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Celestia: “And please stop throwing the dentist’s tools, okay?”
To preempt the “Well actually…” comments, I know there’s some article out there that states you may not need to. You don’t have to tell me about it. And I counter with http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/opinion/sunday/flossing-and-the-art-of-scientific-investigation.html. Floss that nasty, smelly, decaying food out from between yo chompers!
oh jeez, no be very careful with mouthwash it kills all the bacteria except the bad bacteria. you shouldn’t ever use it on a regular basis. I actually use an oral probiotic after flossing, keeps anything nasty from taking advantage of any cuts. (my gums usually don’t bleed, though)
The whole “cut, bleeding gums” thing is why i always rinse with Listerine after flossing, kinda like washing off a cut to keep it from getting infected
gums and having to take ages getting the shredded floss out of my teeth was more than I ever wanted to do.
optometrists can be pretty bad I’ve found, but at least you can see when they get it right, and if they screw you over you don’t get horrible screaming tooth pain.
my only worry about them is that “everyone” knows that glasses can’t make your eyes worse, and studies seem to support that but I can see optometrists might like to make themselves a lifelong customer by prescribing slightly wrong.
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Well, stuff can get between the teeth all the time, that’s why we floss in the first place, I think. But it’s definitely something that’s worth investigating. I could totally buy the notion that dentists and friends want us to buy dental health products. My brother said once that even though his optometrist is great he’s probably trying to rip our family off, and I kinda feel the same way. I’m not even sure I really need glasses - I certainly haven’t worn them in weeks, and I’ve had no problems.
I really don’t know. I suspect it depends on the floss though, how tightly your teeth press together, and how sensitive your gums are. we really need to be researching this more. I’ve had floss that leaves my gums aching all day no matter what, and floss that I can use daily for weeks without problems. it’s true that humans evolved with a lot of stiff fiber to chew, but actually threading something in between the teeth? I dunno if that’s different or not.
I feel like that would just make the gums stronger. I mean, the same thing would happen when you brush, wouldn’t it? My gums actually bleed if I haven’t brushed for a long time, but after a while they toughen up and stop bleeding. Some parts of your body actually need a little adversity to be strong.
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I don’t know about bad eggs, but I’d rather be groped than get a $1500 bill for an unneccesary root canal that ground away my teeth. I’ve seen a lot of crooked dentists since I have shit for dental insurance. hard to trust even “obvious” things like floss, since so many have lied to my face.
It’s probably ‘cause they use anesthesia and some bad eggs molest patients they put under, yeah?… I don’t know how serious that sort of problem is ‘cause to be honest, the only instance I’ve heard of that was in an episode of Golden Girls. ^3^;
well, if flossing did make micro cuts in your gums, irritating them and opening ways for bacteria to get to your teeth, then it sure would make dentists a lot of money when you did come in to have them drill all the cavities.
just saying there’s a conflict of interest here. and dentists have already been caught drilling the wrong tooth before. it’s a lot more corrupt than other medical fields.
“you probably shouldn’t base your life choices over what the salesman tells you is the truth because he’s the expert on selling things.”
When the product is <$1, lasts for months and the dentists are nearly all still saying to floss to prevent way more expensive procedures… I’m not seeing where it’s some greedy sales pitch. I ain’t arguing that the article is the best argument ever or anything, but I don’t buy into the “flossing is irrelevant” thing that one study put forward.
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“instincts, observations and case studies are most useful, whereas randomized controlled trials are least useful.”
“waste time and effort by spurring researchers to test the efficacy of things we already know work”
“The cult of randomized controlled trials”
“what works in social policy, education or fighting terrorism”
that’s more an opinion piece on how science is iffy.
An opinion piece on how science journalism is iffy and you probably shouldn’t make life choices based on what the news tells you what they think the scientists are saying. Especially when it’s been based off of one study that hasn’t been fully tested and upheld by other studies.
your current filter.Whats next??! This is fun!
They did. At least in our own medieval period, they’d use the stem of a particular herb (can’t remember which off the top of my head) to pick their teeth, chew on the end a bit, and use the frayed end like a brush to clean off any left over food. As a bonus, the herb had a minty taste and smell.
“Maybe it’s time to have a look at the Big Book of British Smiles!”
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Just off camera: