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> A significant portion of the global population experiences persistent issues with dental plaque and cavities or will face them at some time. How significant
by smeej 3y ago
> A significant portion of the global population experiences persistent issues with dental plaque and cavities or will face them at some time.
How significant a percentage are we talking about?
Pretty much every dentist I've seen throughout my life has told me that I'm somehow immune to cavities. I don't know how they're figuring this out just from looking in my mouth (I'm not aware of having had any saliva tests or anything like that), but they've all agreed about it.
I wonder if I'm in some less significant percentage of people who foster this bacteria (or something like it) on our own somehow?
- peteradio 3y ago[flagged]
- ipnon 3y agoIn my opinion this is a bad comment because its only purpose is to denigrate the person you’re replying to.
- micromacrofoot 3y agostop brushing and find out
- smeej 3y agoI've only ever been a once-a-day brusher and "only if something is stuck" flosser, to no ill effects so far. That's as far as I'm willing to push it though.
- HWR_14 3y agoThey can see the beginning stages of cavity development long before they need to be dealt with. I would take it as "my teeth are abnormally healthy"
- tremon 3y agoPretty much every dentist I've seen throughout my life has told me that I'm somehow immune to cavities My dentist told me there's two types of mouth flora: one that causes cavities, and one that causes calculus. My mouth seems to be of the latter.