Flossing
I hate flossing. It's time-consuming and it makes my teeth feel funny the next day (I guess all that food is providing some kind of "support" for my teeth.) But I've been doing it the past couple days and I may continue doing it regularly since it's not as bad as I thought. How often do you floss?
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Originally posted by Akumulator
I floss... but not my teeth.
What, you wear a thong?
Originally posted by superstar
every time before i brush, and that's like 3-4 times a day.
Do you have a lot of free time?
Originally posted by BuonRotto
What, you wear a thong?
yes.... backwards.
Originally posted by iBrowse
Do you have a lot of free time?
Or are they obsessive - compulsive, perhaps?
Originally posted by iBrowse
Do you have a lot of free time?
Once in the morning, Once after lunch, Once after Dinner ....
what's so time consuming?
Once you get into the regime, it's really not that hard or time-consuming, at all.
Plus, ideally, you should be flossing after every meal. Otherwise, you let the bacteria sit on your teeth all day until your next flossing. Sitting in your gums, and causing gum diseases later in life.
Originally posted by Moogs
Or are they obsessive - compulsive, perhaps?
Maybe "they" care about their hygiene?
Originally posted by Eugene
I never floss and I only brush once a day. No cavities. No inflamed gums. Maybe a case of bad breath.
hmmm. you must not have gf if you only brush once a day
Originally posted by badtz
Once in the morning, Once after lunch, Once after Dinner ....
it seems to me it would be a hassle to brush your teeth at work
Originally posted by burningwheel
it seems to me it would be a hassle to brush your teeth at work
- i always take a travel toothbrush to work - what's the big deal? it takes like 2 minutes to brush. i don't know about you guy's but to me, getting fillings, root canals and dealing with fake teeth would be a much greater hassle. - plus - do you guy's really don't mind that you stink out of your mouth (and believe me:YOU DO)??? comon now - flossing and brushing at the very least twice a day is like sooo basic. how anyone can be proud of brushing only once and never floss is beyond me.....yuck.
Originally posted by superstar
- i always take a travel toothbrush to work - what's the big deal? it takes like 2 minutes to brush. i don't know about you guy's but to me, getting fillings, root canals and dealing with fake teeth would be a much greater hassle. - plus - do you guy's really don't mind that you stink out of your mouth (and believe me:YOU DO)??? comon now - flossing and brushing at the very least twice a day is like sooo basic. how anyone can be proud of brushing only once and never floss is beyond me.....yuck.
you have some good point.
well i brush twice most of the time, though i never floss
It seems like it would be correlation rather than causation. You'd think that flossers would also take good care of themselves in other ways, so it wouldn't be flossing that makes them live longer, but those other behaviors that flossers engage in. But apparently many researchers believe there actually is a causal relationship.
These studies show that the presence of periodontal diseases, diseases most common in people with tooth loss, actually affects longevity. The best of these studies done at Emory University with the Centers for Disease Control, indicated that people with gingivitis and periodontitis have a mortality rate that is 23 percent to 46 percent higher than those who don't... why? They are linked to increased rates of cardiovascular disease and stroke, as well as to an increase in mortality from other causes, such as infections. '