Haha. I've been flossing every day for several years now. A dental hygienist pointed out several studies a while back that showed a correlation between gum health and (absence of) heart disease, so after decades of resistance I was like, fuck it, I'm in.
I'm just a notorious procrastinator. Not to mention lazy. The good news is I got an A+ from the doc today, and haven't had any tooth problems in years.
Like you said, it's the gums and underlying bone I need to be worried about over the teeth anyway.
Once again, I'm resolving to do better, we'll see if it happens.
I used to be a flossing nazi. Now I floss when I remember. Also, if I chewed tobacco I floss because I have convinced myself that using floss to flick the tobacco bits out from between my teeth will prevent me from getting mouth cancer.
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Haha. I've been flossing every day for several years now. A dental hygienist pointed out several studies a while back that showed a correlation between gum health and (absence of) heart disease, so after decades of resistance I was like, fuck it, I'm in.
I'm just a notorious procrastinator. Not to mention lazy. The good news is I got an A+ from the doc today, and haven't had any tooth problems in years.
Like you said, it's the gums and underlying bone I need to be worried about over the teeth anyway.
Once again, I'm resolving to do better, we'll see if it happens.
I would like to see a study of the number of people who floss daily. My dentist acts as if I am the only person who doesn't.
I am betting it is less than 1% of the population.
I used to be a flossing nazi. Now I floss when I remember. Also, if I chewed tobacco I floss because I have convinced myself that using floss to flick the tobacco bits out from between my teeth will prevent me from getting mouth cancer.
Why don't I just stop dipping??
"Once again, I'm resolving to do better, we'll see if it happens."
Yeah... that's not going to happen.
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