Tooth hygeine - do you floss?

[Jon M]

Just got to work from the dentist... after having a filling replaced.

I've been told several times to floss, but have never added it to my daily routine, mainly because it doubles the time I spend in the bathroom.
My wife however, has great teeth, and today was the first time she has been asked to floss herself.

I just wondered who here actually does it... and how regularly.

[Dave Stones]

i don't floss, and the dentist tells me off for it. a couple of weeks ago i had two fillings, and according to the x rays i have 5 more holes round and about. oh well.

[Chris]

Constantly told to do it, but never do. It's a complete faff. And yes, I do have fillings although not until I was nearly 30.

[Jon M]

While on the subject of dentists.. anyone got any good stories about their own experiences?

For the record, I had no pain at all this morning... the needle is the only bit that most people don't like. I had two injections after the anaesthetic didn't work very well, but other than that it was stress and pain free.

[Nemesis]

Teeth .... you lot still have teeth .....

I thought everyone's fell out at 22

[Jon M]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

Teeth .... you lot still have teeth .....

I thought everyone's fell out at 22

My late grandad had all his teeth pulled before he was 30.. from what I remember he only had a couple of teeth that actually needed attention.. but in those days they tended to just whip em all out and give you false teeth. (I don't think they had much in the way of pain relief either .. owwee!!)

Makes you appreciate the advances made in the medical profession even in the last 70-80 years.

[Mr_love_monkey]

I use interdental brushes - which are like little bottle cleaners (they actually look quite painful) - which you slot between the gaps in your teeth. your gums tend to bleed a fair bit the first few times, until you get used to it.

I find them easier than floss since it has a nice handle

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

I use interdental brushes - which are like little bottle cleaners (they actually look quite painful) - which you slot between the gaps in your teeth. your gums tend to bleed a fair bit the first few times, until you get used to it.

I find them easier than floss since it has a nice handle

I'm supposed to floss as I had a tooth implant at a cost of 2.5K in 2001. I'm terrified of needles and had to have NINE seperate injections so that the dentist could drill into my jawbone and place the titanium peg.

I should have asked for adamantium instead Wolverine style

[Chris]

Originally Posted by pwalthew

I'm supposed to floss as I had a tooth implant at a cost of 2.5K in 2001. I'm terrified of needles and had to have NINE seperate injections so that the dentist could drill into my jawbone and place the titanium peg.

I should have asked for adamantium instead Wolverine style

2.5k As in £2,500? What the flip was that implant, a two way radio?

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Chris T

2.5k As in £2,500? What the flip was that implant, a two way radio?

He's probably got a bare-bones super PC in there, which is what he's using now

Originally Posted by Chris T

2.5k As in £2,500? What the flip was that implant, a two way radio?

Yep you read that correct Chris! £1000 was paid by Denplan and my Dad stumped up the rest - I broke a tooth when I was 17 and got it capped, got an absess on the root and had to have the nerve scraped out (all over near year 1999 so couldn't even get drunk) the nerve was replaced with a root filling and then cracked the root filling on a twix!

I had three options, wear a denture for the rest of my life - I was 20 at the time and didn't fancy having a glass of water by the bed with my tooth in . Or I could have had a bridge which would have involved grinding down the two healthy teeth either side and that was the worst idea in my opinion as sacrificing two teeth for one didn't sound good. So the implant was the best option. That tooth is the strongest one in my mouth now!

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

He's probably got a bare-bones super PC in there, which is what he's using now

My mouth runs Windows XP

[Nemesis]

By the look of his avatar, he had more than dentistry done

[Chris]

Originally Posted by pwalthew

My mouth runs Windows XP

You've been had. For £2,500 it should be running some high-end military system or other ... ah, now I get it, Robo-Tooth is an experimental all in one communications, GPS and target loaction device. Implanted in only a dozen guinea pigs, entirely without their knowledge or consent, the top-secret programme was abandoned when it became clear that the radiation emitted by the tooth caused insanity in the wearers and a tendency to mutate into killer clowns. You should audition for Spiderman 3.

[Mick]

Teeth is a sore subject with me at the moment, literally, esp if you saw my thread from the other day, Dentist Crisis?.

People I have been speaking to, particularily the women say they would rather go through childbirth again than suffer from Toothache.

Anyway when I visited my dentist a week back she asked if I flossed and I said no, brush and rinse my mouth out with listerine. She said I should floss., I thought you can never keep these dentists satisfied, as I bet she gets a handful of people who visit her who do not even own a toothbrush let alone use one....