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Flossing your teeth can be a waste of time-and do more HARM than good, leading dental expert claims
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | 10/15/2015 | Jane Symons

Posted on 10/15/2015 11:05:04 AM PDT by simpson96

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To: A CA Guy

Hadn’t ever heard of that theory of arteriosclerosis.

The hygiene diagrams will doubtless tell you to use flat floss and do a careful tooth hugging thing from the top down to the gum on each side. I don’t know if there has been scientific comparison between that degree of assiduousness and just flicking the floss down to the gum just enough to knock out any gross particles that the brush won’t get.


41 posted on 10/15/2015 11:32:29 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: simpson96

Frank Zappa— dental floss tycoon

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


42 posted on 10/15/2015 11:36:34 AM PDT by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: Slyfox

Crowns? Try implants.

If you want your mouth REALLY clean, start out with hand sanitizer, rinse and spit. Follow with “Joy” lemon dishwashing liquid, brush vigorously, rinse and spit. Next, hydrogen peroxide, let it do its thing, brushing at the gum line.

If you lift your lip away, you will see a number of white areas on the gums, especially at the gum line, Dip your still-wet tooth brush into 20 Mule Team Borax, take a mouth full of water, and again brush pretty thoroughly. Include the insides of the cheeks and the tongue. Rinse and spit, a couple of times.

The next drink of water you have, straight from the tap, will taste like the cleanest, freshest water you ever sipped.

You are no longer tasting the inside of your mouth, but water as it REALLY tastes.


43 posted on 10/15/2015 11:38:08 AM PDT by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: Jewbacca

Being of British extraction, and over 50, and on my third set of teeth, I say stay away from Brit teeth pullers!!


44 posted on 10/15/2015 11:39:26 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: simpson96

Yeah...like I’m taking advice from a dentist...from England, for cripes sakes!


45 posted on 10/15/2015 11:41:48 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: simpson96

Although dental hygiene is very important, the truth is that hereditary issues make a huge difference. There are just some people whose mouth make a great septic tank for the dental caries bacteria. So even given the same dental hygiene protocols, some people will get more cavities than others.


46 posted on 10/15/2015 11:43:20 AM PDT by Paradox (Not on the Trump Bandwagon, but I do enjoy the show.)
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To: alloysteel

I brush with baking soda straight out of the box.


47 posted on 10/15/2015 11:44:23 AM PDT by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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To: Paradox

Note to self: {whenever food is caught between teeth, use toothpick or floss to remove.} That is all.


48 posted on 10/15/2015 11:45:24 AM PDT by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

All I know is anything that gets stuff from in your teeth into the bloodstream is not good for you.


49 posted on 10/15/2015 11:45:39 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: simpson96

Give it enough time and flossing will cause “mouth cancer and gum disease”. “Medical Advice” seems to fluctuate every 10 years or so.


50 posted on 10/15/2015 11:47:11 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (This Hispanic wants a wall, the National Guard, and turrets guarding our border)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

See #34.....

BTW.... I only use those little plastic plackers.


51 posted on 10/15/2015 11:52:02 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: simpson96

Dental advice from the British.

That is rich....


52 posted on 10/15/2015 11:52:23 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

in local libraries
"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

53 posted on 10/15/2015 11:52:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: simpson96

The purpose of flossing is to knock out any particles trapped between your teeth. That’s what causes cavities. When I was younger I got quite a few cavities. Since I started flossing twice a day when I brush my teeth I have had zero cavities. It takes less than a minute to run a piece of floss between all your teeth.


54 posted on 10/15/2015 11:54:21 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Is the pope Catholic?)
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To: V_TWIN

“Now, one leading expert has warned that if not performed correctly, flossing can actually do more harm than good.”

IF NOT PERFORMED CORRECTLY, CAN CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD. No kidding, Sherlock!

Where do they get these experts?!?


55 posted on 10/15/2015 11:56:02 AM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: simpson96

What toothpaste do dentists use?

Do they floss?


56 posted on 10/15/2015 12:00:02 PM PDT by donna (Pray for Revival.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Israel inherited some British dental practices and there is a generation of Israelis with terrible teeth. Plus we use a lot of well water, which is heavy in fluoride, which will discolor teeth.

Younger folks all have braces and nice straight capped teeth.

One of the gifts to my children was to make sure they had nice American teeth.


57 posted on 10/15/2015 12:04:33 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: simpson96

My dentist attributes my lack of cavities and periodontal problems to my faithful flossing.


58 posted on 10/15/2015 12:11:38 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Jewbacca

Way to go!


59 posted on 10/15/2015 12:12:11 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: simpson96

Well, I am an anti dentite soooo


60 posted on 10/15/2015 12:12:51 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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