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90% of dentistry revenue is a scam. But at the same time it is very important to brush you teeth twice a day and floss weekly. You should also avoid sugary foo

90% of dentistry revenue is a scam. But at the same time it is very important to brush you teeth twice a day and floss weekly. You should also avoid sugary food as much as possible. Dentistry is much like Realtors, they like to take credit for very little actual work. "If I'm not here to confirm people are brushing regularly everyone would lose all their teeth" "I'm so glad I could sell your house for 500k. Without me you may have never sold it"

benjaminwootton 3y ago
Surely floss daily should be the advice? It only takes an extra minute when you are brushing so there’s no reason not to.
- jnwatson 3y ago
  For the same reason you don’t brush 10 times a day. It isn’t significantly more effective than once a week and we all have better things to do.
  - the-alchemist 3y ago
    Was wondering if you knew any RCTs or solid studies...
    - ProjectArcturis 3y ago
      Dentistry in general seems averse to doing RCTs.
smallerfish 3y ago
> floss weekly For me daily makes a big difference. If I leave it until weekly my gums will start to suffer for it. I use the little floss picks, as they're much easier to manage for me than floss, and - here's something - they're reusable. Rinse them off like you would your toothbrush and you can keep those suckers going for a long time. You can also get them made from bio-plastic, so that they'll degrade once they go to landfill.
- yikes_42069 3y ago
  Do you get those ones that are thinner than normal floss? Because it won't be as effective if so. Tried the Listerine ones but I'm curious which brand you get that has bioplastic
  - smallerfish 3y ago
    This is not the brand, but they look a lot like this. https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Dental-Floss-Picks-200/dp/B08DK5YQ83/ https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Dental-Floss-Picks-200/dp/B08... The double string ones are really good, as they catch a lot of gunk in the gap between them.
ballenf 3y ago
The sugary foods advice is true if you're talking about refined sugars, but I recall a study showing that raisins, e.g., are much better than refined flour in terms of damage to teeth. Despite having much higher sugar content. Here's an article about the study: https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/raisins-and-dental-health/ https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/raisins-and-dental-health/
- jzawodn 3y ago
  You know what flour turns into very, very quickly in you digestive system? Sugar.
  - eropple 3y ago
    The comment was about teeth, though, and flour/meal is abrasive, though. Not to the degree it was in prehistoric times--dental health went to hell during the transition to sedentarism, thought mostly to be due to milling introducing rocks etc. to the meal--but, setting aside that both are nutritionally probably not great, it stands to reason that the stuff mentioned in that blog post (mostly grain-derived) have more ways to stick to the surface of teeth and hang around to mess up mouth pH.

benjaminwootton 3y ago

Surely floss daily should be the advice? It only takes an extra minute when you are brushing so there’s no reason not to.

jnwatson 3y ago
For the same reason you don’t brush 10 times a day. It isn’t significantly more effective than once a week and we all have better things to do.
- the-alchemist 3y ago
  Was wondering if you knew any RCTs or solid studies...
  - ProjectArcturis 3y ago
    Dentistry in general seems averse to doing RCTs.

smallerfish 3y ago

> floss weekly For me daily makes a big difference. If I leave it until weekly my gums will start to suffer for it. I use the little floss picks, as they're much easier to manage for me than floss, and - here's something - they're reusable. Rinse them off like you would your toothbrush and you can keep those suckers going for a long time. You can also get them made from bio-plastic, so that they'll degrade once they go to landfill.

yikes_42069 3y ago
Do you get those ones that are thinner than normal floss? Because it won't be as effective if so. Tried the Listerine ones but I'm curious which brand you get that has bioplastic
- smallerfish 3y ago
  This is not the brand, but they look a lot like this. https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Dental-Floss-Picks-200/dp/B08DK5YQ83/ https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Dental-Floss-Picks-200/dp/B08... The double string ones are really good, as they catch a lot of gunk in the gap between them.

ballenf 3y ago

The sugary foods advice is true if you're talking about refined sugars, but I recall a study showing that raisins, e.g., are much better than refined flour in terms of damage to teeth. Despite having much higher sugar content. Here's an article about the study: https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/raisins-and-dental-health/ https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/raisins-and-dental-health/

jzawodn 3y ago
You know what flour turns into very, very quickly in you digestive system? Sugar.
- eropple 3y ago
  The comment was about teeth, though, and flour/meal is abrasive, though. Not to the degree it was in prehistoric times--dental health went to hell during the transition to sedentarism, thought mostly to be due to milling introducing rocks etc. to the meal--but, setting aside that both are nutritionally probably not great, it stands to reason that the stuff mentioned in that blog post (mostly grain-derived) have more ways to stick to the surface of teeth and hang around to mess up mouth pH.