Oral hygiene

Brush twice a day with an electric toothbrush and get a Waterpik water flosser. They are brilliant. Once you're done, brush your tongue(!) and also rinse with mouthwash. My dentist says I only need to come once a year if that.

Pushing 50 and yet to have a filling :)
 
mexico1970 said:
I'm fortunate enough to have a dentist but the ticking time bomb of Russian farmers teeth is nearly upon us, self dentistry is an only option for some and even the ones who can afford Turkish teeth will be looking grim when the veneers chip and scratch.
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It is a disgrace that dentistry in the UK is not seen as essential health service. I have to use private and have insurance through work thankfully. My 2 children are on NHS, however my 7 month old cannot get in that dentist as they aren't taking on.

Something like 90% of dentists aren't taking on NHS patients anymore. Factor in a cost of living crisis it will only get worse as people cannot afford private.
 
GoatersLeftShin said:
Brush twice a day with an electric toothbrush and get a Waterpik water flosser. They are brilliant. Once you're done, brush your tongue(!) and also rinse with mouthwash. My dentist says I only need to come once a year if that.

Pushing 50 and yet to have a filling :)
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Pushing 60 and never had a filling without all that bollocks.

Brush in the morning with your brush of choice and do the same in the evening.

Water flosser? Fucking hell.
 
I have to see a hygenist due to bleeding gums. Advised to use interdental brushes twice a day. I was told mouthash is pointless and to avoid crunchie bars
 
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth,
And spotted the perils beneath,
All the toffees I chewed,
And the sweet sticky food,
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth.

I wish I'd been that much more willin'
When I had more tooth there than fillin'
To pass up gobstoppers,
From respect to me choppers
And to buy something else with me shillin'.

When I think of the lollies I licked,
And the liquorice allsorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs, big and little,
All that hard peanut brittle,
My conscience gets horribly pricked.

My Mother, she told me no end,
"If you got a tooth, you got a friend"
I was young then, and careless,
My toothbrush was hairless,
I never had much time to spend.

Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right,
I flashed it about late at night,
But up-and-down brushin'
And pokin' and fussin'
Didn't seem worth the time... I could bite!

If I'd known I was paving the way,
To cavities, caps and decay,
The murder of fiIlin's
Injections and drillin's
I'd have thrown all me sherbet away.

So I lay in the old dentist's chair,
And I gaze up his nose in despair,
And his drill it do whine,
In these molars of mine,
"Two amalgum," he'll say, "for in there."

How I laughed at my Mother's false teeth,
As they foamed in the waters beneath,
But now comes the reckonin'
It's me they are beckonin'
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth.


Pam Ayres
 
I had a thing called a Perodontal clean, bottom week 1 and top week 2, fuck that was painful, they get under you gum to remove bacteria. Cost me $1000 but I'm assured I needed it being as I'm a FOC
 
RadcliffeRick said:
Brushing and inter-dental cleaning is for pussies!
I've never needed to visit a desist and I have perfect Idaho teeth.

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It was funny when I first moved out here and went to a dentist in Wyoming (still my dentist to this day) the guy gave me a check out and thought I must never had been to a dentist in my life. When I explained that my folks had made me do regular trips in my youth, he called the whole practice in to show them my X Rays, everyone had a good chortle ( myself included) and they all laughed having heard how terrible English dentists were and then actually seeing it, realised it was true
 
idahoblues said:
It was funny when I first moved out here and went to a dentist in Wyoming (still my dentist to this day) the guy gave me a check out and thought I must never had been to a dentist in my life. When I explained that my folks had made me do regular trips in my youth, he called the whole practice in to show them my X Rays, everyone had a good chortle ( myself included) and they all laughed having heard how terrible English dentists were and then actually seeing it, realised it was true
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When I was a kid in the 60s with NHS dentist it was either, drill out a ton of tooth and fill it with metal or rip the fucker out completely.
 
Avoid crisps! Crisps (the starch in them and the way they get stuck in your teeth and the bacteria that grows there) are the worst food for your teeth.

Also don’t eat too many sugary foods and drinks. Any food you eat, have a good floss/tooth pick afterwards. And a regular once a day brush of the teeth will see you with decent enough teeth for life.
 
You know in the 1930s in the north of this country it was quite common for as a 21st birthday gift (key of the door and all that) for parents to pay for complete teeth extraction and full set of dentures. The rationale was that all subsequent pain and high costs would be avoided. Unbelievable.
 
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