Help! She has terrible oral Hygiene. We all brush our teeth daily, even sometimes I forget to floss, but she doesn't brush her teeth at all, maybe once every 2 weeks. She already has serious gum disease and hyperplasia. We have a very large family and we all are really concerned. She is 25 yrs old. Any advice, ideas or suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thanx.
2006-11-23 14:17:16 · 15 answers · asked by JO m 1 in Health ➔ Dental
She has a problem that needs to be addressed with a lot of sensitivity and caring. As much as it bothers you to see her with a yucky mouth and wiffy breath, it will just hurt her if you attack her for it. I don't know about her past but I know for myself, I grew up in a family that neglected to teach me the proper routine of hygene. And a lifetime of problem can not be fixed overnight. She needs to relearn an entire new daily routine which could take months and months of dedication and effort which she has to want to do. So unless she is willing to change and has the (non condeming) daily support of a friend who loves her, she may not change. Please just love her as she is, and give her the time she needs.
2006-11-24 00:16:49 · answer #1 · answered by shona 12 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to what you may think you cannot change a person. You just have to realise that when someone has made up their mind neither what you nor anyone else does can really sway her. You may find that if you advice to brush her teeth she may get deeply offended and a bit sad, but sometimes its kinder to be cruel. Just give it to her lightly, like "You are such a beautiful girl, I feel that if you took more care of yourself (brushing your teeth) you won't have so much problems with your gums and teeth"
Or you can just do a little research and take her to a dentist so that he can scare her with all the goary facts.
2006-11-23 14:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by feusha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show her pictures of peoples' mouths and teeth online, the ones that are really gross from years of neglect. That would be a good way to change her mind. Another way which is meaner though, is to be blunt and say something along the lines of how nice/pretty she is, etc, except for the fact that she is coming off as very unattractive because people see and smell her mouth/teeth. Usually a good way to get someone to change their personal habits is to make them feel self conscious about it. Not the nicest way like I said, but very effective
2006-11-23 15:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by cavelle26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give her a slight case of food poisoning and then when she gets better convince her she got sick because of the bacteria in her mouth.. in reality it CAN actually get you sick enough in the long run to kill you. if you never tell her about the food poisoning, and convince her that leaving her teeth to rot like that is going to cause that same thing... she'll wise up and start brushing.
would be pretty dumb of her to die from an infection due to poor oral hygiene in this day and age.
2006-11-23 14:21:38 · answer #4 · answered by sleepingtao 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
get her the toothpaste that is very easy on the gums, i forget the name , something like senseodine and tell her i have gum cancer from not brushing cause it hurt me, now i have no teeth or smile.
2006-11-23 14:21:28 · answer #5 · answered by TERESA B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well maybe she was raised with poor hygiene? does she go to the dentist? has anyone brought the issue up to her before? obviously she is plenty old enough to know better and if it doesnt bother her then she may never change this
2006-11-23 14:23:34 · answer #6 · answered by ELIZY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone should sit down and explain to her how often she should brush her teeth
2006-11-23 14:25:06 · answer #7 · answered by pilljills 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she is normal mentally she shoul listen to you.
take an appointment from a family dentist...tell him in advance the problem....tell him to advice her with a promise to see her next week with clean teeth..and make sure she had been cleaning her teeth regularly......doctor should tell how dangerous is it going to get...and so on.
2006-11-23 14:24:54 · answer #8 · answered by Googly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is who she is. Unless you're her husband, there's no way to bring it up without causing an international incident. I know I wouldn't take hygiene advice from my husband's family, only from him.
2006-11-23 14:25:14 · answer #9 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
explain to her that your teeth are the most poisons of your body and if she dont start taking care of them then they will start to get absest and rot and the pioson from it will go in her blood stream and possibly kill her. it happen to me i had to get mine pulled out and the doctor said that if i hadnt done it that i wouldnt lived a year cause it was already in my stream
2006-11-23 17:05:12 · answer #10 · answered by littleman0824 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