Dental Hygiene thread

[Anonymous No.11580410]

How long do you use toothbrushes for, /ck/? I use a normal soft toothbrush for a month and a half.

Apparently, that's too long. I should be switching it every week.

Also, is it true that electric toothbrushes aren't worth the hype?

[Anonymous No.11580416]

it actually doesn't matter
as long as you brush after every meal, you're good. Use a toothbrush until it falls apart, if you want.

[Anonymous No.11580418]

They're now designing toothbrushes with weak handles that snap after a while. I've had several toothbrushes snap in half while brushing. It's no accident.

[Anonymous No.11580419]

>>11580410
>implying ive brushed my teeth this year

[Anonymous No.11580421]

>>11580419

[Anonymous No.11580423]

>>11580410
dentists recommend electric because it's more effective than trying to teach everyone proper technique.

[Anonymous No.11580424]

>>11580423
who are you to make that call

[Anonymous No.11580428]

Dental assistant.

AMA

[Anonymous No.11580433]

>>11580428
give me money

[Anonymous No.11580434]

"Hijacking" the thread with a question for the /his/ boys here:
Considering brushing our teeth is a fairly "new" concept, how was dental hygiene in Ye Olde Days?
I know it was pretty shit and all, but why do we stick to it so strongly nowadays when it was otherwise "natural" to not brush our teeth?

[Anonymous No.11580441]

>>11580428
best toothpaste? don't give me the dentist shilled sensodyne shit
is electric worth it?

[Anonymous No.11580452]

>>11580434
IF you didn’t eat sugar or carbohydrates you wouldn’t need to brush your chompers

[Anonymous No.11580456]

>>11580410
I'm 3/4ths of the way through Dental school, if any of you have any questions about this stuff.

OP, Electric toothbrushes absolutely ARE worth the hype because most people are absolutely terrible at brushing their teeth. They don't brush the right places, or brush too hard resulting in a lot of chronic irreversible problems. Theoretically there is no difference but unless you are going to watch youtube videos on the modified Stillman's technique and copy what you see there exactly then just get an electric brush. It gets the motion down perfect and most of them have a force feedback sensor for when you're brushing too hard.

Follow the package directions on when to replace your brush, there's usually some kind of color indicator on the nylon bristles.

>>11580428
>>11580433
LMAO dental assistants make like 20$ an hour tops

[Anonymous No.11580466]

>>11580441
No offense bro but dental assistants don't really get any education on this stuff. Sensodyne is only useful if you have sensitivity, otherwise the cheapest shit you can get that has Sodium or Stannous Fluoride is good enough.

The real rip off is the Tom's of Maine bullshit that is basically nice flavor paste that does absolutely nothing for your teeth. You might as well be brushing with water at that point and saving money.

[Anonymous No.11580470]

>>11580424
I didn't my dentist did. He said some people get too lazy to use proper technique so electric for them

[Anonymous No.11580475]

>>11580434
>>11580452
This is true but is a more complex question. People had a lot of sand/ground stone in their diets from millstones which made teeth wear down very quickly. Additionally, the type of diet carbs you eat influences how severe tooth loss is on a population level through regulation of something called Parotid releasing hormone.

[Anonymous No.11580479]

>>11580470
He's right, most of you mouth-breathers are WAY too unreliable to brush your teeth properly

[Anonymous No.11580486]

>>11580433
No u

>>11580441
Sensodyne does work for sensitivity. If you don't have sensitivity, then any toothpaste is fine (own brand is good, price doesn't matter). It's all about technique.

You want pic related. Hold it above the gingival line (where gum meets tooth), then on the tooth itself for 3 seconds each, on all sides of the tooth.

Electric toothbrushes are the goat, not even meming. If you brush too hard with a manual you'll end up with receding gums. With an electrical, you hold it lightly on each tooth and it does all the work for you.

[Anonymous No.11580495]

>>11580428
the front upper part of my tooth has been chipped for several years, should I do something about it or continue to ignore it?

[Anonymous No.11580502]

>>11580466
>toms
fuck all that natural shit. I bought Dr. Bronner's once and it felt like I was brushing my teeth with sand.

[Anonymous No.11580503]

>>11580495
Get it checked out and have an X-Ray at least (especially if you bashed your face/tooth)
If it's bothering you, it could probably be easily restored with a composite.

