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[Messofanego]

I don't floss but use lots of mouthwash and brush with extra care about 3 weeks before I visit the dentist. Every time, they tell me how great my gums and teeth look thanks to flossing.

So funny.

These dentists just want the confirmation bias that their PR campaign for flossing worked, whether or not there's any truth to it

Haha, my dentist sent out a mass email addressing this 'conspiracy' and assuring everyone that floss does indeed work, and not to stop it. Just another floss lobbyist??

Haha

 

[°°ToMmY°°]

Gums bleeding on their own is absolutely a thing. But that's usually when they're in a fairly advanced stage. If your gums ain't bleeding then you should be good.



I don't have much experience with cavities aside from one time when I was around 10 or so. Wound up having 8 of them, and this happened without any pain whatsoever on my part. Just cause you don't have any pain or discomfort doesn't necessarily mean you won't have cavities.

Cavities are asymptomatic until you need a root canal, at least as a rule of thumb. It's harder for a dentist to spot them sometimes, even moreso for a guy looking for them in the mirror.

Here are two examles of cavities on the left walls of the two premolars, you can hardly see them even in this picture (you have to look for a brown/dark shading coming from inside the teeth):

You still can notice the brown discoloration of dentine, which is the inner tooth material, in the second picture, showing you the decay was advancing and reaching the part where the nerve and pulp are located. Those teeth are completely asymptomatic until it gets close to the nerve and pulp and at that point you can remove the cavity, disinfect the portion near the pulp chamber and hope that the restoration, being so close to the pulp and nerve, doesn't cause an irreversible irritation of the nerve forcing the need of a root canal treatment.

 

[Not]

FUCK YEAH

I love it when I can morally and scientifically justify laziness. It's the greatest feeling ever.

 

[bidguy]

what happens to the food stuck between your teeth if you dont floss ?

 

[Darkwater]

Seconded, they are amazing.

Conversely, tongue plaque is absolutely disgusting and smells horrible, yet everyone has it.

 

[Messofanego]

what happens to the food stuck between your teeth if you dont floss ?

It forms parasites and kills you from the inside out.

 

[IISANDERII]

what do you think the gaps closed up with

My teeth moved back into place.

 

[Kurtofan]

what happens to the food stuck between your teeth if you dont floss ?

that's what toothpicks are for.

 

[GreatestHits]

Of all the profound lies that the federal government participates in, we shed the light on flossing. GG, America

 

[Az987]

It's really all the pH balance of your mouth, secretly, but not really secretly.

That's why you meet someone whos like "oh yeah, never flossed and I usually brush twice a day and never had a cavity."

I started getting bad acid reflux about 2 years ago and suddenly every dentist visit I had a new cavity.

 

[DragonSworne]

I lost a tooth due to flossing. Floss at your own risk.

 

[Phu]

Ever since I had my braces removed, the only thing that has gotten stuck in my teeth is celery strings. But I remember flossing before that, and getting all those little clumps of food all the time. I guess depending on how your teeth rest in your mouth can make flossing vital vs. something to do occasionally.

 

[Ty4on]

that's what toothpicks are for.

I rarely get something out with a tooth pick. They don't fit between my teeth.
Most of the time I don't notice food stuck between my teeth until I floss.

 

[The Lamp]

It's really all the pH balance of your mouth, secretly, but not really secretly.

That's why you meet someone whos like "oh yeah, never flossed and I usually brush twice a day and never had a cavity."

I started getting bad acid reflux about 2 years ago and suddenly every dentist visit I had a new cavity.

Yes and also included in the problem is the calcium in your saliva. Typically calcium content could determine if you have plaque/tartar problems versus cavity problems, and that's genetic and pH related. That's at least what my dental student friend said.

 

[creatchee]

Listen here, you little punk ass potty mouths - you're gonna fuck it up for everyone.

Periodontal disease is incurable. Once you get it, you have it FOREVER. The bacteria that causes periodontal disease (which returns to your mouth 90 days after you get periodontal maintenance) is spreadable via saliva. That means that you no-flossing, stank breath jabronis can give it to other PEOPLE when you defy the odds and somehow get to smooching on some lady or dude.

So floss. I don't care if it inhibits or removes plaque because it sure as shit gives you a better chance at not getting periodontal disease. And the less of you with periodontal disease means the less chance that I can get it from community transmission.

 

[The Lamp]

Listen here, you little punk ass potty mouths - you're gonna fuck it up for everyone.

Periodontal disease is incurable. Once you get it, you have it FOREVER. The bacteria that causes periodontal disease (which returns to your mouth 90 days after you get periodontal maintenance) is spreadable via saliva. That means that you no-flossing, stank breath jabronis can give it to other PEOPLE when you defy the odds and somehow get to smooching on some lady or dude.

So floss. I don't care if it inhibits or removes plaque because it sure as shit gives you a better chance at not getting periodontal disease. And the less of you with periodontal disease means the less chance that I can get it from community transmission.

You're scaring me because my boyfriend has periodontal disease.

But he also flosses twice a day and brushes 2-3x a day so he clearly lost the genetic mouth lottery.

 

[RustyNails]

Ah the Dental Industrial Complex.

 

[How About No]

Government ain't gonna tell me not to get shit outta my mouth