Cleaning your Teeth: Classic or Dud?

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I take real pride in my dental hygene. I just brushed and flossed my teeth with utmost care and deliberation, and now I feel intensely satisfied as I run my tongue along them.

However, I hear that there are some people who don't enjoy brushing their teeth. What's the deal with that?

― Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 27 December 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i never brush my teeth and yet i have never had a cavity or any problems with them. and i have good breath, apparently.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 27 December 2003 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

goddamn lucky s.o.b.

actually i have nobody to blame for my cavities but myself. i should have lovely teeth but i was v slapdash for years, mostly during my late teens/early 20s. now i have very good dental care standards but the damage has largely been done. they probably won't fall out any time soon but some work is required.

so cleaning your teeth is classic, and should be done whether you enjoy it or not.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Saturday, 27 December 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't even take a sip of a beverage in the morning without taking about five minutes to brush my teeth and tongue thoroughly first. I feel like brushing my teeth is of utmost importance in my A.M. routine, and about three times a week I will sit down in the P.M. and floss my teeth. I can't operate any other way. Ergo, I second Andrew's and Jim's emotions.

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 27 December 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i bought myself one of those fancy sonic toothbrushes last year, and it's so wonderful. you have that 'just had the dentist clean your teeth' feeling every day.

totally classic.

― colette (a2lette), Saturday, 27 December 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

i have a pronounced mouthwash fetish. complete classic.

― mike bott, Saturday, 27 December 2003 05:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh! If you feel like flossing me, and brushing in a circular motion!
http://windom.cybox.com/ilana/misc/teeth.jpg

― Aaron A., Saturday, 27 December 2003 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Brushing your teeth is so played out.

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 27 December 2003 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I tend to chew sang instead.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 27 December 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

SAND. Urgh.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 27 December 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I clean my teeth dozens of times every day. I love that 'just brushed minty fresh' sensation so much I really ought to buy shares in Colgate.

― C J (C J), Saturday, 27 December 2003 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Brushing your teeth is classic. As scientifically proven by numerous Glastonbury experiences you can be as dirty and smelly and mud-encrusted and generally minging as possible - but as long as you mouth feels clean, you feel clean.

Until the very second you step off the site and back into the real world, that is.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 27 December 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I've just started flossing every other day. Dunno about everything else, but I certainly FEEL better. Whether or not I actually have healthier teeth is another question.

Saying that, one of my teeth bites the wrong way, so it doesn't matter what I do, I've got a repulsive mouth for life.

I heard the other day that mouthwash has more sugar in it than cola. Is this a blatent lie? It sounds dodgy to me, and theres nothing on the bottle that says that its got loads of sugar in it.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Saturday, 27 December 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

It's got alcohol in it, hasn't it? I'm sure I read a story once about a guy who was involved in some minor car accident on his way out one evening and failed a breathalyser test despite not having had anything to drink. The mouthwash he had just used was responsible for distorting the reading, or something.

― C J (C J), Saturday, 27 December 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

YEARS! & YEARS! of NEGLECT!
(hoping i'll turn out more like jess than esoj in this regard, then)
(who can afford toothpaste & shit, anyway?)

― etc, Sunday, 28 December 2003 08:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Prioritise, etc - wipe yr arse with Countdown circulars. Toothpaste is u & k. though baking soda may be substituted if you are poor and/or Hard.

― petra jane (petra jane), Sunday, 28 December 2003 09:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I brush anywhere from 2 to 4 times a day, flossing twice (i.e. after I eat anything fibrous -- veggies/fruits and meats all). I have had 4 cavities due to neglect in the past, but a healthy dose of the phear of pain has reformed me. But I have a gap in between my back upper molars so that food is likelier to fall in and get stuck, which is very difficult to floss out, leading to more inflamed/infected gums.

And bloody hell is it a grebt feeling to have a clean mouth.

― Leee Marvin (Leee), Sunday, 28 December 2003 09:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I have the same gap as Leee, and it's irritating as fuck. My teeth are pretty well looked after by English standards, though I probbaly floss twice a week rather than twice a day. I have started using mouthwash, though I am unconvinced it actually does anything. Can anyone argue its case?

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 28 December 2003 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Ive heard it does more harm than good. It kills everything in yr mouth - good and bad - and encourages sores and ulcers as a result.

I brush and never floss (unless something's really stuck), but I developed a habit of vigourously swishing water around/thru my teeth many times a day, from when I had braces on my teeth, and I feel this has helped as I dont have bad teef at all. Havent been to a dentist in over 10 years.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 28 December 2003 11:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Flossing is about twice as good for your teeth as brushing, my hygenist tells me. A huge number of people have hideously unhealthy gums, despite having white teeth.

― Andrew (enneff), Sunday, 28 December 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I have started using mouthwash, though I am unconvinced it actually does anything. Can anyone argue its case?

Some mouthwash brands are much better than others. If you can get one that doesn't contain alcohol then you're going to be better off in the long run.

― Andrew (enneff), Sunday, 28 December 2003 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

My teeth are so horribly crooked from dear mother deciding Orthodontic work wasn't worth the money & getting some hack dentist to remove 5 teeth instead so the crooked ones wld at least have more room (the bottom front teeth actually overlap each other by a couple of mm) that if i floss it GETS STUCK and causes all sorts of sitcom-esque hilarity!

― petra jane (petra jane), Sunday, 28 December 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Investing in an electric tootbrush was one of the wisest purchasing decisions I've ever made. No way will go back to manual powered.

Also tongue scrapers rule.

Cleen teeth: classic

― Nik (Nik), Sunday, 28 December 2003 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

What's exactly bad about mouthwash with alcohol? Loads better than anti-bacterial wash, isn't it?

― Leee Marvin (Leee), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Markleby, I use mouthwash when my gums start feeling tender in between my back molars to disinfect it, but otherwise I don't bother with it.

And like Trayce, braces instilled my current dogmaticism when it comes to clean teeth -- though it should be noted that the reason you might not have had any cavities is because you're just not predisposed to it.

― Leee Marvin (Leee), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

fucking hell these threads keep popping up to gross me out. brush your teeth, people! And floss every day or your gums will bleed and get puffy and your breath will make everyone sick. There are very fine, thin flosses on the market (OralB Ultrafloss, in particular) which shouldn't be a problem with crowded teeth.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I have crowded teeth and use the thin flosses which usually shred between my teeth and then make them ache with a hunk of floss stuck between them or slip through and slice open my gums. I don't floss as often as I should. I just got some Aqua Fresh Extra Extreme Clean toothpaste which tastes bad and makes you look like a rabid dog (extra foamy!) but makes your teeth feel clean. I do have gross breath (I do my best to brush my tongue) but it's ok as I don't expect anyone to be kissing me anytime soon.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

you don't need mouthwash, you need tongue scrapers

― Nik (Nik), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

i use the tongue scaper i like it i use the mouthwash with alcohol but since i read that it can be bad for u im gonna start using the kind without alcohol

― brittnee patterson, Monday, 1 May 2006 21:22 (twenty years ago)

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