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Going to sleep without brushing your teeth?

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Red Squirrel said:
Also if you drink pop or anything acidic, don't brush your teeth right away, drink water. Now this is just my theory and I could be wrong on this but basicaly my theory is that acidic stuff may soften your enamel and if you brush you are potentially damaging it. Drink water after drinking anything acidic or sugary any time during the day.
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If that's really your own theory, then it's pretty astute. A lot of recent advice on dental care follows these lines, including the recommendation to not brush immediately after any meal.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...rushing-teeth-meals-actually-damage-them.html
 
KeithTalent said:
Pretty sure they had the language before you guys anyway.
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And they've thoroughly fucked up their interpretation of it ever since we took ownership. Thankfully, we're subjected to their fingernails-on-a-blackboard version of the language only occasionally.
 
Leyawiin said:
One day? Not much. Make a habit out of it - cavities and gum disease.
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Lump quote, no?

I don't brush my teeth before going to bed. I have had one cavity in the last 15 years and no gum disease. Now compare that to my wife, where dental care is a religion, and I do better than her. FTW!

Maybe a bunch of you just have shitty teeth. :colbert:
 
BarkingGhostar said:
Lump quote, no?

I don't brush my teeth before going to bed. I have had one cavity in the last 15 years and no gum disease. Now compare that to my wife, where dental care is a religion, and I do better than her. FTW!

Maybe a bunch of you just have shitty teeth. :colbert:
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Could it be genetics?

People have told me that if you brush your teeth too much you can strip the protective coating off your teeth. I don't know how true that is.
 
I made a habit of it for years. I only recently broke it once I bought my Sonic Care toothbrush.

What a world of difference. Your teeth are really nasty by the end of the day and I noticed my plaque is no where near as much as before.
 
crownjules said:
It's the increased human life span and our modern diet that is to blame. The bacteria that cause tooth decay feast on sugars and other short-chain carbs.
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I don't think the lifespan has too much to do with it. Many primates live as long as we do. In fact, humanity has never really seen an increase in true lifespan. Our average lifespan as calculated, and its persistent rise throughout recent history, is due to an increasing chance of infants living a decent and healthy life. Infants and kids had it bad early in life, and some adults were more likely to die from stupid diseases than those of us today. But those that did survive what we all survive through today, they still lived into their 70s and 80s, even going back thousands of years.

And I suspect their teeth were *mostly* just fine. Again, as it was pointed out earlier, the daily average diet has almost everything to do with it. And even when sugars were involved, the natural diets were far more wholesome, including a lot of natural bacteria that simply grew on everything. The human mouth likely had a biodiversity unlike what we have today, which thanks to the over-processed and overly-protected way of life, has led the bad bacteria to out-compete any other bacteria. And ignoring that difference, sugars consumed in antiquity were far more complex, save for that found in fruit, and many meals likely had a certain quality that helped scrape away any early plaque/tartar, much like those shaped treats we give our pets. Scraping away tartar goes a long way toward preserving teeth.
 
Leyawiin said:
One day? Not much. Make a habit out of it - cavities and gum disease.
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I make a habit out of it and my dentist praises me every 6 months. I rarely brush my teeth more than once a day but I always make it vigorous, sustained (much more than 2 minutes) and use real Listerine. My electric toothbrush probably also has something to do with it.
 
I make sure to flush my mouth generously with repeated quaffs of strong alcohol before I slumber.

This is superior to brushing.
 
Omar F1 said:
I brush them after breakfast, lunch (when at home) & after dinner, I don't see the point in washing them before bed.
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I don't understand these people at work. You walk on them in the bathroom, brushing their teeth at the public sink, and they finish up quickly as if you walked in on them jacking off.

and they should, the freaks. Why do people do this to their bodies?
 
Carson Dyle said:
A lot of recent advice on dental care follows these lines, including the recommendation to not brush immediately after any meal.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...rushing-teeth-meals-actually-damage-them.html
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I'll take a look and search more, because that's what I do.

zinfamous said:
I don't understand these people at work. You walk on them in the bathroom, brushing their teeth at the public sink, and they finish up quickly as if you walked in on them jacking off.

and they should, the freaks. Why do people do this to their bodies?
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Honestly I did it at work for few times on my first year, definitely a bad idea.
 
zinfamous said:
I don't understand these people at work. You walk on them in the bathroom, brushing their teeth at the public sink, and they finish up quickly as if you walked in on them jacking off.

and they should, the freaks. Why do people do this to their bodies?
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Seems like an odd place to do it. On similar subject, another thing I don't understand is sometimes in parking lots I see floss sticks on the ground.

How does that end up there? Do people randomly decide to floss their teeth in their car? lol I wonder if they do it while driving. 😱
 
zinfamous said:
I don't understand these people at work. You walk on them in the bathroom, brushing their teeth at the public sink, and they finish up quickly as if you walked in on them jacking off.

and they should, the freaks. Why do people do this to their bodies?
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It's weird, I am not a germ freak, but I find those people brushing their teeth in the work bathroom, absolutely nauseating. D:

KT
 
KeithTalent said:
It's weird, I am not a germ freak, but I find those people brushing their teeth in the work bathroom, absolutely nauseating. D:





KT
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Yeah but you're weird yourself. I find no issues with it and recommend individuals brush more often. You're actually making fun of people for keeping good health?
 
Zstream said:
Yeah but you're weird yourself. I find no issues with it and recommend individuals brush more often. You're actually making fun of people for keeping good health?
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Where did I make fun of them? Just said that I, me, personally, the guy posting this, find it nauseating. Also, I am definitely weird, so you got me there.

KT
 
Red Squirrel said:
Seems like an odd place to do it. On similar subject, another thing I don't understand is sometimes in parking lots I see floss sticks on the ground.

How does that end up there? Do people randomly decide to floss their teeth in their car? lol I wonder if they do it while driving. 😱
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I floss my teeth anytime I happen to feel something inbetween my teeth. I had a bad cavity that eventually had to be root canaled and crowned that occurred between my 2 back molars. All preventable by flossing which I never did before. This has basically created an almost OCD tendency to keep my teeth clean and floss religiously. I mean, I wont floss at a dinner table but sitting in my office alone or driving, sure thing. I use those flossers so it is easier to floss stealthily if needed

KeithTalent said:
It's weird, I am not a germ freak, but I find those people brushing their teeth in the work bathroom, absolutely nauseating. D:

KT
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As long as you dont set your toothbrush down somewhere dirty and keep in mind that this is a public bathroom, I dont see what there is to be nauseated about. Sure there might be a guy blowing up the stall but the concentrated freshmint smell of the toothpaste kinda abates that.
 
a dentist friend of my once said it was the processed nature of our normal foods that do the most damage.

about a week or so ago one of those articles linked on the yahoo page was about how an american was spotted when overseas, clean/cared for teeth was in the top ten reasons 😀
 
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