What small thing can tell you a lot about a person?
Elif Oymak, I like healthy teeth
Answered Jun 8
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Dental Hygiene.
When I was around 11 I realized that my elder brother was rarely brushing his teeth yet his teeth were blinding white. On the other hand, no matter how lazy I was, I was forcing myself to brush them every single night. Then I asked him.
Me: I brush my teeth more frequently than you do still yours look healthier than mine.
Bro: Yeah, I brush them once a week but when I do, I brush for 7~10 minutes. That is my secret.
This mind-blowing explanation made lots of sense to me that time ( never claimed I was a smart kid) and I decided to follow his so-called advice for about almost a year.
Then one day my mom told me that I had a bad breath and my teeth looks yellow. She insisted me to open my mouth and made the mistake of looking inside of my mouth. I remember clear as day how horrified she was. 2 days later I was sitting on the dentist chair. It was a painful experience. After this not-so fun dentist visit I became obsessed with dental hygiene as a result when I talk with people my attention goes straight to their teeth.
If I meet with someone who takes care of his/her appearance but has a bad breath and unhealthy teeth combination, I automatically think they are lazy in this manner and they don’t even bother to spend 5 minutes for this short but highly important activity, which can save or create them a lot of trouble in the long term.
Vocabularies：
hygiene：study and practice of cleanliness as a way of maintaining good health and preventing disease 卫生（学）、保健:
blinding：adj. 使人眩目的、使人失去判断力的；
still：in spite of that; nevertheless; even so 尽管那样、然而、不过、虽然如此:
