I've never had a cavity, had some orthodontics in '84-'86, wisdom teeth removed + some cosmetic dentistry in '99, and haven't seen a dentist since. I'll continue avoiding all foods with added sugars, brushing w/mouthwash every day I have to leave the house, flossing when I'm really bored, and avoiding the dentist till I actually have an issue.
I would not be surprised if preventative dentistry is much like medicine, where there's no benefit for patients with annual checkups (when assymptomatic), and remarkably little for screening. I certainly have seen no benefit and quite a bit of potential harm for the full set of head x-rays the last one needed annually.
― Insert bad pun (Sanpaku), Thursday, 18 April 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
why does this article contain a picture of space ghost
frogbs i'm sorry about you getting an unnecessary root canal, that totally sucks
mostly i just need regular deep cleaning because my gums are shit
i don't think that was a good article, there's some good stuff in there making the argument that dentistry needs to adopt more rigorous self-regulation and adoption of evidence-based standards but then it all gets thrown to shit by talking about one super-egregious fraud and then titling the article "is dentistry a science?"
but i guess the general public doesn't particularly want to read about the need for stronger self-regulation and perpetuation of evidence-based standards in the dental profession, i admit it does come off as a little dry
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:19 (five years ago) link
had a crown (the same one) come loose twice in like a month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jswebxVzEYA
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 January 2021 23:12 (three years ago) link
I was talking to my mum who was giving me an update on my brother who lives in Dubai. She says he has finally found a really good dentist, who has taken every single last tooth out of his head.
― calzino, Friday, 15 January 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
"i have found a good veterinarian who has put down all my cats"
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
my grandma had all her teeth taken out as a 30th birthday present.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link