How often do you floss

**A Very Super Market** · 03-08-2010, 06:36

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

if you flossed your teeth more often then you wouldnt get blood.

That's how it works? Makes sense. I try to get back into the habit every month or so, and that gives plenty of time for my gums to soften up, the wily bastards.

I'll make 'em hard, rugged things, I will.

**Azathoth** · 03-08-2010, 06:43

I think you two might be doing something wrong.

**Hooahguy** · 03-08-2010, 06:47

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

That's how it works? Makes sense. I try to get back into the habit every month or so, and that gives plenty of time for my gums to soften up, the wily bastards.

I'll make 'em hard, rugged things, I will.

yup. thats how the ball rolls.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 03-08-2010, 06:52

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

yup. thats how the ball rolls.

*cough cough*

**Hooahguy** · 03-08-2010, 06:54

oh please my grandfather is a dentist.
take my word for it, flossing really helps.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 03-08-2010, 07:00

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

oh please my grandfather is a dentist.
take my word for it, flossing really helps.

Oh, no, I posted that 'cough cough' thing in hopes it would confuse you into frantically searching for a double meaning of the phrase 'thats how the ball rolls'.

Yeah, I realise flossing helps. It is just that, as I said, I bleed as a stuck pig.

**Hooahguy** · 03-08-2010, 07:02

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Oh, no, I posted that 'cough cough' thing in hopes it would confuse you into frantically searching for a double meaning of the phrase [I]'thats how the ball rolls'.

oh dear lord.

**Azathoth** · 03-08-2010, 07:04

Oh, no, I posted that 'cough cough' thing in hopes it would confuse you into frantically searching for a double meaning of the phrase 'thats how the ball rolls'.

What is the double meaning?

**Major Robert Dump** · 03-09-2010, 23:45

I have been obsessive about brushing my teeth my entire life. My parents spent a lot of money to striaghten my teeth when I was youg (a lot as in they got fixed then went crooked again... 3 sets of braces, 4 surgeries and 2 retainers) so clean teeth were instilled in me.

Never a cavity.

But also never flossed and never had a teeth cleaning.

Went for a routine check up for my deployment. Doctor told me I had lovely teeth, but the backs of my teeth were the wost he had ever seen, and said it was because I didn't floss. The cleaning took over 90 minutes and was quite violent. I cried. Doc said I also had mild gum disease due to the built up crap on back of teeth making my gums recede.

I floss now.

**pevergreen** · 03-10-2010, 03:05

MRD has scared me. I'm going to go buy floss.

**Major Robert Dump** · 03-11-2010, 00:52

It's actually quite strange feeling now, I can actually feel my different individual teeth with my tounge in the back, whereas before it as just a smooth surface all the way down the gum line. Once all that plaque was removed, I can feel each individual tooth and what used to feel like a solid tooth is actually partially exposed roots (that were filled in with plaque) because the gums retreat from plaque.

And yes, the cleaning was so violent that the dental assistant had to hold my head down. Not because I was fighting, but because the dentist was having to scrape so hard to break the crap off. there was actually one tooth he didn't finish because he said it was so bad I would need a numbing to get it clean, and he felt he had truamatized me enough for that visit. I expect to get that tooth celaned at camp aderbury sometime next week.