How often do you visit a dentist in LOS?

[rumak]

About 30 years ago someone told me about flossing.  Up till then I brushed the usual 2 to 3 times a day but had many cavities.   After beginning to floss every day I never had another cavity.  In later years I floss after every meal.  Last time to the dentist she said " your teeth are close together, you should floss after every meal."    uh..ok

And recently I have made a new discovery.  Wanting to find a "natural" toothpaste I came across the recommendation to use baking soda.  Works great.  Hint:  it can be abrasive but i put just a bit on a wet toothbrush and some water in my mouth and then do a quick all around brushing.  It also acts as a mouthwash.  Do not use a lot and do not brush hard . (google it )

I used to go to the dentist every 6 months for cleaning.  She told me :  once a year is enough.  your teeth look fine

[BritManToo]

Just now, rumak said:

Up till then I brushed the usual 2 to 3 times a day but had many cavities.   After beginning to floss every day I never had another cavity. 

Cavities in men rarely occur after age 30.

Sorry to be the one to tell you, but you've flossed for 30 years for absolutely no reason.

But hey, if it makes you feel happy about yourself, it might have been worthwhile.

[brokenbone]

more often then back home, specially now that i dont bother brushing my teeth any longer

[rumak]

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Cavities in men rarely occur after age 30.

Sorry to be the one to tell you, but you've flossed for 30 years for absolutely no reason.

But hey, if it makes you feel happy about yourself, it might have been worthwhile.

Well, every guy I know is or has had root canals.   Not me.  So I do feel happy about myself But I am sure you think that nothing I do healthwise has merit as you like to take your shots across the bow.  But hey, if it makes you happy ... no worries.

 

[Isaanbiker]

35 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Use an electric toothbrush twice daily, floss and rinse after each meal, mouthwash.

Dentist thee times a year for checkup and clean

Modern dental techniques are great, anaesthetic needles painless, have them use local gel before hand if nervous.

 

 

No problems with the injections. I always a sort of meditate and think about a nice place and I do not feel much pain. 

[Farangwithaplan]

4 minutes ago, rumak said:

Do not use a lot and do not brush hard . (google it )

 

Yep, I've needed three fillings due to brushing too vigorously even with a soft brush. Can't know for sure but it may have ben due to using toothpaste with added baking soda. Now use a super duper soft brush and gel toothpaste.

 

I know a couple who brush with salt instead of toothbrush. My parent used to brush with charcoal when they were living through the war.

[Farangwithaplan]

4 minutes ago, brokenbone said:

more often then back home, specially now that i dont bother brushing my teeth any longer

Oh that must feel disgusting.

 

Who here brushes their tongue when they brush their teeth?

[rumak]

1 minute ago, Farangwithaplan said:

Yep, I've needed three fillings due to brushing too vigorously even with a soft brush. Can't know for sure but it may have ben due to using toothpaste with added baking soda. Now use a super duper soft brush and gel toothpaste.

 

I know a couple who brush with salt instead of toothbrush. My parent used to brush with charcoal when they were living through the war.

Everyone is different.  My gf is sensitive to the baking soda and uses some "herbal" type stuff.  I cannot pronounce any of the 20 odd things they add to the famous brand toothpastes.   

[Farangwithaplan]

1 minute ago, rumak said:

Everyone is different.  My gf is sensitive to the baking soda and uses some "herbal" type stuff.  I cannot pronounce any of the 20 odd things they add to the famous brand toothpastes.   

Yep, I hear you. As you said, you don't brush hard. I made the mistake of brushing way too hard for a while.

[rumak]

9 minutes ago, rumak said:

 

Sorry to be the one to tell you, but you've flossed for 30 years for absolutely no reason.

 I think you're very mistaken .   But if you believe it by all means do not floss.  Saves you at least 100 baht a month in the short term

[Isaanbiker]

1 hour ago, Farangwithaplan said:

Yep, I've needed three fillings due to brushing too vigorously even with a soft brush. Can't know for sure but it may have ben due to using toothpaste with added baking soda. Now use a super duper soft brush and gel toothpaste.

 

I know a couple who brush with salt instead of toothbrush. My parent used to brush with charcoal when they were living through the war.

 

     

  My dentist had also told me not to use a hard brush. I thought as a smoker; you need a harder brush to get rid of plaque?

 

Whenever I have a fag ( not the gay type) at school, I use mouthwash afterward, because I don't want to smell like an ashtray.

