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Fed Gov. Silently Admits Role In Centuries Long Multi-Billion Dollar Floss Conspiracy

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Nabbis

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Zefah said:
For the most part, they only practice what they are taught in school. They also have to adhere to certain "standards of care" for accreditation and insurance reasons. It's not easy to deviate from the accepted norm as a medical practitioner, even if that norm consists of outdated beliefs that aren't backed up by evidence.
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Even if you consider that US dentists are just shilling, it won't explain why the rest of the world dentists also recommend flossing. At the very least in our universities we are always told to follow science based medicine.
 
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Visualante2

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I really hate getting floss stuck in my teeth. Even with the dental tape type stuff it still happens and makes me feel uneasy for a few days.
SapphiCine said:
In my anecdotal experience, using mouthwash is much more important than flossing.
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I read an article that said using mouth wash after brushing just washes away the fluoride you just applied to your teeth. The only tangible benefit of mouth wash is using it mid day, between brushes.
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Even from a purely visual standpoint, if you don't floss your teeth look gross.
 
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Nabbis said:
Even if you consider that US dentists are just shilling, it won't explain why the rest of the world dentists also recommend flossing. At the very least in our universities we are always told to follow science based medicine.
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So what research that supports flossing are your universities basing their curriculum on that the U.S. federal government apparently could not find?
 
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My dentist always instantly know when I don't floss because the gums will bleed as he floss them. I find flossing strengthen the gums and the bleeding stops after a week or two of flossing. Is that false?
 
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Kusagari

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Just a couple months of flossing daily, with zero changes to my brushing habits, improved my gums so much that my dentist was in shock.

So yeah I don't buy this. Every dentist in the world is in on some massive conspiracy to sell you dollar dental floss?
 
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Zefah said:
For the most part, they only practice what they are taught in school. They also have to adhere to certain "standards of care" for accreditation and insurance reasons. It's not easy to deviate from the accepted norm as a medical practitioner, even if that norm consists of outdated beliefs that aren't backed up by evidence.
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Obviously you're not a medical practitioner, because literally every sentence you wrote doesn't apply to at least the practice of allopathic medicine. Maybe to dentistry, but I'm not a dentist.
 
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LakeEarth

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I have two gaps in my top back teeth which I call the "food collectors". I need to floss those every day, as there are always significant food particles in there. Maybe the studies aren't there, but I'm pretty sure dislodging a hunk of steak from my gums has to be at least a little beneficial.
 
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Helacious said:
My dentist always instantly know when I don't floss because the gums will bleed as he floss them. I find flossing strengthen the gums and the bleeding stops after a week or two of flossing. Is that false?
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Nope. Flossing is a good thing. It's also tedious.
 
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Joni

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It is simply easy to remove if something gets stuck

Nabbis said:
Even if you consider that US dentists are just shilling, it won't explain why the rest of the world dentists also recommend flossing. At the very least in our universities we are always told to follow science based medicine.
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Doctors are still humans. Studies can easily get misinterpreted. There are dozens of cures that don't work but that still get repeated simply because they get repeated so much they have to work.
 
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Brakke

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Guys stop misinterpreting the claim. The result is not that "floss does nothing" nor that "you shouldn't ever floss", but that daily flossing doesn't reduce gum disease or cavities.
 
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Was there something about broccoli in there? A friend wants to know.

Also I learned that the FDA allows a certain percentage of insects, rat hair, and such in foods before it is considered defective.

The FDA's Defect Levels Handbook lays it all out. Staples like broccoli, canned tomatoes, and hops readily contain "insect fragments"--heads, thoraxes, and legs--and even whole insects. (I won't tell you about the rat hair limits...) Fig paste can harbor up to 13 insect heads in 100 grams; canned fruit juices can contain a maggot for every 250 milliliters; 10 grams of hops can be the home for 2,500 aphids (pictured above). All of these are merely aesthetic limits. It's seemingly for your mental well-being. Like a child moving a mountain of peas around on a plate until it looks like she's eaten more, the insect legs, bodies, and heads are less noticeable to us at the FDA's proposed concentrations. Your shredded wheat won't look like shredded thrip anytime soon. Anything over these limits would be aesthetically unpleasing, but it's doing you no harm. You obviously aren't keeling over from eating too much carapace. The "action levels" sets by the FDA are for maximum insect contamination, so you ultimately ingest less than these limits. Nevertheless, bugs are making it into your gut whether you see them or not.
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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com...-to-break-it-to-you-but-you-already-eat-bugs/
 
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WedgeX

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I have anecdotal evidence that seems to refute this...but sounds like science needs to study this far more.
 
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The Lamonster said:
Flossing disengages stinky-ass food particles that get stuck in between your teeth. At the very least it's good for your breath.
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This. With some of the chunks of who-knows-what I pull out of there, I can guarantee it's a net benefit.

Especially after I chipped a tooth and subsequently lived with a hamburger sized pocket between two teeth for a few months. I swear I dragged a full meal out of there a few times.
 
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LUFTRAUSER

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I've never flossed, and I've never had any cavities. So I guess it isn't absolutely necessary. Of course I brush at least twice a day every day and I never eat candy so.
 
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Earthstrike

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Lack of studies done is not the same as flossing not helping being true. It is well understood that the origin of tooth issues is letting plaque build up on your teeth. If your teeth have crap between them that your toothbrush can't reach, then you will need to floss to dislodge it.
 
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Regardless, he added, Americans should still floss.

"It's low risk, low cost," he said. "We know there's a possibility that it works, so we feel comfortable telling people to go ahead and do it."
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You forgot to mention annoying as fuck.
 
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in the netherlands dentists dont advise it, its always dental toothpicks, bleed like fuck for a while when you havent used them in a bit
 
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Eidan

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Huh. Floss helps remove food stuck in my teeth. I'll keep doing it, thanks.

That said, this further proves to me that dentists are nothing but con artists.
 
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SliceSabre

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I only floss as a means to getting annoying shit out of my teeth. Never gonna floss for tooth health again!!!

Fuck the feds and my dentist!!
 
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Armadilo

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flossing is like using a toothpick... that's what its good for. nothing else. Keep using a toothbrush and some toothpaste
 
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