Flossing teeth

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:08pm #1

who Flosses their Teeth on here? - Do you believe it works? (I suppose you do, otherwise you wouldnt do it) - What do you make of the latest findings on it today saying its not proved to be any benefit to it?

ancapailldorcha · 03-08-2016 9:10pm

I do. I'll likely continue to do so. Stuff like this appears in the news all the time.

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:12pm

I have never ever flossed my teeth ever! - and i still have most of my teeth and i'm 51 - never had Gum Disease ever either.

For the last year or so I have been using Listerine mouthwash though just to freshen my mouth.

Keane2baMused · 03-08-2016 9:12pm

I floss every day. Definitely makes a difference to the gums as far as I'm concerned.

Keane2baMused · 03-08-2016 9:13pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

I have never ever flossed my teeth ever! - and i still have most of my teeth and i'm 51 - never had Gum Disease ever either.

For the last year or so I have been using Listerine mouthwash though just to freshen my mouth.

My dentist maintains mouthwash is a big marketing ploy.

Peregrine · 03-08-2016 9:13pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

I have never ever flossed my teeth ever! - and i still have most of my teeth and i'm 51 - never had Gum Disease ever either.

For the last year or so I have been using Listerine mouthwash though just to freshen my mouth.

I suggest that you read our charter!

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:15pm

Do others on here clean their teesth twice a day or more as well? - I have only ever cleaned my teeth once a day in the morning when I get up. Tried cleaning before goind to bed but didnt feel right - too clean. I want to go to bed tired every nigh with a minging mouth

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:16pm

Peregrine wrote: »

I suggest that you read our charter!

I have short attention span - can you point out the important bit(s)?

Was I supposed to post it in Dental department on Boards?

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:18pm

Keane2baMused wrote: »

My dentist maintains mouthwash is a big marketing ploy.

I just see on SKY news how much millions is made on flossing products and kits
And billions on dental sticks

Peregrine · 03-08-2016 9:19pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Do others on here clean their teesth twice a day or more as well? - I have only ever cleaned my teeth once a day in the morning when I get up. Tried cleaning before goind to bed but didnt feel right - too clean. I want to go to bed tired every nigh with a minging mouth

Oh, Andy

Morning and before bed at least. I might brush after lunch if I'm home.

Burial. · 03-08-2016 9:21pm

Brush the teeth three times a day, mouthwash in the morning to help with bad bed breath and floss at night. Then coconut oil twice a week.

taytobreath · 03-08-2016 9:23pm

Burial. wrote: »

Brush the teeth three times a day, mouthwash in the morning to help with bad bed breath and floss at night. Then coconut oil twice a week.

coconut oil??

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:24pm

Burial. wrote: »

Brush the teeth three times a day, mouthwash in the morning to help with bad bed breath and floss at night. Then coconut oil twice a week.

brushing with coconut oil? - never heard about that

retro:electro · 03-08-2016 9:26pm

Flossing makes my gums bleed, so I can't imagine it's healthy to have bleeding gums every single day. I only floss when I've eaten something that gets stuck in me teef

03-08-2016 9:26pm

Even if flossing does nothing for gum health, it removes rotting particles of food from between your teeth, making your breath a LOT less likely to stink.

I don't believe there's no value in removing rotting food and keeping the bacteria count down either.

eet fuk · 03-08-2016 9:27pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

I just see on SKY news how much millions is made on flossing products and kits
And billions on dental sticks

Does that fact make you think flossing isn't necessary?

Burial. · 03-08-2016 9:27pm

taytobreath wrote: »

coconut oil??

Yeah oil pulling. Basically swishing an oil around your mouth for ten to twenty minutes. Whitens teeth and improves overall dental health. Takes some getting used to but after a few weeks it just becomes a subconscious ritual. I do it in the shower in the morning and spit it out when I hop out and then brush as normal.

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:27pm

I heard if you brush your teeth too much you change the natural Ph in your mouth and the saliva that kills the bacteria and plus if you have something sugary or acidic and brush your teeth straight afterwards you scratch the enamel. - Might be truth in that.

