PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoWhat are some things you can do to maintain your teeth when you don't have health insurance and can't afford dental care?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things you can do to maintain your teeth when you don't have health insurance and can't afford dental care?PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoBrush and floss just like your dentist tells you. Also use a real mouthwash, like Listerine.
minus-squarecanadaduane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoSee comment above, but basically, I question whether mouthwash is all that, based on recent research: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.001830
minus-squarePenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoIf you do exactly what your dentist tells you, you should be coming in every 6 months for a checkup…
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoAnd your point? Fine. Don’t brush and floss every day. Don’t visit the dentist often. It’s your call. It’s your teeth. Between genetics and laziness, most people need a cleaning every 6 months. If you don’t think you do, then don’t. Last I checked the dentist isn’t your mom or dad.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoGotta get the mouthwash with fluorine; not all kinds of Listerine have it.
Brush and floss just like your dentist tells you. Also use a real mouthwash, like Listerine.
See comment above, but basically, I question whether mouthwash is all that, based on recent research: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.001830
If you do exactly what your dentist tells you, you should be coming in every 6 months for a checkup…
And your point?
Fine. Don’t brush and floss every day. Don’t visit the dentist often. It’s your call. It’s your teeth.
Between genetics and laziness, most people need a cleaning every 6 months.
If you don’t think you do, then don’t. Last I checked the dentist isn’t your mom or dad.
Gotta get the mouthwash with fluorine; not all kinds of Listerine have it.