yeah, that side maybe looked slightly better but not to the point where the dentist spontaneously noticed a difference. And I’ve had a (different) dentist spontaneously notice when I started using oral antibiotics, even though that can’t be constrained to half the mouth, so I think that’s a thing they’re capable of.
My ‘trust me on the sunscreen’ tip for oral stuff is to use flouride mouthwash. I come from a ‘cheaper by the dozen’ kind of family, and we basically operated as an assembly line. Each just like the one before, plus any changes that the parents made this time around.
One of the changes that they made to my upbringing was to make me use mouthwash. Now, in adulthood, my teeth are top 10% teeth (0 cavities most years, no operations, etc), as are those of all of my younger siblings. My elders have much more difficulty with their teeth, aside from one sister who started using mouthwash after Mom told her how it was working for me + my younger bros.
I only flossed on the right side of my mouth since 2023-07-08, and today asked the dentist to guess which side I’d flossed on. She guessed left.
I ran the same experiment with a water pick and got approximately the same result
Did you follow through on the flossing experiment?
yeah, that side maybe looked slightly better but not to the point where the dentist spontaneously noticed a difference. And I’ve had a (different) dentist spontaneously notice when I started using oral antibiotics, even though that can’t be constrained to half the mouth, so I think that’s a thing they’re capable of.
Did you pick the side randomly or had other reason for picking the right side?
Randomly via coinflip.
My ‘trust me on the sunscreen’ tip for oral stuff is to use flouride mouthwash. I come from a ‘cheaper by the dozen’ kind of family, and we basically operated as an assembly line. Each just like the one before, plus any changes that the parents made this time around.
One of the changes that they made to my upbringing was to make me use mouthwash. Now, in adulthood, my teeth are top 10% teeth (0 cavities most years, no operations, etc), as are those of all of my younger siblings. My elders have much more difficulty with their teeth, aside from one sister who started using mouthwash after Mom told her how it was working for me + my younger bros.
@Elizabeth