03-08-2016 9:28pm

I floss my lower teeth a lot. I have very good teeth. Got a cleaning done there a couple months ago though. Bottom teeth - grand. Upper teeth - pain. Apparently it's because I don't floss the upper ones. So now I do

Dentist also reckons mouthwash is a ploy. I like the freshness though

Pat Mustard · 03-08-2016 9:30pm

Peregrine wrote: »

Oh, Andy

Oh Andy
Two Carlsberg, a Bass and a shandy
And don't forget the aul double brandy

begins at 1.10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjQac0uabgg

Junkyard Tom · 03-08-2016 9:31pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVDN8yR3ig0

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:31pm

Burial. wrote: »

Yeah oil pulling. Basically swishing an oil around your mouth for ten to twenty minutes. Whitens teeth and improves overall dental health. Takes some getting used to but after a few weeks it just becomes a subconscious ritual. I do it in the shower in the morning and spit it out when I hop out and then brush as normal.

ooh i might give that a try because I have prett good teeth but they are going/gone brown and I have tried loads of different whitening tooth paste and never see any difference. Mind you a dentist did say that brown teeth are healthier teeth and that teeth are like porcelain and when porcelain gets old it goes brown.

cbyrd · 03-08-2016 9:31pm

Andy From Sligo wrote:

I heard if you brush your teeth too much you change the natural Ph in your mouth and the saliva that kills the bacteria and plus if you have something sugary or acidic and brush your teeth straight afterwards you scratch the enamel. - Might be truth in that.

Correct.. you should never use a brush after alcohol, especially wine, the acid in the wine softens the enamel and brushing will damage it.
Oil pulling is better.
I can't floss, it makes me cringe to feel anything between my teeth.

03-08-2016 9:32pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

brushing with coconut oil? - never heard about that

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian traditional medicine) practice, but there's no good evidence that it does any good.

Shint0 · 03-08-2016 9:32pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

brushing with coconut oil? - never heard about that

It's rather unusually called pulling. Swish in the mouth for a certain length of time for teeth and gum health as it's supposed to have an anti-bacterial effect.

Sweetemotion · 03-08-2016 9:32pm

Get an interdental brush.

ballsymchugh · 03-08-2016 9:33pm

anna080 wrote: »

Flossing makes my gums bleed, so I can't imagine it's healthy to have bleeding gums every single day. I only floss when I've eaten something that gets stuck in me teef

your gums bleed because you aren't cleaning them properly. if you brushed and flossed properly every day, then they shouldn't bleed.

taytobreath · 03-08-2016 9:33pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

brushing with coconut oil? - never heard about that

no, what does coconut oil do for ure teeth?

03-08-2016 9:34pm

anna080 wrote: »

Flossing makes my gums bleed, so I can't imagine it's healthy to have bleeding gums every single day. I only floss when I've eaten something that gets stuck in me teef

Brush your gums and floss daily and you won't bleed. Bleeding when you floss can be a sign of gum disease, and the answer isn't to do less of it!

Smondie · 03-08-2016 9:35pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Burial. wrote: »

Brush the teeth three times a day, mouthwash in the morning to help with bad bed breath and floss at night. Then coconut oil twice a week.

brushing with coconut oil? - never heard about that

Oil pulling

Burial. · 03-08-2016 9:36pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

ooh i might give that a try because I have prett good teeth but they are going/gone brown and I have tried loads of different whitening tooth paste and never see any difference. Mind you a dentist did say that brown teeth are healthier teeth and that teeth are like porcelain and when porcelain gets old it goes brown.

Any sort of oil will do, even standard vegetable oil but I use coconut oil a lot in cooking as well as an occasional moisturiser so it's just handier. It tends to be the most popular and most acclaimed oil for it too. Starting out I did every day for two or three weeks and then it's about maintenance really.

The Raptor · 03-08-2016 9:36pm

I hate using regular floss. But i have a cool water flosser instead. A rechargeable battery water flosser with a nozzle that gets between the teeth with water.

03-08-2016 9:37pm

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Get an interdental brush.

Is that the tiny one for between your teeth. My dentist said I should
that's pushing it though

Keane2baMused · 03-08-2016 9:37pm

anna080 wrote: »

Flossing makes my gums bleed, so I can't imagine it's healthy to have bleeding gums every single day. I only floss when I've eaten something that gets stuck in me teef

There's a reason for that and it's simply because you don't floss so your gums are inflamed. Guarantee if you get a scale and polish and then floss regularly there will be no bleeding.

Zxclnic · 03-08-2016 9:38pm

I floss and brush my teeth regularly, don't have much going for me in the looks department, but do have a decent set of naturally white gnashers.

Wigglepuppy · 03-08-2016 9:41pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

I have never ever flossed my teeth ever! - and i still have most of my teeth and i'm 51 - never had Gum Disease ever either.

For the last year or so I have been using Listerine mouthwash though just to freshen my mouth.

You have "most of" your teeth? Good going!

