I got a fucking cavity. Who gets cavities? Bull shit. I brush for like 10 minutes every time. I didn't know they were serious when they said I had to floss frequently! Now my dental hygiene is personal- I have a vendetta against bacteria.
Dentist says:
Brush
Floss
Mouthwash
The order isn't too critical- they all do different things- but this is what he said. Brush first to remove all of the big obvious stuff. Floss to get the places that the brush can't reach. Mouthwash to rinse out all the loose stuff and kill what ever bacteria you couldn't remove with the other two. It's not as important to get rid of all of the stuff every single time- but to make sure that stuff doesn't sit in one place for too long.
When drinking sugary drinks use a straw. This helps for the sake of cosmetics as well as health. You don't really want to bathe your teeth in sugar and dye so using a straw helps avoid that.
Tip for flossing- take out twice as much floss as you think you need. Wrap all the excess around one finger like a spool and unravel it as you go. You can't use a section of floss more than once or twice really- so the spooling method saves you some time. I started flossing every day and it's become pretty addictive.
This one is sort of cheating because it's nothing new really- but at least a clarification and justification of the order of brush/floss/mouthwash. A few spools of floss costs a lot less than a filling. Trust me.
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