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Sunday, June 9. 2024

Tooth care

Another random post from Maggie's. Tooth care is a complete drag, whether at home or in the dental hyena's office.


I tend to do my tooth care in the shower, but I have always hated tooth care and anything related to dentistry. Having grown up with a dentist who thought novocaine was newfangled nonsense didn't help, but as a kid I was afraid of needles too.


Anyway, some of us are obsessive tooth-carers and some are less so.


Nowadays, we have lots of choices:


- Water-pic (my dentist wants me to use, but it's a hassle)
- Old-fashioned toothbrush
- Electric toothbrush (I use, but it tickles my palate to annoyance)
- Sonic toothbrush (I want to try one)


Maybe permanent fake implants would be a good plan. (Photo is not me, thank God).


What tooth habits do our readers have?



Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:27 | Comments (12) | Trackbacks (0)

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Portable water-pic followed by electric toothbrush, usually twice a day. Floss with string and/or picks twice a day. Occasional tongue scraper, rare Lavoris.
#1 Peter Lorenzi on 2024-06-09 16:18 (Reply)
I recently started using a water pick and an electric toothbrush and regret not having done it much earlier dental health is very important as poor dental health can lead to other illnesses previously thought unrelated if you don't like using the dental pic think of it as a tool instead of a health device and it becomes more fun
#2 Robert Moffett (Link) on 2024-06-09 17:44 (Reply)
Having grown up poor with little dental care or education my teeth have suffered not to mention family linage had bad teeth. Tones of cavities and crowns and a couple of years ago I had dental implants. Now use water pic daily, electric tooth brush and ultrasonic tooth brush. The thing that helped the most was the water pick. It gets the food that is stuck in-between teeth that floss doesn't get out. Dental implants are really expensive and take a long time to do properly so they are not rejected. In my case the surgery was extremely painful but they look nice in the front. Real teeth couldn't be saved so had choice of bridge work or implants. Fortunately our kids inherited good strong white teeth from my spouse. I really recommend using electric tooth brushes and water pics.
#3 JC on 2024-06-09 17:56 (Reply)
Obsessive with all available devices also including an original 73 year old set of teeth.

Use CLOSYS daily as well. Amazing stuff for gum issues!!
#4 slm on 2024-06-09 18:40 (Reply)
I've used Sonicare brushes for 3 decades and think very highly of them.
#5 Michael R. Kesti on 2024-06-10 00:23 (Reply)
I hate using dental floss, but flossing picks are fairly convenient. And the best flossing picks are "Dentek Cross-Flossers", available from Amazon.
#6 Ken Mitchell on 2024-06-10 00:26 (Reply)
Protocol for demineralization and whitening from Dr. Ellie Phillips:

CloSys mouthwash for one minute
Brush with original Crest, massaging gum line
Listerine mouthwash for as long as possible
Act Zero Alcohol Total Care mouthwash for one minute
#7 Ann K on 2024-06-10 07:41 (Reply)
Should be remineralization in #7.
#7.1 Ann K on 2024-06-10 07:43 (Reply)
My dentist recommended aligners after my last cleaning because there was a lot of bleeding, but it stands to reason that there'd be bleeding after having my gums poked and prodded with a razor-sharp hook. I can't really afford dental visits anymore, so now I floss once a day, brush twice a day with an electric toothbrush and use CPC mouthwash daily. Hopefully that'll suffice.

I've been curious about Closys. What's its claim to fame?
#8 Maniac on 2024-06-10 08:09 (Reply)
For cheap I've been using this for 2 years. I like it and for the price you could get it just to clean grout. https://shorturl.at/WRaHh
#9 Matt on 2024-06-10 08:14 (Reply)
You can install a shower water pick and incorporate it into your shower routine. No muss. No fuss. Inexpensive. Easy install.
#10 Joe on 2024-06-10 13:00 (Reply)
Sonic toothbrush plus floss every night for the last 25 years. The dental hygienists are always complimentary about how little build up I have during my annual cleanings. The nice thing about SoniCare is that it beeps every minute: one minute up, one minute down.
#11 CapitalistRoader on 2024-06-10 15:30 (Reply)

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