@Tin_Foil These are the answer, especially when eating popcorn at the movies. Always keep them handy. I actually just bought some more since what I had was getting old and yucky. Three 2 packs (so six total for all the people that can never understand it when meh posts this shit) for $8.81 on Walmart with free shipping.
@Tin_Foil same. i use the disposable floss picks and usually just use the pick, but occasionally i have reason to use the flosser end between one or two pairs of teeth and…that’s the only time i floss which probably doesn’t even really count.
@stolicat They have the little chain on them so you can just attach it to your keys which you’d pass by a metal detector anyway. It’s small enough that it’s not an issue for flying either.
@blaineg No different than plastic or wood except there’s less chance of breaking. Plus these can be used for scraping. I primarily just use them to remove anything stuck, like the aforementioned popcorn.
@therealjrn completely agreed. It’s like an architect creating a masterpiece structure, but insisting the roof is flat. Without constant upkeep that shit is gonna fail.
@therealjrn And what the hell is up with all the pain involved with a bad tooth? OK, Ogg breaks his arm, it hurts, so he takes it easy and it probably heals. Ogg gets a bad tooth, it hurts like hell and it will never get better no matter how gently he treats it. No discernible evolutionary benefit to excruciating dental pain I guess, just a mean trick by nature.
I have heard that the plaque buildup in between gums and teeth can lead to the same buildup in blood which causes heart disease. Seems a bit of a stretch, but I’m taking no chances with my health.
@PlutoIsAPlanet I think it is not the plaque itself, but the bacteria that deposit the plaque. They can enter the bloodstream through abrasions of the gums and contribute to inflammation and arterial plaque build up. So yeah, another reason to maintain good dental hygiene.
Occasionally, to remove something that is annoying me.
Daily, starting ~4 days prior to a dentist or periodontist appointment so that my gums don’t bleed when things get cleaned.
Every 2-3 days for a few weeks after a dentist or periodontist appointment, until I get tired of doing it.
I’ve apparently been blessed(?) with very good teeth and gums. I know this because I completely stopped going to dentists for over 15 years and when I started going again about 3 years ago, all I needed was four amalgam fillings to be replaced and a deep cleaning (the kind with lidocaine to fully numb things, so it took two visits because she only wanted to numb one side at a time). I now see both a dentist and a periodontist, each twice a year so that I get a regular cleaning every three months.
@daveinwarsh@macromeh I use the plackers version of these, but the single-use plastic does bother my mind. Wish they made these with wood or something that won’t eff the environment.
@Gypsigirl213@macromeh Wood toothpicks then?
And as a bonus, you can play a mini-pickup sticks game with them!
In the meantime, I’ll stick with the plastic ones to keep me & my dentist happy.
@daveinwarsh@macromeh no, not toothpicks. I like the floss on the plastic ones. Maybe just floss, but then you lose the convenience of the handle like the plastic ones have. If there were a wood version of plackers, that’d be perfect. I’d even pay more for them.
Has everyone gotten this line: “You don’t have to floss between all your teeth, just the ones you want to keep?”
Why the generally smug, patronizing ‘tude, dentists?
A hygienist once said to me, in regards to brushing vs flossing: “Put your lunch on the dash of your car on a hot day. Take your car to the wash but leave the lunch inside. How long do you think you’ll want to keep that there?”
@LeviOhPlz That’s pretty much what turned me into an everyday flosser. I was flossing one night for the first time in probably a week and got a big chunk of food out, and I thought, I’m glad that’s not going to be in my mouth for a week. That made me think about all the other stuff that was hanging around in my mouth between flosses and got completely grossed out. Been flossing every day since.
My parents basically ignored dental care, just the occasional brushing. No flossing ever. Dad because he didn’t expect to live past 60 (his dad died at 57), and Mom because she thinks her mouth is too small and thus can’t floss, and hates dentists.
Dad had terrible teeth, and by the time he was 70 he had a ton of problems. He died last year at 77, and he kept saying, “well if I’d known I was gonna live this long…”
Mom’s teeth are still in amazing shape.
Me, I assume my teeth will split the difference between their two genes. I brush twice a day, floss once – and hope to live to be 1000.
Where’s the, “When there is something in my teeth and flossing is the only solution to my problem” option?
And yeah, it’s probably popcorn… again! Stupid popcorn.
@Tin_Foil you don’t use finger nails?
@Tin_Foil These are the answer, especially when eating popcorn at the movies. Always keep them handy. I actually just bought some more since what I had was getting old and yucky. Three 2 packs (so six total for all the people that can never understand it when meh posts this shit) for $8.81 on Walmart with free shipping.
@cinoclav @Tin_Foil can you get those through a metal detector? cuz they look like they’d be handy to have …
@cinoclav Ordered those, thanks!
@cinoclav Is that a solid metal pick? That’s terrifying.
@Tin_Foil same. i use the disposable floss picks and usually just use the pick, but occasionally i have reason to use the flosser end between one or two pairs of teeth and…that’s the only time i floss which probably doesn’t even really count.
@stolicat They have the little chain on them so you can just attach it to your keys which you’d pass by a metal detector anyway. It’s small enough that it’s not an issue for flying either.
@blaineg They’re awesome. And it’s nice to know you’re not contributing to all the excessive waste by using disposable toothpicks.
KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
@cinoclav All I can think of is the damage that would happen if that lever was bumped while stuck between teeth.
@blaineg No different than plastic or wood except there’s less chance of breaking. Plus these can be used for scraping. I primarily just use them to remove anything stuck, like the aforementioned popcorn.
/giphy flossed out
Every damn day. I don’t understand how the human body, so elegantly designed in so many ways fails so much with the teeth part.
@therealjrn Honey, ah Sugar Sugar. You are my candy girl.
@therealjrn completely agreed. It’s like an architect creating a masterpiece structure, but insisting the roof is flat. Without constant upkeep that shit is gonna fail.
@hchavers @therealjrn The Archies were fine. Just fine. On my block, however, us edgier kids were more about The Groovie Ghoulies.
Just sayin’.
@therealjrn Evolution only needs you to eat until you are done having babies. Then it doesn’t care.
@therealjrn And what the hell is up with all the pain involved with a bad tooth? OK, Ogg breaks his arm, it hurts, so he takes it easy and it probably heals. Ogg gets a bad tooth, it hurts like hell and it will never get better no matter how gently he treats it. No discernible evolutionary benefit to excruciating dental pain I guess, just a mean trick by nature.
Never. Always used a toothbrush.
I have heard that the plaque buildup in between gums and teeth can lead to the same buildup in blood which causes heart disease. Seems a bit of a stretch, but I’m taking no chances with my health.
@PlutoIsAPlanet “Plaque” is just “stuff that builds up on a surface”. It’s not the same stuff.
@PlutoIsAPlanet, gingivitis and plaque do contribute to heart health. Keep dem chompers healthy.
@PlutoIsAPlanet I think it is not the plaque itself, but the bacteria that deposit the plaque. They can enter the bloodstream through abrasions of the gums and contribute to inflammation and arterial plaque build up. So yeah, another reason to maintain good dental hygiene.
Daily, or as often as I get stuff stuck in my teeth, whichever comes first.
/giphy stuff stuck in my teeth
Never. Until I got cavities between every one of my goddamn teeth. My HSA felt that one.
Finger nails are better than waxed string
@hchavers No. For so many reasons no.
No.
@thebigtverberg but using finger nails accomplishes two goals (three if your really hungry) at once. You otta see how clean they are.
@hchavers Can I go back in time to when I hadn’t read this, and then not read it?!
@hchavers @UncleVinny What has been read, can never be unread.
Occasionally, to remove something that is annoying me.
Daily, starting ~4 days prior to a dentist or periodontist appointment so that my gums don’t bleed when things get cleaned.
Every 2-3 days for a few weeks after a dentist or periodontist appointment, until I get tired of doing it.
I’ve apparently been blessed(?) with very good teeth and gums. I know this because I completely stopped going to dentists for over 15 years and when I started going again about 3 years ago, all I needed was four amalgam fillings to be replaced and a deep cleaning (the kind with lidocaine to fully numb things, so it took two visits because she only wanted to numb one side at a time). I now see both a dentist and a periodontist, each twice a year so that I get a regular cleaning every three months.
I use soft picks every day.
They work & the dentist stopped yelling at me to floss.
I use those too. I love them.
@daveinwarsh I carry some of these around most everywhere I go. A buck a pack at the Dollar Store.
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@daveinwarsh @macromeh I use the plackers version of these, but the single-use plastic does bother my mind. Wish they made these with wood or something that won’t eff the environment.
@Gypsigirl213 @macromeh Wood toothpicks then?
And as a bonus, you can play a mini-pickup sticks game with them!
In the meantime, I’ll stick with the plastic ones to keep me & my dentist happy.
@daveinwarsh @macromeh no, not toothpicks. I like the floss on the plastic ones. Maybe just floss, but then you lose the convenience of the handle like the plastic ones have. If there were a wood version of plackers, that’d be perfect. I’d even pay more for them.
Any day I have to go out in public.
Has everyone gotten this line: “You don’t have to floss between all your teeth, just the ones you want to keep?”
Why the generally smug, patronizing ‘tude, dentists?
A hygienist once said to me, in regards to brushing vs flossing: “Put your lunch on the dash of your car on a hot day. Take your car to the wash but leave the lunch inside. How long do you think you’ll want to keep that there?”
@LeviOhPlz That’s pretty much what turned me into an everyday flosser. I was flossing one night for the first time in probably a week and got a big chunk of food out, and I thought, I’m glad that’s not going to be in my mouth for a week. That made me think about all the other stuff that was hanging around in my mouth between flosses and got completely grossed out. Been flossing every day since.
As a Linux user, I use FLOSS all the time!
I floss after eating anything-so several (5-8) times a day.
This is why I use the picks I posted above. Because waste.
My parents basically ignored dental care, just the occasional brushing. No flossing ever. Dad because he didn’t expect to live past 60 (his dad died at 57), and Mom because she thinks her mouth is too small and thus can’t floss, and hates dentists.
Dad had terrible teeth, and by the time he was 70 he had a ton of problems. He died last year at 77, and he kept saying, “well if I’d known I was gonna live this long…”
Mom’s teeth are still in amazing shape.
Me, I assume my teeth will split the difference between their two genes. I brush twice a day, floss once – and hope to live to be 1000.
/giphy floss
