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Too many folks ITT with bad oral hygiene. Brush your teeth twice a day and floss at least once a day. I grew up in a very poor area and seeing sick folks who also had rotten and missing teeth made me realize how much dental health is connected with someone's overall health.
They don’t do that if you floss daily, barring gum disease. Once you start it’s going to feel gross to not do it daily.
Interdental brushes are the way! No more gum issues since I started, and one habit I'm proud I developed. I had an xray where they showed how much the bacteria had eaten away at my roots - scared straight.
But then your teeth end up looking like this instead of nicely packed in with plaque
I love a Flapjack reference!
Well, yeah. That’s the nookie for all the plaque to evade the brush.
I've often imagined a little comic strip where a dentist goes to the doctor. the doctor draws blood for tests, or gives an injection, or just pokes/cuts the dentist for no reason. the doctor then says "you're bleeding because you don't shower enough"
You make me remember that girl making a painting of a greek man taking residence in front of her shower, charging her to use it, because she dreamt it.
There is one like that out there, although the doctor says it's because he hasn't been flossing.
(Jams sharp objects into gums)
You have some sensitivity caused by not flossing!
"your teeths enamel is so important for dental health! That's why I'm going to have this bored 23 year old woman scratch the fuck out of your teeth so they develop cavities later!"
Let he who flosses each and every day poke the first gum!
if you're not using an electric toothbrush with a rotating head that's on the level of a $30 sonicare or oral B toothbrush you're killing your teeth through negligence
Like, no, for real, if you're reading this and don't have one stop whatever the fuck you are doing and purchase one immediately
They are gaslighting you to justify them sucking at their job
Also last time I was at a dentist appointment check out when I told the lady I didn't have insurance I'll never forget the look of disgust she gave me. Is that because they get more money from insurance companies than they get from people who pay out of pocket? They charge higher prices to insured people, right?
What dentists are y'all going to?
Ones that don't whittle on about flossing. In fact, one told me he preferred it if people didn't because they were just pushing bacteria into their gums.
Don't go back to that dentist..... There's a ton of research that proves flossing works as intended. Bacteria are really small, they don't need assistance to go into your gums. The point of flossing is that it removes the food and biofilm that gets stuck between teeth that bacteria feed upon and multiply.
Whoa. Citations on this? I rememberJeff Donn did an expose on this released by the AP in 2016 and it turns out that there really wasn't good quality data on flossing at all. Has this changed since then?
lol bad dentist. Flossing is the only thing that has stopped my teeth from falling apart. Went from a cavity or root canal every couple years to near perfect checkups time after time. I brushed before, too.
Naw don't say that I just started flossing daily ;-;