greggerypeccary wrote on May 21^st, 2024 at 2:35pm:


I'm not so sure.  They're much better than they used to be.  Just find one trained here or in the UK.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 21^st, 2024 at 7:11pm:


Ideally, if you were getting lucky at the pub and spend the night at the stranger's house, are you going to spend that evening flossing away for 5 minutes with a packet of floss you brought along with you and then whip out a small bottle of mouthwash? If you brought those conspicuous items along, why not a toothbrush and toothpaste to put in your carry bag?

Your initial scenario was that if you are out of a toothbrush and toothpaste, use dental floss and mouthwash. At what point do you run out of toothpaste that you did not have another toothpaste packet awaiting to be opened for at least the previous week's grocery shop? "Oops, I have run out of toothpaste. Better start using my dental floss". ??? Even at a poorly planned grocery shop of not getting replacement toothpaste, I would be using the handle of the toothbrush to squeeze the remainder of the toothpaste out of the near empty tube of toothpaste. And then I would make the trip to a nearby 24 hour service station to buy another packet of toothpaste to last me until my next grocery shop.

Btw, did you notice that people said not to use mouthwash, as it destroys the mouth's biome? If you were to get lucky, you would not use mouthwash also because it lessens the likelihood of getting a strong erection. The nitric oxide helps with vasodilation. You want a stronger erection, don't destroy the bacteria that helps produce nitric oxide.

Source: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-to-increase-nitric-oxide#limit-mouthwas...

Frank wrote on May 21^st, 2024 at 7:21pm:


Yes, I am well aware of the way we need to look after our teeth by brushing a certain way. I have checked my teeth often after brushing. Sometimes, I have another go a detail brushing certain parts of the mouth so that there is not orange-brown staining of the incisors. Then I try to look at the back teeth as far as I can pull the mouth back, to see if the back teeth are discoloured that I might have to spend 5 minutes brushing just one section of the mouth to try and revive a healthy colour. For the rest, flossing/piksters helps clear up any build up of plaque. On a few occasions, I managed to remove small chunks of the tartar (or whatever the term for it is called). Most of it is removed yearly with dentician intervention.

Last year, my dentist told me that the best way of brushing your teeth is to not wash your mouth out after brushing your teeth. She said the toothpaste helps remineralise your teeth.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-22/australians-using-superannuation-for-dent...

Daves2017 wrote on May 22^nd, 2024 at 11:18pm:


Jeez - I hope 30% of my treatments are wasted.... better to be safe than sad, eh?  What would you all do without me?

What a great name - Margaret FAUX ..... sort of like my comment on the winning painting at the art gallery - would look terrific on a railway station wall somewhere on La Rive Gauche ..... such an artist could and should be hung anywhere ....  no wonder they hate me... then there was the intro to the Deputy Lady Mayor and my saying to her that there was no need to apologise in front of everyone (she's actually quite nice)...  I AM a conscientious bastard ....

greggerypeccary wrote on May 23^rd, 2024 at 10:44am:


What was the question that got you that answer?

Daves2017 wrote on May 23^rd, 2024 at 10:24pm:


We had the dentist at schools in primary school. Our teeth still fell out. Educating children on dental hygiene will not stop the need for dentists. They already have a backlog of people on waiting lists for dental treatment.