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Man marketing really screwed a great engineered product. 4k resolution mouth camera?? That's why we go to a dentist every 6 months because I wouldnt know wtf i

by kooi 2mo ago

Man marketing really screwed a great engineered product. 4k resolution mouth camera?? That's why we go to a dentist every 6 months because I wouldnt know wtf im looking at. "Oh there's that canker sore I feel. Huh, at least I can see it" Bruh, you don't need a camera for gap detection. Just stick an IR sensor, detect change in light. Boom, $0.05.

charcircuit 2mo ago
>I wouldnt know wtf im looking at. The camera is for the ai: "Dyson's Gap Optical Targeting™ prevents plaque formation by detecting the gaps and jetting between teeth every time you brush.²"
efficax 2mo ago
dentists made up the 6 month rule. There's no evidence that it improves outcomes, for most people with healthy teeth, 24 months is fine: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7701991/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7701991/
- darksim905 2mo ago
  healthy teeth are not the same as healthy gums, or oral health as a whole.
- nharada 2mo ago
  my dentist wants me coming quarterly
agnosticmantis 2mo ago
Presumably AI is going to process the images and detect issues and suspicious changes. On paper it looks like a solid application of vision models.
hex4def6 2mo ago
Bit off topic, but if you suffer from canker sores, SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) is a known contributor to that in some people (me included). It's a bit hard to find toothpastes without it that aren't also fluoride free, but they exist.
- spidersouris 2mo ago
  On the same topic, it's been a while since I have tried to find the best product to treat canker sores, but I have never found anything better than solutions composed of carboxylic/mineral acid and alcohol, and even then, it hardly suppresses the pain and I have found the treatment time to be about the same whether I apply something or not. The dream would be to have something that make them disappear near instantly.
- jvogt 2mo ago
  tl;dr: ibuprofen may be a cause as well. I suffered from incredibly painful month+ long lasting chronic canker sores (technically apthous ulcers) for the first 3 decades of my life. Doctors and dentists suggested all the usual triggers (avoid SLS, supplement with B vitamins, etc) Then one day someone mentioned the connection of NSAIDs and ulcers, and I instantly realized mouth ulcers are.. ulcers... I used to use ibuprofen occasionally, often enough to not correlate it to canker sores. Of course then I’d use more ibuprofen for that pain, get more canker sores, and be miserable for months. Haven’t bought ibuprofen for 10 years now and they just stopped. I have used ibuprofen on a couple occasions since I learned this and both times I developed a canker sore. IANAD, YMMV, I’m just happy they’re gone

by kooi 2mo ago

charcircuit 2mo ago

>I wouldnt know wtf im looking at. The camera is for the ai: "Dyson's Gap Optical Targeting™ prevents plaque formation by detecting the gaps and jetting between teeth every time you brush.²"

efficax 2mo ago

dentists made up the 6 month rule. There's no evidence that it improves outcomes, for most people with healthy teeth, 24 months is fine: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7701991/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7701991/

darksim905 2mo ago
healthy teeth are not the same as healthy gums, or oral health as a whole.
nharada 2mo ago
my dentist wants me coming quarterly

agnosticmantis 2mo ago

Presumably AI is going to process the images and detect issues and suspicious changes. On paper it looks like a solid application of vision models.

hex4def6 2mo ago

Bit off topic, but if you suffer from canker sores, SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) is a known contributor to that in some people (me included). It's a bit hard to find toothpastes without it that aren't also fluoride free, but they exist.

spidersouris 2mo ago
On the same topic, it's been a while since I have tried to find the best product to treat canker sores, but I have never found anything better than solutions composed of carboxylic/mineral acid and alcohol, and even then, it hardly suppresses the pain and I have found the treatment time to be about the same whether I apply something or not. The dream would be to have something that make them disappear near instantly.
jvogt 2mo ago
tl;dr: ibuprofen may be a cause as well. I suffered from incredibly painful month+ long lasting chronic canker sores (technically apthous ulcers) for the first 3 decades of my life. Doctors and dentists suggested all the usual triggers (avoid SLS, supplement with B vitamins, etc) Then one day someone mentioned the connection of NSAIDs and ulcers, and I instantly realized mouth ulcers are.. ulcers... I used to use ibuprofen occasionally, often enough to not correlate it to canker sores. Of course then I’d use more ibuprofen for that pain, get more canker sores, and be miserable for months. Haven’t bought ibuprofen for 10 years now and they just stopped. I have used ibuprofen on a couple occasions since I learned this and both times I developed a canker sore. IANAD, YMMV, I’m just happy they’re gone