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(#10) Use A Soft-Bristle Brush And Stop Brushing So Hard
From Redditor /u/AggressiveOsmosis:
Brush with a soft bristle brush (if your brush looks like it was parted in the middle, get rid of it AND STOP PRESSING SO HARD WHEN YOU BRUSH - You are pushing your gums up and exposing your roots, guaranteeing you lose teeth), floss once a day, use a toothpaste with baking soda.
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(#13) Baking Soda And Hydrogen Peroxide Can Help With Whitening
From Redditor /u/jr2thdoc:
Best toothpaste for natural whitening contains baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. Arm & Hammer makes this blend. Mentadent used to but I have not found it locally lately.
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(#15) Your Genetics Can Help You (But Only For So Long)
From Redditor /u/AnActualDentist:
The long-term health and success of your teeth and gums depend on three factors, akin to a three-legged stool: (1) Dietary and personal hygiene factors (2) bacterial and genetic factors and (3) success of and quality of professional interventions. Anything wrong with one of these three factors can lead to an increased risk of cavities, gum disease, etc.
Flossing falls into category #1. With few exceptions, there is no better cost-effective way to clean out lingering bacteria and food debris from the contact points between your teeth.
However, if your diet sucks, or you have defective fillings between your teeth that trap food all the time, or your bacterial levels are unfavorable, then the benefit from the flossing becomes eclipsed by the other negative factors.
I've seen lots of patients who pride themselves on having great teeth, only to discover years down the road that they've had cavities festering between their teeth because they failed to floss throughout their lives.
I tell my patients that flossing three times a week is a minimum level that you should strive for. More than that won't hurt you, as long as you're doing it properly.
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(#1) Dentists Can Detect Diabetes By Smelling Your Breath
From Redditor /u/maksidaa:
Acetone breath - diabetes. The smell is from ketoacidosis of the blood due to the body not having sugar in its cells, and thus burning through a serious amount of fatty acids to stay alive. The by-product is a bunch of ketone bodies being released into the blood.
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(#11) Before You Get In The Seat, Relieve Yourself
From Redditor /u/JeansAndHeels:
Pee before you get called back. It's so annoying when you're ready to start, but then you have to wait for the patient to do his/her business. And reschedule your appointment if you are sick. I really don't want to work in your mouth when you have a cough or cold.
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(#3) Technically, Your Teeth Shouldn't Be 'White'
From Redditor /u/VeterisScotian:
The issue is that whitening and having healthy teeth aren't the same thing. Your tooth enamel isn't naturally brilliant white, it's an off-white color - and fluoride forms a strong compound which is actually yellow in color.
So if you want healthy, strong teeth, then you want a fluoride varnish applied by a dental professional. It will make your teeth yellowish.
If you want white teeth, then you want your teeth bleached (again, by a dental professional).
Once you have white teeth, however, the trick is to stop your teeth from being stained. For that, chew xylitol chewing gum after you eat/drink anything. This stops bacteria from producing plaque in the first place.
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