I was in the “I don’t brush my teeth consistently but I’ve never had a cavity so it’s probably fine” camp until I got dental insurance and found out I did, in fact, have cavities :[ they had been slowly progressing and I was lucky they got to them before they broke all the way through the enamel

if you have the means to do so, even if you have to look up dental training schools that do exams really cheap, please get your dental exams as close to biannually as you can, you’re worth it <3