 

  Does mouthwash have any adverse effect when using too much of it? 

 We have a lovely saying in Germania when people only have a few black tooth fragments where they try to chew on; we call it "they're chewing on their rims." 

 

  We had two weeks off, and I was planning to go to the local hospital every day to get all done- they now make all when you pay for it- not only the ten minutes per patient as it was before but I always found an excuse not to go.

 

The reality is that it's better to have some pain now than a lot of pain soon. 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

   

 

   

  

[Isaanbiker]

1 hour ago, Farangwithaplan said:

Yep, I hear you. As you said, you don't brush hard. I made the mistake of brushing way too hard for a while.

Your wife won't be mad when you brush her hard, I'd have thought. 

But wait, it was about teeth. My bad. 

[Sheryl]

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Cavities in men rarely occur after age 30.

Sorry to be the one to tell you, but you've flossed for 30 years for absolutely no reason.

But hey, if it makes you feel happy about yourself, it might have been worthwhile.

 

Flossing also helps prevent gum disease which becomes more common with age.

[hanuman2543]

10 hours ago, Hank Gunn said:

Actually, a lot of new evidence suggest that these links are correlative and not causative. Newer evidence suggests that it is starchy, high-carbohydrate foods that create the plaque and arterial inflamation that cause heart attacks, strokes and the development of Alzheimer's.

 

The high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet was originally prescribed for children with seizures but newer studies are showing that lower-carb diets are lowering the arterial plaque build-up that result in heart attacks. (It's newly acknowledged, that dietary intake of high-cholesterol foods are not to blame for arteriosclerosis but rather many other factors.)

Links?

[rumak]

58 minutes ago, hanuman2543 said:

Links?

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ketogenic-diet-101

 

Links are very useful.   There is always a link to defend ones opinion .  And of course one that will refute that opinion.   And then there is bitterman2's opinion .   the one he prefers to call fact

[CharlieH]

The only way you would get me in a Dentist is if I am in discomfort/pain or at gun point !!

I had a traumatic experience as a child and two more as an adult.

Had one more fright in Thailand. No <deleted> way !!

I do my best to do the twice daily ritual with electric brush and use mouthwash. 

 

I take the attitude of "fix it if/when it's broke" that's the only way I would visit one.

My own opinion is dentists create problems,, and some, the work they claim needs doing is not actually necessary. A lot of trust is required and as far as that profession goes I have ZERO !

[wisperone]

12 hours ago, Isaanbiker said:

Unfortunately, did she crown the wrong tooth the last time, ground down a healthy one and left the one where a fitting fell out as it was.

Be your own advocate. Learn how to count your teeth, (which tooth is what number, 1 thru 32). Know what you are scheduled for next time you go. Then before the dentist begins work, confirm what and what tooth they will be working on. 

 

Medical doctors (surgeons) have been known to remove incorrect body parts in operations. Never assume they on top of it. Get it straight before they begin.

[rumak]

4 hours ago, CharlieH said:

I do my best to do the twice daily ritual with electric brush and use mouthwash. 

floss Charlie, floss !   it will keep the gums healthy AND if you have my problem will get the stuff out that gets stuck between teeth.  ( better than the toothpick and napkin method)

Helps keep me out of the "chair"

[mike787]

every 3 months.

[Isaanbiker]

4 hours ago, wisperone said:

Be your own advocate. Learn how to count your teeth, (which tooth is what number, 1 thru 32). Know what you are scheduled for next time you go. Then before the dentist begins work, confirm what and what tooth they will be working on. 

 

Medical doctors (surgeons) have been known to remove incorrect body parts in operations. Never assume they on top of it. Get it straight before they begin.

It was obvious because the I had lost a fitting of one tooth, right next to the one she decided to grind down and crown in the next session.

 

A healthy tooth. 

 

   I was bitten once, won't happen again, thank you for your post. 

 

  I'm aware how many mistakes are made by doctors, they had amputated the healthy leg of a guy with diabetes, because the left leg on his back would be the right one when on his stomach.

 

    Healthy leg was already shredded when the patient woke. That was one of the best hospitals in Bamberg/Germany.  

[Isaanbiker]

20 minutes ago, rumak said:

floss Charlie, floss !   it will keep the gums healthy AND if you have my problem will get the stuff out that gets stuck between teeth.  ( better than the toothpick and napkin method)

Helps keep me out of the "chair"

You do not seem to like the sound of the drill when sitting on the electric chair.....lol Welcome to the club! 

