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There are whole countries where flossing is not a thing. Fluoridated water protects your teeth. The rest may be just culture.
by d0mine 7y ago
There are whole countries where flossing is not a thing. Fluoridated water protects your teeth. The rest may be just culture.
- stevesimmons 7y agoFluoride protects teeth, not gums!
- AstralStorm 7y agoHealthy teeth project gums, or rather, unhealthy teeth lead to gum problems in the long run.
- stevesimmons 7y ago... and food stuck between teeth leads to gum problems in the short run!
- dgacmu 7y agoAlmost all cultures have some mechanism of cleaning larger food particles between teeth, particularly back teeth. But, more to the point -- absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/tossing-flossing-2016081710196 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/tossing-flossing-2016081...
- AstralStorm 7y agoUltimately, absence of evidence when we have actual trials testing it is some evidence of absence.