[Anonymous No.11580505]

>>11580502
The entire purpose of toothpaste is a fluoride delivery vehicle. It has no other purpose than that. No fluoride, no point in using it.

[Anonymous No.11580511]

>>11580495
>>11580503
If it's a very light chip it's probably not worth the trouble. Dentist will have to shave away more enamel to make sure the composite has enough surface to stick to. Only worth it if it is causing you sensitivity or the appearance of it bothers you.

[Anonymous No.11580529]

>>11580511
>it's only worth it if it's worth it

[Anonymous No.11580538]

>>11580428
What do you do for a living?

[Anonymous No.11580539]

>>11580505
Surely it's an abrasive as well, not just a delivery vehicle?
Otherwise, why not just slather our teeth in Fluoridated gel? We need to remove debris and plaque too.

[Anonymous No.11580541]

>>11580538
Guess.

[Anonymous No.11580549]

>>11580529
No I'm saying removing otherwise healthy tooth structure to fix something that may not really a problem just puts you as risk of causing additional problems for yourself. Very small class IV restorations are basically begging to come off every few years which is very good for your dentist but not so good for anon.

Unfortunately being around a lot of Dentists day in and day out made me very aware that a large percentage of dentists would be glad to pretend that it's a problem and make a little free money when it may not be. It's why having a dentist you trust is very important, not all of us are very ethical, sadly.

>>11580539
Plaque removal comes from action of the bristles, nothing to do with the toothpaste. Abrasive dentrifices do exist but having normal people use them on a regular basis is asking for pic related to happen

[Anonymous No.11580573]

>>11580549
>New FB ad meme product comes out
>It's coarse Prophy Paste
>Advertised as safe for daily use for whitening
Just imagine it.

[Anonymous No.11580576]

>>11580573
>le happy merchant in scrubs and dentist's white coat rubbing his hands together and smiling
Someone's going to make a lot of money from fixing that gingival recession and cervical abrasion

[Anonymous No.11580596]

Excellent

[Anonymous No.11580600]

>>11580428
Most certainly don't want to sound /pol/, but which ethnic/racial group have the worse dental hygiene?

[Anonymous No.11580615]

>>11580600
>Immigrants from a 2nd or 3rd world country
It's like they don't know that they supposed to clean their mouths. It's tragic that so many people lose their teeth from a lack of basic awareness of hygiene.

Otherwise, it's the same for everyone else who's born here - I've not noticed a distinct correlation.

[Anonymous No.11580629]

>>11580615
>>11580600
FOB chinks have terrible dental problems because they don't brush and smoke like chimneys

Past them, Hispanics born abroad are really bad because they all seem to have this same belief that the back teeth don't matter and that it's only the front ones that do.

For actual Americans, I've noticed a distinct cluster of white upper middle class hipsters with awful teeth who do shit like pass out without brushing their teeth often b/c weed/booze and have a pretty poor diet.

One of my patients is in her early 30s and we just wrote out a $25k treatment plan for her including multiple extractions/implants because she just can't get behind brushing her teeth as often as she should. She's basically being worked to death to pay off a bunch of student loans and is dealing with a combo of weed mouth and depression and teeth are rotting as a result.

[Anonymous No.11580632]

>>11580541
Professional suckboi?

[Anonymous No.11580634]

>>11580632
;^)

[Anonymous No.11580639]

>>11580634
Kek

[Anonymous No.11580646]

>>11580629
Fuck that last part's sad.
Is she planning for dentures or bridges?
I'm guessing implants are out of the picture if she can't maintain herself.

[Anonymous No.11580653]

>>1158064
Ignore the part about implants, my bad

[Anonymous No.11580659]

>>11580646
We had a pretty serious talk about her habits and I *think* she's on the straight and narrow now although we still have a few months before the socket fills in and we can start thinking about what to do next. Obviously for someone in their 30s the though of dentures is traumatic but if things don't stay stable for the next few months it might be necessary

[Anonymous No.11580681]

>not brushing your teeth with handfuls river gravel
Get fucked, zoomers.

[Anonymous No.11580946]

Have fun calcifying your penal gland fluoride fags

[Anonymous No.11580961]

>>11580421

[Anonymous No.11580965]

>>11580410
I have a Sonic Care. I run the brush head thru the dishwasher roughly once a week and replace the head once every few months.

>>11580418
Somehow, I think the lawsuits resulting from a snapped handle cutting up a customer's cheek would dissuade Big Tooth Brush from doing this.