[Isaanbiker]

4 hours ago, CharlieH said:

The only way you would get me in a Dentist is if I am in discomfort/pain or at gun point !!

I had a traumatic experience as a child and two more as an adult.

Had one more fright in Thailand. No <deleted> way !!

I do my best to do the twice daily ritual with electric brush and use mouthwash. 

 

I take the attitude of "fix it if/when it's broke" that's the only way I would visit one.

My own opinion is dentists create problems,, and some, the work they claim needs doing is not actually necessary. A lot of trust is required and as far as that profession goes I have ZERO !

I had a similar experience and understood your concern.  

 

 A "specialist" had ground off some structural bone material and closed it with some stitches.

 

  Unfortunately, did they "forget" a piece of bone inside and it then "wandered" out, which took about a month.

 

One month with a very strange pain!!!!

 

MY GF was angry at me that I didn't sleep with her; my whole life was upside down, just because of that idiot. 

 

  

[CharlieH]

 

[Isaanbiker]

17 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

Been fighting against going for months now and I know I'm just hurting myself. My main problem is my really low pain tolerance (only mouth pain). Was hurt very badly by butchers when young and it took me years to get back to one when I was in Canada. Finally got comfortable by the use of nitrous and good painkillers for a few days till the pain wore off. My dentist in Hua Hin doesn't use gas but she will sedate me prior with pills - which is better than nothing, but I still keep putting it off. I'm looking at over 100k but I'd pay 200k if we could skip the pain part. Thanks for the post and making me feel guilty about avoidance again!  

I can feel your pain! But please don't wait until another tooth develops a problem that would make it more difficult for you.

 

   Bite the bitter pill and go now. Can't really add "and enjoy it." Lol

[KittenKong]

17 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

Been fighting against going for months now and I know I'm just hurting myself. My main problem is my really low pain tolerance (only mouth pain). Was hurt very badly by butchers when young and it took me years to get back to one when I was in Canada. Finally got comfortable by the use of nitrous and good painkillers for a few days till the pain wore off. My dentist in Hua Hin doesn't use gas but she will sedate me prior with pills - which is better than nothing, but I still keep putting it off. I'm looking at over 100k but I'd pay 200k if we could skip the pain part.

I also have very sensitive teeth and gums, but I find that local injections are the perfect solution. Once injected sufficiently I feel nothing at all.

 

The only problem here is getting them to use enough anaesthetic. Many dont want to use the needle at all.

[soistalker]

I travel back to the States every year or so. I have a dentist there that I trust with all my heart. This guy is so good that when I cracked my tooth last year, I was looking forward to getting in that chair, and getting those shots, and getting drilled and filled. 

There are a few German dental offices in Pattaya, but the guy who works on you is thai. I have a hard time trusting a thai with dental work. 

[Isaanbiker]

5 hours ago, rumak said:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ketogenic-diet-101

 

Links are very useful.   There is always a link to defend ones opinion .  And of course one that will refute that opinion.   And then there is bitterman2's opinion .   the one he prefers to call fact

Not to forget the ones who've heard it from a friend's friend's friend's wife. 

[stropper]

at 72 and never had good teeth, bit the bullet and had them all ripped out, best move in my life, no more pain, no more paying out for the constant repairs, the new false teeth are better than i expected and my health is way better, and no more going back , and  it was cheap in thailand !

[CGW]

2 hours ago, rumak said:

floss Charlie, floss !   it will keep the gums healthy AND if you have my problem will get the stuff out that gets stuck between teeth.  ( better than the toothpick and napkin method)

Helps keep me out of the "chair"

Try a "waterpik" I have been using one for well over thirty years now, along with regular flossing, no issues with teeth at 64.

[rumak]

6 hours ago, wisperone said:

Be your own advocate. Learn how to count your teeth, (which tooth is what number, 1 thru 32). Know what you are scheduled for next time you go. Then before the dentist begins work, confirm what and what tooth they will be working on. 

 

Medical doctors (surgeons) have been known to remove incorrect body parts in operations. Never assume they on top of it. Get it straight before they begin.

Good advice in all medical situations.  I don't hate doctors, but I don't blindly follow their advice either.  Like in any profession, there are good ones and bad ones ....and even the good ones can make mistakes