so did I get rid of my gingivitis through proper flossing or switching to an electric toothbrush (a crutch, but fuck brushing the "correct" way with a manual one)
I actually do get like a couple teeth every night that I was able to remove food clumps stuck in between the gums with flossing which would otherwise have contributed to gingivitis
What if food particles between the teeth don't contribute to gingivitis? What if they're actually protective?
Samuel Wright
they want you to use the more expensive interdentbrushes that hurt your gums
Joseph Phillips
it definitely helps
it removes plaque from the teeth
replace floss with a very thin piece of hard clear plastic and move it between your teeth after not flossing for a week
you will find plaque smeared all across the plastic
Henry Gonzalez
its misinformation, bullshit
its the same retarded shit that gets published by pseudo intellectuals who publish "VIDEO GAME ARE BAD FOR YOU" one week and then "VIDEO GAMES HELP HAND EYE COORDINATION" the next. everyone just wants to come to a conclusion no one else has before so they can get their names on a paper. this is how bull shit grad school is for non-science majors. I can almost guarantee this isnt backed with any evidence other than their own "study" and if it is you better be checking those references.
Tyler Perez
This title is where the problem begins. I've seen this before. In reality, it says that floss is not much more effective thay brushing your teeth, not that it doesn't work. But to have the same effect with both techniques you should be able to brush your teeth correctly, and not many people do.
Levi Torres
>I can almost guarantee this isnt backed with any evidence other than their own "study" and if it is you better be checking those references.
Actually, what their study is saying is that there have been NO studies which show flossing has any benefits whatsoever.
That being said, I find this hard to believe. I use en electric toothbrush - I make sure to brush my teeth thoroughly - and then I floss. Every time I floss after brushing, I always find some food particles stuck in-between my teeth which brushing missed. Had I never flossed, they'd still be there, rotting between my teeth. How can they possibly say flossing has no benefits? How could leaving that shit between my teeth NOT be bad for dental health?
Grayson Long
bad goy, very bad goy
you know our--er, the flossing industry is worth billions right? your teeth are going to rot if you dont buy our products!
Luke Davis
It reduces bacterial colonization and acid vehicles between the teeth. Less bacteria and acid vehicles is good.
Logan Russell
Fuck those things and fuck that new water pick my dentist got that does literally nothing but slice my gums away from my teeth then tell me "oh you have bleeding gums, let me prescribe _____ for you". I've never once had my gums bleed while brushing except when the brush gets turned the wrong way and a single bristle literally jabs deep into my gums.
Nathaniel Roberts
>acid vehicles
Fucking hardcore.
Thomas Torres
you're probably not brushing properly
the recommendations dentists give you for how to brush properly are quite different from how normal people brush
Brayden Diaz
It hardens your gums
other than that yeah it's pretty useless
Austin Murphy
I brush my teeth once a month, probably less. And the only time I floss is when I go into the dentist to get my mouth cleaned. If I ever have food or plaque on my teeth, I just use my finger to pick it out. My mouth might smell gross, yet nobody has ever outright told me that I smell (And my friends are the type of people to point it out other if they smell anything).
I have only had a couple cavities in my life, and one tooth removed (but that was an issue with the location, nothing to do with rotting). My younger siblings have each had as many as 6 cavities at one time (but I don't know how much I can trust this. We got a second opinion once and only 3 of them were actually cavities). They all brush their teeth more then me, my sister who is 11 brushes twice a day and she seems to be the one with the worst cavities.
One thing I should probably mention is that I never drink soda. I only have water and occasionally alcohol, but never anything super sugary. The rest of my family all drink a "normal" amount of soda. I think healthy teeth are completely genetic. I get my teeth from my father, while my siblings get their shit teeth from my mother. The fact that there are actually no studies confirming the benefits of flossing does not surprise me. I actually read once that a person got a gum disease for flossing too hard and too much (I guess she cut her gum and it got infected).
Noah Gonzalez
I didn't floss as a kid and got cavities. Now I brush and floss once a day. Haven't had any new cavities, just a few old ones that failed due to age.
Camden Adams
Found out I have gingivitis recently so now I floss and am considering switching to these things. I'll see in a few months if it helps, I guess. What's the right way to brush manually though?
Carter Kelly
But how do you brush in between your molars?
Ryder Nguyen
Post yfw
Levi Rivera
>normal people kek'd more than I should've
Ryder Myers
I floss MAYBE once/month but brush daily, consistently. Never had problems with cavities.
Brody Davis
When I do floss though, I tend to get a lot of shit, even after I brush. So I'm skeptical of OP.
Pre-agrarians didn't go to bed or walk around with, e.g., citric acid and HFCS-infused gummy candy stuck in their teeth for hours a day.
Caleb Roberts
I'm pretty sure they had a chewing gum equivalent, probably made from the sap of a certain tree or something.
