Spoke to someone who saw a devil out there. Very rare to see one in the wild. They are nocturnal, timid and increasingly rare because of the face cancer thing.
However, evidence favoring commonplace use of floss remains limited. A 2008 systematic review concluded that adjunct flossing was no more effective than tooth brushing alone in reducing plaque or gingivitis.[3] The authors concluded that routine instruction of flossing in gingivitis patients as helpful adjunct therapy is not supported by scientific evidence, and that flossing recommendations should be made by dental professionals on an individual basis.[3]
A 2011 Cochrane Database systematic review identified āsome evidence from 12 studies that flossing in addition to tooth brushing reduces gingivitis compared to tooth brushing aloneā, and āweak, very unreliable evidence from 10 studies that flossing plus tooth brushing may be associated with a small reduction in plaque at 1 and 3 months.ā[19] Studies of flossing behavior are based on self-report and many people do not floss properly. A 2006 review of 6 studies in which professionals flossed the teeth of school children over a period of 1.7 years showed a 40% reduction in the risk of tooth decay.[20]
More recently, a 2019 Cochrane Database systematic review compared toothbrushing alone to interdental cleaning devices, and also compared flossing to other interdental cleaning methods.[21] In all, 35 randomized control trials met the criteria for inclusion, with all but 2 studies at high risk for performance bias. The authors concluded that āoverall, the evidence was low to very low certainty, and the effect sizes observed may not be clinically important.ā
FFS - the way dentists freak out youād think not flossing = guaranteed dentures by the time youāre 50.
I hate flossing. It hurts and makes my gums bleed. My teeth are too tight in most places. The tape works but my fat fingers are too big to reach the back teeth w/o ripping my mouth open. The little pick things are ok but very hard to get between the tight teeth. I use them on the looser teeth.
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Seems bad
Thatās about the least deadly thing in Australia.
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Getting yelled at by dentists is so tilting. Hey asshole I donāt want to be here at all, I want a medal for showing up not a lecture.
Doing everything through the states and trying to do means testing makes even the easiest things insanely complicated
https://twitter.com/MattBruenig/status/1619333712956784641?t=I3nPD7yOYSV1U_maRtIkhw&s=19
Google ālisterine access flosserāā. These are what I switched too after having the exact same problem.
This stops within a couple of weeks if you floss consistently.
Dental problems suck and itās worth a little effort to avoid them.
Once it becomes a habit it feels weird and gross not to do it.
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this has literally been every trip to the dentist Iāve ever had
what are you psychos doing to get yelled at by a dentist???
Iāve had more than one dentist that constantly tried to sell me whitening treatments and other stuff that wasnāt covered by insurance.
Worse than the shame imo.
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Waterpiks have been around forever. Warm water + dump a capful of mouthwash in for a nice minty aftertaste. Stop using string like a peasant.
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I used to have a dentist who was pretty chill and said that since I didnāt have any cavities now, I would probably never get them. Then he retired and sold his practice to a tryhard. On my first visit she did some 3D scan of my teeth and was pointing out all kinds of stuff the other guy never mentioned. Currently looking for another dentist.
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Sounds like you guys are under the thumb of Big Floss. WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
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I started flossing regularly again after I read Vonnegutās Galapagos. He makes a convincing case for dentists. I was also doing Invisalign at the time, which requires flossing, but still, better safe than sorry.
I am as big a believer in science/data/experts as anyone, but no amount of studies will convince me that flossing has little effect. I floss very night, and like half the time I see at least one large chunk fly out. Sure, maybe that chunk comes out sometimes if I donāt floss and I just do mouthwash and brush my teeth (optimal order is floss>mouthwash>brushing ldo), but I just canāt believe thereās no measurable benefit.
I do have a water pik, but for some reason I prefer flossing.
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Likely just an anecdote, but my āyou should floss moreā dentist trips disappeared once I switched from a regular cheapo toothbrush to a Sonicare. That shit seems pretty thorough. I floss once every month or two, usually just when thereās shit stuck in my teeth that I can feel.
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My dentist told me water piks are fine but I still need to floss.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Iāve never had a cavity. But my gums do bleed pretty easily.