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If you're young, don't laugh. Once I turned 40 my dental hygienists really spent a lot of time educating me on how to properly brush my teeth. It really requir

If you're young, don't laugh. Once I turned 40 my dental hygienists really spent a lot of time educating me on how to properly brush my teeth. It really requires delicate care. (Remember, most of our ancestors didn't live to be old enough to need delicate dental hygiene.) If something like this works, it'll be wonderful. Carefully cleaning my teeth when I'm half asleep is not fun.

safeimp 4y ago
I turned 40 a few years ago and finally moved over to an electric toothbrush and my dentist has noticed improvements. Ultimately an electric is similar to a human but I like that it's consistent. Consistent pressure on my teeth and consistent time in each quadrant as well.
thfuran 4y ago
>Remember, most of our ancestors didn't live to be old enough to need delicate dental hygiene.) Really low historical life expectancy figures are mostly due to extremely high infant and childhood mortality as well as higher mortality in childbirth. It's not like adults were elderly at 40.
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  Yep, if you lived til 16 you could easily and not surprisingly live to 60, after that it goes down hill pretty fast for most people without modern medicine...They didn't have a lot of retirement plans back then unless you were lucky enough to have some kids that wanted to keep grandpa around.
bmau5 4y ago
If it makes you feel better most people don't brush their teeth correctly (supposed to hold toothbrush at a 45 degree angle along the tooth/gum line). I think there's another future where brushing and flossing largely become obsolete. If we could develop a more effective mouthwash tailored to restoring each persons oral microbiome we could likely reduce the need for brushing and flossing (and instead replace it with a daily rinse). A lot easier than half asleep brushing!
throwamon 4y ago
> most of our ancestors didn't live to be old enough to need delicate dental hygiene They also didn't consume so much tooth-destroying garbage as we do.
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  I think we consume 10-20 times as much sugar as people even 100 years ago. It's pretty crazy, although white bread isn't great for your teeth either since it's only one step away from sugar.
  - moffkalast 4y ago
    Then again, medieval bread that was cut with sand wasn't any better for teeth either.

safeimp 4y ago

I turned 40 a few years ago and finally moved over to an electric toothbrush and my dentist has noticed improvements. Ultimately an electric is similar to a human but I like that it's consistent. Consistent pressure on my teeth and consistent time in each quadrant as well.

thfuran 4y ago

>Remember, most of our ancestors didn't live to be old enough to need delicate dental hygiene.) Really low historical life expectancy figures are mostly due to extremely high infant and childhood mortality as well as higher mortality in childbirth. It's not like adults were elderly at 40.

stjohnswarts 4y ago
Yep, if you lived til 16 you could easily and not surprisingly live to 60, after that it goes down hill pretty fast for most people without modern medicine...They didn't have a lot of retirement plans back then unless you were lucky enough to have some kids that wanted to keep grandpa around.

bmau5 4y ago

If it makes you feel better most people don't brush their teeth correctly (supposed to hold toothbrush at a 45 degree angle along the tooth/gum line). I think there's another future where brushing and flossing largely become obsolete. If we could develop a more effective mouthwash tailored to restoring each persons oral microbiome we could likely reduce the need for brushing and flossing (and instead replace it with a daily rinse). A lot easier than half asleep brushing!

throwamon 4y ago

> most of our ancestors didn't live to be old enough to need delicate dental hygiene They also didn't consume so much tooth-destroying garbage as we do.

stjohnswarts 4y ago
I think we consume 10-20 times as much sugar as people even 100 years ago. It's pretty crazy, although white bread isn't great for your teeth either since it's only one step away from sugar.
- moffkalast 4y ago
  Then again, medieval bread that was cut with sand wasn't any better for teeth either.