Reminds me of this comic!
Why is there so many of these backwards ass medical memes on here today? This one came from another post
This is one of few memes i really dislike. It is true, if you floss or use interdental brushes your gums wont bleed.
It’s such an easy thing you can test for yourself I’m kind of surprised so many people don’t understand that it works. Do you also ignore the advice you get from doctors?
80% of US doctors don’t know basic anatomy (a statistic i derived from the medical CPEs i taught), so yes I generally do ignore advice they give
some dentist are scammy asf, a notable one in our area just tries to peddle DEEP CLEANING solely and others, tyring to peddle expensive procedures. i also bought back teeth flosser for molars, which the sideways one are not good at, very useful.
They don’t do that if you floss daily, barring gum disease. Once you start it’s going to feel gross to not do it daily.
But then your teeth end up looking like this instead of nicely packed in with plaque
I love a Flapjack reference!
Interdental brushes are the way! No more gum issues since I started, and one habit I’m proud I developed. I had an xray where they showed how much the bacteria had eaten away at my roots - scared straight.
doesnt fit in between my teeth at all
Mine are pretty damn tight too but with the thinnest brush eventually it worked, and felt less and less disturbing. It’s the gap by the gums you need to reach, not between the teeth themselves. For that I floss. I try to alternate the two, but it’s really more about the gum area.
My teeth are so packed together my current dentist literally told me to just not even bother trying to floss my self. I’m more likely to hurt myself or waste my time.
Just use a water pick.
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Well, yeah. That’s the nookie for all the plaque to evade the brush.
My wisdom teeth were growing sideways without me realizing for 29 years of my life so they had to be removed. They appointed me to this dentist that told me since they were so big and doing so much presure against the other teeth they had to be sliced up in pieces so she could extract them piece by piece.
This girl did put so much force and did so much pressurre against my jaw it dislocated and I felt like she was tearing it apart from my skull. I put my fist below it but felt like she was about to sink it in my chest. Did some mumbling due to the pain and discomfort (and because I was a bit scared too) and she had the audacity to, basically, call me a pussy.
Without knowing if youve had other teeth pulled its hard to decide if shes right or not
i had a oral surgeon remove 2 of my bottom ones. i prefer those over a dentist. better safe then sorry.
Too many folks ITT with bad oral hygiene. Brush your teeth twice a day and floss at least once a day. I grew up in a very poor area and seeing sick folks who also had rotten and missing teeth made me realize how much dental health is connected with someone’s overall health.
Fuck it I’m not flossing daily. It’s annoying enough to occasionally clean my braces.
I actually get nauseous while touching the inside of my mouth with a toothbrush (or when standing for too long, so that problem might be exclusive to me).
I’d rather just kill myself than have to brush more than two times a day and floss regularly.
there are interdental floss, which are designed for braces. water flosser helps,dislodge food, but you need an actual floss to prevent tartar.
The majority of people can’t fit those between their teeth, and a not small number can’t even get floss between the majority or all of their teeth.
Water picks are the way.
You can look forward to losing all your teeth later in life then.
Yay. I’ll probably die at 50 anyway.
If you have braces you really should have a water flosser. I’m kind of surprised your ortho didn’t recommend one, as mine made it a requirement
Well, they just recommended two different toothbrushes and a specialized toothpick. It takes ~40 mins to clean it all with a toothpick. So I just do it before my appointment. But at least I brush them semi regularly.
And yes, I do have tartar in some places, I just can’t clean and would probably also have it if I regularly took care of my teeth.
also electric toothbrush is useful too, sonic and rotating.
im so upset mine broke recently, my god it feels good, and quick and easy!
I’ve often imagined a little comic strip where a dentist goes to the doctor. the doctor draws blood for tests, or gives an injection, or just pokes/cuts the dentist for no reason. the doctor then says “you’re bleeding because you don’t shower enough”
There is one like that out there, although the doctor says it’s because he hasn’t been flossing.
You make me remember that girl making a painting of a greek man taking residence in front of her shower, charging her to use it, because she dreamt it.
(Jams sharp objects into gums)
You have some sensitivity caused by not flossing!
“your teeths enamel is so important for dental health! That’s why I’m going to have this bored 23 year old woman scratch the fuck out of your teeth so they develop cavities later!”
Holy fuck, I’m going to need like 90% of the people in this thread to stop exhaling in public, which is going to be hard because I’m pretty sure there’s a large overlap with that group and mouth breathers.
They are gaslighting you to justify them sucking at their job
A simple Google search would explain why it happens.
Also last time I was at a dentist appointment check out when I told the lady I didn’t have insurance I’ll never forget the look of disgust she gave me. Is that because they get more money from insurance companies than they get from people who pay out of pocket? They charge higher prices to insured people, right?
they assume you wont agree to more procedures down the line or pay more? it its a double edge sword.
i saw a dentist recently out of pocket for emergency tooth pain, it costed 270 for a limited exam on those teeth(not whole mouth). then they try to convince me to do a full cleaning and exam for more twice that much. there are dentist that arnt charging that amount out of pocket. just got google around look at yelp reviews(helpful in looking at seedy dentists, or low cost). dental school/universities are a thing but i noticed they take a very long time to even onboard you, so its not all that useful in the end(especially needed something like cavity filling or more extreme extraction/root canals.) i currently have that same tooth that is much more sensitive than before but they arnt interested in investigating further since it failed the cold test(they apply something cold on the surface of the teeth to determine which one illicit a painful sensitivity response)
also certain insurance might not be accepted by different dentists too.
You gave her the poor person ick
If I was poor how do you think I was able to pay out of pocket? I just didn’t have dental insurance because I didn’t have a job (which is the only way US citizens can get healthcare) because I had enough money that I didn’t need a job.
I’m not saying it makes sense just explaining the reaction.
Well then I should’ve given HER the “poor person ick face” right back because that poor lady had to sit there working a pathetic job all day 🤣
Let he who flosses each and every day poke the first gum!
if you’re not using an electric toothbrush with a rotating head that’s on the level of a $30 sonicare or oral B toothbrush you’re killing your teeth through negligence
Like, no, for real, if you’re reading this and don’t have one stop whatever the fuck you are doing and purchase one immediately
