| I’ll get hammered for my statement because it’s beyond antidotal. I’m also a bit superstitious, and feel I should just dummy up right now. I’ve noticed some people just have good teeth, and others are not so lucky. I’ve been down on my luck for years now. Close to being homeless. I haven’t been to a dentist in over two decades. I still have my all my teeth, except wisdom which I had pulled proactively when I had insurance. Why do I still have my teeth, and my gums don’t bleed, or are recessed? 1. I feel it’s because I developed a neurotic compulsion to pick my teeth with those disgusting disposable tooth picks, with the floss. (I say disgusting because I see them discarded everywhere, and I worked for the inventor of the product. (Actually his wealthy father invented them, and fully funded his sailboating brat of a son a son to peddle them. He is now a 1 percenter, and yes—I’m jealous. 2. I’ve tried to use an ultrasonic toothbrush once a day. 3. I don’t eat much sugar, but I eat a lot of carbs? 4. Buy a few dental cleaning picks/tools, and learn how to scale your teeth yourself. If you’re gentile, and use common sense, you can get most of the gunk off. Below the gum line is another story though? Take what I said with a grain of salt. A dentist told me 20 years ago, “you have great teeth, but let’s wait for the X-ray, and look at the bone. He said I got lucky. I hope my next exam goes the same way? |
I don't know anyone who gets more cavities than me and my mom. Seriously every time we go to the dentist we're either getting a new filling or replacing an old one.
I even spent 3 years (for non-dental reasons) eating no sweets and not much changed. We just have "weak teeth". I could maybe take better care of mine but my mom is an obsessive brusher/flosser and it hasn't helped her much.