Waterpik Unexpected Results
TL;DR The waterpik cured my post nasal drip 😱 and no tonsil stones in a month so far, and NO BAD MORNING BREATH!!
Hi, bb since childhood. I'm 45yo now. I don't know if it was room filling but I highly suspect it was. I suspect it's coming from my gut as I have always had GI issues since childhood too. Probably from being on massive amounts of antibiotics as a child. Up until about a month ago, I had constant, and I mean CONSTANT, post nasal drip causing me to make dreadful hacking sounds and grunts and spitting out phlegm. Like all the time. Anyway, I got a Waterpik brand water flosser with the big tank. I use it day and night, and sometimes in the afternoon after meals.
Technique: Basically I power wash every surface in my mouth. I set the knob to 2 for my tonsils spraying them in every crevasse, cheeks, under tongue, every soft nook and cranny. 4 for the roof of my mouth and tongue. Then a 5-6 for my gum line and between teeth. I blast the outside and inside of my teeth.
Finishing Touches: I brush my tongue with Dr. Tung's brush and gel. A pea size amount and light strokes with the brush. Softer is more effective believe it or not. Then I floss with regular floss while the gel marinates on my tongue. After flossing I scrape off what's left of the dirty gel with a stainless steel tongue scraper. Then I gently brush & rinse my tongue with the waterpik brush attachment. At this point my mouth feels like a million bucks, and it's time to wrap up with toothpaste and a soft bristle brush. A pea size is enough. I really get in there for good couple of minutes. (YouTube the correct way to brush.)
I noticed I no longer had that disgusting, constant post nasal drip. I also noticed it's been over a month and no tonsil stones have developed. Also amazing, my breath is not PUTRID in the morning like it always has been. My morning breath is fresher now than before when I brushed and tongue scraped. I'm mortified thinking of the years I walked around with a germ mouth and horrendous bb. Nothing ever felt this clean before.
THE WATERPIK CHANGED EVERYTHING!!! I think because my PND was an immune response to the germs in my mouth, as if my body was sending mucous to coat and perhaps attack (if there were white blood cells in them) the germs.
The Cons: My tongue isn't fully pink as I can still see some white between the taste buds in the back, but it's pretty darn close. My bb comes back after a few hours. I'm never sure how bad my BB is bc I don't have a trusted person to tell me. I do think my BB is coming from my gut and that will be an ordeal trying to fix that with uncooperative doctors.
Thanks for listening ✌🏻