I floss daily. Don't bother with mouthwash though - it's too burny, and I reckon it's probably true that it's a racket. Good flouride toothpaste and flossing (and as little sugar as possible of course, that includes fruit) does the job.

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:43pm

Candie wrote: »

Even if flossing does nothing for gum health, it removes rotting particles of food from between your teeth, making your breath a LOT less likely to stink....

and Listerine mouth was wouldnt do that no? ... but gentler

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:46pm

Wigglepuppy wrote: »

You have "most of" your teeth? Good going!
....

majority of absent teeth in my mouth due to abscesses when younger and too much fillings in molars and dentists giving me the options that it was cheaper to pull them .... so I let them pull them out!

Mister Vain · 03-08-2016 9:46pm

Candie knows everything about everything.

03-08-2016 9:47pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

and Listerine mouth was wouldnt do that no? ... but gentler

No, if it's stuck between your teeth then mouthwash won't shift it, you have to remove it manually. All mouthwash will do is make your breath smell a bit better temporarily. If there's food particles rotting in your mouth, you'll eventually develop gum disease and while you might have most of your teeth now, you could wind up getting a good few out all at once in the end.

My dentist sister-in-law takes care of my teeth and she says mouthwash is usually unnecessary with good oral hygiene.

03-08-2016 9:48pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

Candie knows everything about everything.

You know it.

sammyjo90 · 03-08-2016 9:49pm

for a second there i thought you said you let your dentist's sister in law take care of your teeth :pac:

Sweetemotion · 03-08-2016 9:49pm

bluewolf wrote: »

Is that the tiny one for between your teeth. My dentist said I should
that's pushing it though

That's the one.

I get so paranoid about something caught in my teeth, I have packs in my car, in work and in my pocket.

I know I'm wrong and self concious but teeth is the first thing you notice when people new people.

Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 9:54pm

Candie wrote: »

No, if it's stuck between your teeth then mouthwash won't shift it, you have to remove it manually. All mouthwash will do is make your breath smell a bit better temporarily. If there's food particles rotting in your mouth, you'll eventually develop gum disease and while you might have most of your teeth now, you could wind up getting a good few out all at once in the end.

My dentist sister-in-law takes care of my teeth and she says mouthwash is usually unnecessary with good oral hygiene.

im 51 , been terrible over the years at cleaning my teeth just cleaning them once in the morning and (as far as I can remember) have never ever have had Gum Disease ... does that mean I could go another 51 years without gum disease or does the risks get stronger as you get older of gum disease?

03-08-2016 9:56pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

im 51 , been terrible over the years at cleaning my teeth just cleaning them once in the morning and (as far as I can remember) have never ever have had Gum Disease ... does that mean I could go another 51 years without gum disease or does the risks get stronger as you get older of gum disease?

Do you go to the dentist regularly? Has he/she told you you don't have gum disease? I'd be surprised at that if you only clean your mouth once a day and don't floss.

I think its probably a case that it does more damage over the years.

FizzleSticks · 03-08-2016 9:57pm

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Zardoz · 03-08-2016 10:02pm

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I do. I'll likely continue to do so. Stuff like this appears in the news all the time.

And yet there is hardly any scientific evidence to support that flossing is good for you .
Why is that do you think ?

Its a silly practice ,and damaging if you don't do it properly.
Interdental brushes are far better and safer.

Surreptitious · 03-08-2016 10:04pm

Candie wrote: »

Do you go to the dentist regularly? Has he/she told you you don't have gum disease? I'd be surprised at that if you only clean your mouth once a day and don't floss.

I think its probably a case that it does more damage over the years.

Why are you ruthlessly questioning him? His teeth. His business.

03-08-2016 10:05pm

Surreptitious wrote: »

Why are you ruthlessly questioning him? His teeth. His business.

Ruthlessly? He asked me a question!

I don't have a light in his face and his testicles wired up ffs.

Permabear · 03-08-2016 10:27pm

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Andy From Sligo · 03-08-2016 11:58pm

Candie wrote: »

Do you go to the dentist regularly? Has he/she told you you don't have gum disease? I'd be surprised at that if you only clean your mouth once a day and don't floss.

I think its probably a case that it does more damage over the years.

I dont go to dentist now ... unless I get a tooth ache!

cant remember last time (year) I had a check up - sod that getting poked with that sharp metal thing into me teeth and being told off/lectured to about cleaning them properly

IF I have got gum disease I think I will know about it when me teeth start going loose and I start spitting out blood ... then I will most probably get some Corsydol or whatever its called - they (my gums) always look a lovely healthy pinky white colour every morning

Flossing teeth

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