This article says there’s a racist aspect to brushing your teeth before you go to the dentist. I disagree. I always brush my teeth before I go to the dentist, but it has nothing to do with racism. Why do some people insist on seeing racism everywhere?

Wordpress ^ | March 16, 2023 | Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

[Clutch Martin]

When I was in the military there was a hygienist that everybody went to over at the army base and she was a PYT. The joke was to eat oreos before a visit so it would take longer for her to clean your teeth...

[Political Junkie Too]

Just little things like that to protect myself from being treated unfairly,” she told researchers.

How about protecting yourself from being misdiagnosed?

Bad breath? Body odor? Dirty teeth? Oily skin?

These could easily be symptoms of something that could throw off a doctor.

-PJ

[Red Badger]

Brushin yo teefes is raciss!..................

[drSteve78]

Sir Charles looks so good in that photo that I know that he smells so good. (And i have long covid anosmia)

True story, University of Maryland, sophomore year, roommate for two weeks for this skinny white boy was best smelling person i’ve ever known, a first gay person before anyone was gay. Big black guy from Baltimore, walking around in a purple bathrobe, wearing a Burger King paper crown, telling everyone his name was King Jerome and that he was looking to find his clone.

[NorthMountain]

Hell, I brush my teeth even if I’m not going to the dentist!

That has the salubrious effect of reducing work needed when you do visit the dentist.

[LizzieD]

Strange that bathing and teeth-brushing would be presented as “special” activities prior to doctor or dentist appointments. YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME!!! (If you only do it for appointments, the judgement you’re trying to avoid is probably valid.)

[Clutch Martin]

What has 88 legs and 7 teeth?

The front row of Johnny Cash concert

[drSteve78]

Hey, dat be Window Wiper Willie! Ah know heem.

[Socon-Econ]

Answer: because they are racists themselves.

[waterhill]

I know an old black dude that flosses his teeth with yarn.

[Red Badger]

....Me too!................

[GOPJ]

Lots of doctors look down on people without lots of money... They don’t discriminate - no matter your color - they want to see wealth.

I listened to a doctor go on and on about ‘Jesus cases’ (poor people who might not be able to pay their bills) then asked him if HE was paid no matter what (hospital doctor) and he said, ‘yeah, costs were passed on to the folks with insurance’. So I told him since he was being paid - and I was one of the people with great insurance, and I was getting hit up for the costs, I expected him to be nice to the people who were poor. Really doctors can be A-holes.

[nuconvert]

Ha. When I was growing up, my parents dressed us up for Dr visits so that we didn’t look like a hoople. Lol

[Skywise]

Same here (though the shower might be the night before) but if I can brush before seeing the dentist I do. Who wants to subject their dentist to either food or coffee breath?!

How is that racist or white? It’s just courtesy!

[Red Badger]

[waterhill]

He’s 91

[RatRipper]

I pay no attention to what racist idiots think.

[Manic_Episode]

I like to eat garlic and sardines on my way over to my appointment. I exhale on his little mirror too.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I brush my teeth every morning and every evening. If a dentist happens to look in my mouth between those two events, so be it.

[cotton1706]