Originally Posted by -King-:
How often do you floss O.City? How many people still think they can get away with lying about how much they floss?
Every night brah.
My hygienist grills people about their habits all the time, I don't anymore. I have a big window in my office, I've extracted teeth and watched people walk out the door, stand in front of my window and light a cigarette after I just said "don't smoke, it increases risk of dry socket".
They always say "oh yeah, I brush and floss daily". So your gums bleed when I touch them because....? Or that shit that looks like bread on your teeth just got there in the last 30 minutes? Ok. Cool.
People are gonna do what they want. They don't listen. I just tell them their options and they can choose what they wanna do.
"I care as much about your teeth as you do". [Reply]
My hygienist grills people about their habits all the time, I don't anymore. I have a big window in my office, I've extracted teeth and watched people walk out the door, stand in front of my window and light a cigarette after I just said "don't smoke, it increases risk of dry socket".
They always say "oh yeah, I brush and floss daily". So your gums bleed when I touch them because....? Or that shit that looks like bread on your teeth just got there in the last 30 minutes? Ok. Cool.
People are gonna do what they want. They don't listen. I just tell them their options and they can choose what they wanna do.
"I care as much about your teeth as you do".
THEN STOP ASKING ME IF I FLOSS!!!! WE BOTH KNOW I DON'T, GODDAMMIT!
Same dentist for 10 years and every time "how's flossing going...."
Dude, you just had your hygienist tattoo my gums for 10 minutes and my mouth tastes like I got punched. Oh, and when she tried to floss she kept wrecking the string because my wisdom teeth are in all the way and that shit's hard to get in and out because I have pretty much no clearance there.
Everyone in this room knows I didn't floss. Why do you need me to tell you this again? [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
O, can you whiten a dead tooth? Asking bc I don’t want to get a ****ing cap if I don’t have to
Have you had endo (root canal) done on said tooth?
Saw your edit. If it's intrinsic like that, it's tough to do without a crown or veneer. You can do the internal bleaching and get good results but it can take a bit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
O, can you whiten a dead tooth with normal hydrogen peroxide whitening? Asking bc I don’t want to get a ****ing cap if I don’t have to.
Edit: tooth was whitened already with a route canal/bleach, but there’s a thin line at the top that’s bothering me bc it’s not whitened.
also i am terrible about flossing - i do it, just very sporadically, i do brush 2x regularly and mouthwash - and just went to the dentist this morning, wasn't bad but i always have some plaque they have to scrape off, usually takes 20 minutes or so
how much do they hate me?
i assume not so much since they see people with total nuclear fallout mouths [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
also i am terrible about flossing - i do it, just very sporadically, i do brush 2x regularly and mouthwash - and just went to the dentist this morning, wasn't bad but i always have some plaque they have to scrape off, usually takes 20 minutes or so
how much do they hate me?
i assume not so much since they see people with total nuclear fallout mouths
That's pretty normal. Hell, I always have some calculus build up on the back of my lower front teeth. It happens, not much you can do in some spots. I have a permanent retainer after having braces and it's a real bitch to clean around. [Reply]
I noticed i had tartar build up on the backside of my lower front teeth the other day so i picked it all out with a paper clip cuz im a bad ass mofo like that.
...Actually i just dont like going to the dentist...or doctor. [Reply]