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Do you really need a study to prove you shouldn't have rotting food stuck between your teeth?

• ekianjo 7y ago
  Why not? You have saliva in your mouth with enzymes that usually get in a number of remote places anyway. Not sure why you would assume flossing is required if there are other mechanisms that already take care of that problem.
  • MichaelApproved 7y ago
    Don't floss for a month and see how well saliva is at breaking down the food between your teeth. There are lots of mechanisms your body has that are adequate enough to get you to puberty, so you can reproduce. If you want better than adequate, you should floss.
    • magduf 7y ago
      Another important factor with these "our bodies already have a natural mechanism..." arguments is that we don't eat the same foods that prehistoric people did when they evolved, in addition to the fact that we now expect to live to 80-100 while still being highly mobile and having all our original teeth if possible. Prehistoric people did live to old age if they didn't get killed by disease or wild animals or accidents or murder, but they probably didn't look too good at that age and probably didn't have many teeth left either.
• MichaelApproved 7y ago
  You should be asking for the study that proves flossing is beneficial.