People with #ADHD are more likely to have poor oral hygiene, we have higher levels of plaque, gingivitis, pretty much every dental complication because we can't focus/remember to brush our teeth. ADHDers are also more likely to live in poverty & not be able to afford dental care
Its cool to know that if I were a boy & lived in a family with resources I would've been dxed, & maybe I could've gotten meds to help me remember to brush my goddamn teeth. Instead, Drs see my poor person teeth, don't know about ADHD & oral health, & conclude I'm a "drug-seeker"
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OH! And ADHDers are more likely to have eating disorders, which can lead to even worse dental health issues they can't afford to treat, which makes them more identifiably poor & less likely to get treatment for the thing that has destroyed their teeth
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OH! And ADHDers are more likely to have eating disorders, which can lead to even worse dental health issues they can't afford to treat, which makes them more identifiably poor & less likely to get treatment for the thing that has destroyed their teeth
Undiagnosed/untreated ADHDers find out early in life that caffeine & nicotine can make it a tiny bit easier to meet the bare minimum everyone around them seems to just breeze past, so oops more dental health issues bc losing that shred of dopamine would make life unbearable
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