use the brush quickly. It took me a long time to find that oral b medium brushes worked best for me. One brand’s soft may be another brands hard brush. You can buy the little tiny travel toothbrushes too if you can’t tolerate regular size. If you chew gum right after you eat, that really helps if you don’t like brushing after every meal.
you can actually check out new kids flavor toothpaste, like strawberry and watermellon! im sure you’ll like it.
there are lots of yummy toothpaste flavors these days… i personally love watermelon, kiwi….yum