Eli Morales
they didn't eat fruit?
Jayden Sanders
Fruit is nowhere near as bad as gummy candy when it comes to getting stuck in your teeth.
Colton Perry
That's interesting; source?
Leo Williams
I used to chew on random shit as a kid. I think it was sap.
Anthony Kelly
>Pre-agrarians didn't go to bed or walk around with, e.g., citric acid and HFCS-infused gummy candy stuck in their teeth for hours a day. >don't drink soda >don't chew gum >drink water after every meal never had a cavity
Nolan Martin
I'm using an electric toothbrush - one recommended by dentists over manual ones. And like this guy said it's impossible to get completely between all teeth with brushing alone - floss simply gets places brushing can't.
Apparently many early civilizations had chewing gum equivalents.
Connor Murphy
The worse thing I would imagine would be to sleep from a dehydrated mouth from drinking all night then indulging yourself at 2am at Taco Bell, getting bits of processed beef stuck between your teeth. Since saliva offers a layer of protection against tooth enamel destroying bacteria present in food and alcohol sugars. The booze would relax your tongue to press against the back of your throat causing sleep apnea/strong breathing that will further dry up your teeth with your mouth being more likely open.
Lincoln Young
A monthly visit to a dentist can go a long way
Benjamin Smith
Most of my teeth are so close together that I'm not even sure if dental floss could fit between them, not to mention that thing.
You should brush gently for a long time. Tilt brush at an angle and use circular motions.
the BEST thing for gingivitis is daily rinses of 2% warm salt water. Instead of swishing it around, just fill your mouth and let it pool around your gums for a few minutes.
Doing this in conjunction with daily flossing, occasional peroxide mouthwash and reduction (ideally elimination) of process sugar will dramatically reduce gingivitis in a matter of weeks. It took a little over a month for mine to pretty much subside.
Grayson Sanchez
People know that you're not brushing your teeth, regardless of whether your friends bring it up or not. Just putting that out there. It is always more obvious than you think.
Elijah Peterson
Thanks for posting your source! It was edu-taining!
Henry Anderson
I never floss.. Im worried, should I floss?
I Dont have a bad breath.
Cooper Foster
I can guarantee you that people can tell and your teeth will be royally fucked when you're older.
Cooper Morris
I have a friend like you. I can't even look him in the eye when we speak, lest I get a heaping whiff of death on his teeth.
Josiah Bell
That's tartar, a biofilm. Plaque is hard and black and stuck on.
Christopher Lee
Yeah nah your teeth look like shit I'm absolutely certain of it. I have friends that only brush every few days and they look atrocious but nobody tells them . Please change your ways before it's too late
Mason Thomas
This is the same deal as the "drink 8 glasses of water a day" nonsense that got quoted out of context and has been repeated ad nauseam. The original guideline is from a guideline printed like 50 years ago saying the human body requires the -equivalent- of 8 8oz glasses of water a day ... And then goes on to say what is invariably omitted: "most of which is obtained from food". You are not dehydrated if you are not constantly sucking on a water bottle. In fact purified water is sometimes referred to as "dead water" in that it lacks many "impurities" which are a useful part of your diet (dissolved minerals etc). People are overhydrating with water that does them no good and in fact may be mildly harming them by washing important things out of their body that are not replaced by the purified water.
This is the same phenomenon, some guideline that made its way into a dental publication years and years ago that just got repeated forever without anything concrete to back it up. Having finally noticed this, it has now been quietly dropped from dental guidelines as having no real supporting evidence and without wishing to draw attention to the fact of their inaccuracy.
Cameron Russell
I heard that in order to become hydrated from water you have to put in some salt and sugar (tiny bits). This was coming from my Marine buddies. Do you know any more information on this? It's hard to find on Google.
Wyatt Edwards
i heard the optimal drink is a liter water with an spoon apple juice and a pinch of salt
Ryan Nguyen
yeah flossing is stupid, I've never done it except at the dentist. Also I rarely brush my teeth, like once every few days. My teeth just stay really clean, never had a cavity. Probably helps that I don't drink soda or eat anything with sugar in it. My wisdom teeth came in perfectly never needed braces my teeth are fucking miracles of evolution.
Dylan Russell
Only if you not gonna eat any solid food together with that water in the next two hours or so
Camden Jenkins
ITT: 1st world faggots who only eat processed food which doesn't get stuck in between your teeth.
next you tell me toothpicks are bad as well...
tell me when was the last time you ate a whole mango or meat without it's tendons removed
Nolan Garcia
wow that's a nice source.
Liam Rogers
>he fell for the flossing meme When you wake up, swish a tablespoon coconut oil in your mouth for 15 minutes before eating.
Swallowing it will forgo some of the benefits, but either way it'll deal with gingivitis (among other things). If you do spit it out, do it outside or in the trash. That shit clogs drains.