Cometgrave - 🔞 A Partipridac Scabern

I wanna draw,, but I have no good ideas fsr,,

A lil sketchy of Stanford while I'm at work. I have a fic idea in mind that I might write out soon...

I always wonder if it would help making a general post about dental care tips so here goes. (For reference, I am able to provide this guidance under supervision usually in a hospital setting, so this information is correct and expected of me when treating patients).

Brushing 2x day is important, even once a day if you can, do it before you sleep because that's when you're not swallowing and flushing out your mouth so plaque stays stagnant and causes trouble.

Use a fluoride toothpaste - it is the single most impactful component in our modern hygiene ritual from the past 40y that has reduced the amount of caries we see in patients.

Spit, do NOT rinse after brushing. Not even with mouthwash. Just spit the excess toothpaste out. Trust me. You'll get used to it after 2 days!

Please floss. Find the best way for you - use floss, flossettes or the tepe brushes. 1x a day is the optimal amount, before you sleep. 40% of plaque is between the teeth!

A Waterpik cannot replace floss, it can feel nice but you need to mechanically scrape away plaque and bits of food stuck in there.

If you can, use an electric toothbrush cause it can be helpful with timing and pressure sensing.

2 minutes of brushing is a lot longer than you'd think. Have a go at timing it and see what you find :).

Make sure you're replacing your brushes/brush heads every 3 months or once the bristles fray.

Keep in mind the amount of pressure you're placing when you brush - you don't need a lot otherwise you'll traumatise your gums.

If you wish to use a mouthrinse, you can at any time other than brushing (unless the rinse is prescribed). The reasoning for this is the fluoride content is significantly lower and will essentially wash away the toothpaste fluoride you've just applied, rendering it meaningless and your teeth are unprotected. You can have a look at the packaging- most toothpastes are around 1400ppm whereas mouthrinse is 350ppm.

Avoid charcoal and whitening toothpastes. They're too abrasive and will wear away your teeth if you use them. If you really want to use a whitening toothpaste, do it 1/week and avoid foods/drinks that stain e.g. coffee, wine etc once you've used it.

Charcoal blocks fluoride uptake in the teeth so seriously avoid it. It's not going to help.

Don't forget your tongue! Scrape it with your brush or you can get tongue scrapers. The tongue is a reservoir of bacteria and can replenish unfavourable bacteria species population after brushing, leading to some bad breath.

If you find your mouth is quite dry, you may have xerostomia which could be caused by a number of things. It is a common side effect of many medications so keep this in mind and drink water :). Saliva is really helpful in maintaining the health of your mouth so we want to make sure we're maintaining that role!

Lmaooo shout out to when my dreams basically predicted Covid in early 2018. I still blame myself to this day for not protecting that flower, I was going through things and not as strong a dreamer as I am now.

Starting Over

I was having a good time at my aunt’s house. Everything was calm and okay for once. My sister wanted me to go somewhere with her, but she kept being really bitchy about it, so I told her no since she was acting like a little shit. And everyone was all shocked because I cursed and I said “sorry it’s true”.

A little while later, me and my sister are in the car with mom. We’re riding down the highway and it’s storming like fuck. There’s at least six tornadoes in front of us, and they keep disappearing and materializing from thick clouds. We see a truck full of people, everyone is knocked out, so me and my sister take one of the girls and wake everyone up so they can keep driving. We put the girl in or trunk because she wouldn’t fit up front, but she ended up being in the backseat with me anyways somehow.

We keep driving. I see a circle in the sky, like a hole to get out, a moon of sorts. And in the sky materializes a bunch of mouths, with sharp teeth and disgusting tongues. And before anything could happen, the entire world goes white.

My sister and my mom aren’t there as far as I’m concerned. I’m in the room with a bunch of random people.

There’s a voice that greets us. A man’s voice. I immediately begin to ask questions. “Who are you? Why are we here” I don’t think he answered those questions.

“Can we go back?” I continued asking. He answered that in a few years, a new flower would’ve developed that would cause the flu. Probably a really big flu if it was a cause for concern. I ask about religion. He responds with morals that we would have to follow, like letting younger people do things first. I ask if we would have to create our own children. It’s quiet. I call out for him with saying “Hello?” There was confusion. Things like a mattress, everything still all white, appeared on the floor so quietly, I hadn’t noticed them until I looked at them. Everything was quiet.

Then I heard a voice saying not to cut the flower. It was high pitched, like a man trying to talk “feminine”. I looked around quickly. There was a beautiful flower behind one of the mattresses, not far from a piece of scissors. It was an Adam and Eve scenario. I quickly go for the scissors so no one tries to cut the flower, and one of the guys in the room attacks me, trying to get the scissors from me. I struggled and cut at his fingers to get him away, and another girl somehow got a hold of a knife. She tried to stab me, but ended up just skimming my pinky finger. Things calmed down immediately after that. I kept looking at my pinky to make sure everything was okay, and I saw the guy who attacked me laying on the floor.

Goodbye, Steven Universe 😭💗

Tbh, what do I do with my life now that Steven Universe is over for good? I don't think I'll be able to find anything on the same level of awesome as this show, as well as OK KO!

I guess I'll take this time to do some sketches lol. I have a few ideas of my own.

ayo i found 2 pages with head angles of humans and animals, could be useful to anyone reading this

hoomans

animals

WIP that I'll more than likely never finish lol

I can't fully imagine myself trying to dip Muriel, I'm way too short and waaaay too weak to try and hold him up 😂

Gotta,,, gotta learn how to draw furries,,

I'm so confused??? I left the webs for a lil while and there's stuff going on about Gato??? What happened 😭

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