Cosmetic Dentistry Weblog

I like to call the toothbrush damage condition of people who care too much. As always, to really understand, we must look first to mind. This problem arises from the idea / belief that the ‘difficult’ one works in the brush, the better the work will be carried out. We are motivated and willing to produce the best possible result. However, behind this gung-ho to show to the outside there is a nagging fear that we will not succeed in producing “good work” and we’re going to lose their teeth. In fact, we are deeply afraid of not being good enough. This fear of not being good enough at work is a manifestation of the broader fear of failure.

If hard is good, then it must be harder better?

This is crazy when logic takes over in the mind of fear. If a bottle of beer is good and then, ten bottles of beer must be ten times better! Therefore, in order not to fail – to make sure that it will be good enough to take out all the stops and go hammer and tongs. We scrub like crazy with a ‘good’ stiff bristled brush. By golly, we’ll get those teeth clean! The most difficult to go to him, the better we’re going to do. And they want to do well!

Is it any wonder then that when I advise these people to change a soft brush that I always have said they do not feel I could do a good job with a soft brush. Often you will continue with the hard brush, despite the advice. This is because changing your mind is much more difficult to change your brush and is also the reason why it is advisable to change your toothbrush is not enough to change behavior. Behavior is the result – the effect of a belief. The belief is the cause, the behavior of the effect. No change in behavior can occur (effect) without a change in beliefs (cause)