it is clear that the big floss lobbies have hired plants to spam the boingboing comments with their repugnant pro-floss agenda
in order to protest this i am pulling out all my teeth and returning them to the american dental association in a brown paper bag
you cant control me! you cant make me do a thing!
I’m ok with that one, kinda fascinated, mostly because those teeth are meant to be there. The images from too many teeth, not so much.
That’s how I was at first too, but then I realized that the kids didn’t complain or “forget” to floss when they had them to use, and that was worth it to me.
I just use old-fashioned floss myself because it’s so ingrained in my nightly routine, but for anyone who doesn’t floss regularly because it’s too hard or too weird or whatever, it’s worth causing a little extra buildup in the local landfill.
If your teeth have chips or just plain gaps between them, you will get food stuck in there that cannot be easily accessed by a toothbrush. Or you could have adult teeth fail to develop underneath the baby teeth, that one’s also fun.
At least one person at work uses them during their commute, because you can see them lying around the car park occasionally.
I don’t know what to believe anymore!
My favorite is the gif illustrating how to floss…
Step 1: Visit Hannibal Lecter and have him remove your face. You should now be able to reach your teeth with your human hands, that almost seem specifically sized so as not to fit in your mouth.
Step 2: Ignore Step 1 if you have Trump hands.
Step 3: Floss for indeterminate benefit or until blood-loss leads to unconsciousness.
Floss is boss.
Floss is boss.
DON’T DO IT FRANK THE MARKET’S GONNA TANK
Four dead, twelve wounded.
I dunno, Listerine turned my morning breath into Satan’s jockstrap effluvium, the GF’s, too. Quit using it because of that - seemed like the stuff was trying to justify its use by making the problem worse.
I don’t floss. I’ve tried, but I can’t get on with. It hurts (especially when the floss gets stuck, which is always) and it makes my gums bleed.
I don’t have rotten food stuck between my teeth, my gums aren’t irritated, and if I have bad breath, no one’s told me (and my children aren’t shy of that kind of thing). Last time I went to the dentist, he assumed from the state of my mouth that I did floss.
Brush properly. Two minutes minimum, twice a day minimum. If you get something stuck in your teeth when eating, remove it as soon as politeness allows with a toothpick or your fingers (why would you want to spend the rest of the day till flossing time with a piece of lamb chop stuck between your teeth?)
Frank Zappa to the rescue!
"I might be movin’ to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss
Raisin’ it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown…"
Has anyone outside the US been advised to floss? It wasn’t something my dentist ever told me here in the UK (and we have similar levels of dental hygiene, despite stereotypes). Just brush twice a day (with an electric toothbrush if you’re feeling fancy), and that’s about it.
I guess there is differences in diet.
Mind you, I think I just have good teeth, I brush once a day, never needed a filling or anything else done.
The bleeding does not mean your gums are inflamed - it means they haven’t been toughened up from flossing yet. It’s like building calluses. Do you really think everyone who doesn’t floss has inflamed gums? No. But everyone who starts flossing has their gums bleed. That should be a sign to you that it may not be such a great idea as a regular practice, rather than an occasional one to remove stubborn particles.
When I’ve been in Europe, I’ve found dental hygiene stuff in general relatively difficult or impossible to find. Floss is rare; I don’t think it’s practiced much. And when I asked for mouthwash in Switzerland and Germany (to help kill a canker sore), I got nothing but weird looks, and was advised to use vodka.
Come to Sweden, and find shelves and shelves of mouth wash, various variants of floss holders, them tiny mini brushes that you can stick between the teeth, and any dental stuff you can dream up. It’s the kind of thing we go for, somewhat predictably.
um…no. Healthy gums do not bleed. Bleeding gums is an indication of gingivitis which is a mild form of periodontal disease caused by bacterial film called plaque that builds up around your teeth. The bacterial inflammation is also the cause of halitosis (bad breath) - not rotting food. Brushing and flossing regularly disrupts and removes this plaque film and allows your body’s immune system to keep infection away.
You are factually incorrect in your statement.
Healthy gums don’t bleed on their own, that’s true. But when you floss, you’re physically cutting them. Gums are tender. So they bleed. They only stop bleeding with regular flossing because you’ve toughened them up.
Ditto. I only started flossing when I was about 30, and the difference in gun inflammation and sensitivity is night and day.
