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Good dental health is linked to heart and brain health.

But... Are you cleaning all sides of your teeth properly? E.g. a regular toothbrush can't get in between teeth ๐Ÿค”

Consult your dentist.

I use different types of cleaners for different parts of my teeth.

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[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My teeth are super close together, I got a mouth full of fuckin Chiclets that cut apart pretty much any floss that can get in there. Any recommendations?

[โ€“] LordMayor@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Water flosser? Sucks to have yet another appliance when tiny box of string works for most people but they are effective.

[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

God I just know I'd be a messy fucker with one of those... Hmm

[โ€“] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FWIW, they make terrible squirt guns.

[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It wasn't always so... My childhood largely featured an arms race of increasingly ridiculous squirt guns that culminated in some dickhead pissing in a backpack water tank and blasting everyone with a double-barreled multi-nozzled monstrosity.

I used to have really bad taste in friends.

Hey, now, Wakko & Dot're the bomb. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿฅฐ

Quotable moment and I still don't like you,

[โ€“] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

BTW side note as a fellow tight teeth person: I've started asking hygenists not to floss my teeth during the cleaning. Inevitably they smash the shit out of my gums trying to force their floss between my teeth.

[โ€“] Atom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same. My teeth cut the floss and I often need to use bite pressure to force a floss pick in. But then I often rip the floss pick if they are cheap or thin, which most are.

I have had good luck with these. I try to minimize cost and waste so I rinse and re-use them a few times times so I'm not throwing two away every single day.

https://www.smartlifeco.com/collections/floss-picks

[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Nice one, too bad it's US only!