Who here does NOT floss?



1) Like Ever?


2) Not after every meal

3) Not every day

4) Maybe just once a week?





I know the numbers are high.

At least once a day. Depending on what i have for lunch or dinner, maybe twice.

I floss at LEAST 5 days a week, often every day. But usually only once a day.

I've never had a cavity.

1) Like Ever? twice a month, maybe - hate that shit hurts my gums and makes them swell BTW my dentist says my teeth and gums are in excellent condition


2) Not after every meal Nope

3) Not every day God No

4) Maybe just once a week? I already said maybe tiwce a month- you're talking floss string stuff yes ? I use a water pik every day

I use toothpicks.....like 10 a day, at least!

CarrieMpls said:

This is about me.

Sometimes I'm obsessive and floss after every meal.
Weak gums run in my family so I have to floss, else the onset of gingivitis happens quickly.


But I know folks who look at me stunned if the subject of flossing even comes up... It's like they think "oh shit...I need to do that? "





I think it's still viewed as a "fringe" behavior when it comes to Oral Hygiene.

Hardly ever.

What's floss?

Like, am I flossin'?

I'll have to consult the Urban Dictionary, so I doubt it.


EDIT: I looked it up. I am flossin' every day, I just didn't know it or attempt it on purpose.

http://www.urbandictionar...rm=flossin
[Edited 8/18/08 7:38am]

Imago said:

Then why did you ask the question?

Mach said:

Same here. I had my first and only cavity (a small one in one of my wisdom teeth) when I was 30.

36 yrs old

No cavities
No fillings
Never have, even when i had baby teeth

Never flossed but i brush like a mutherfucker, go through a brush real quick.

applekisses said:

Makes me laugh when my Dentist, who I have been seeing him for 23 yrs, tell me what a great job I must be doing flossing

About once a week. It makes my teeth ache, so I have to do it at night.

I haven't had a cavity in over 30 years.

this thread is really stupid.....

abierman said:

You have bad teeth, huh?

This isn't quite as disturbing as that thread about who washes their hands after they use the bathroom.

After Dean admitted that he didn't after a good pee cause his 'penis was clean enough', I couldn't sleep for nights.

Mars23 said:

I front more than I floss, but flossin' is my thing when I got cheese. That's just how I roll with my pigeons.

Mach said:

I do think that diet and genetics also have a lot to do with tooth and gum health.

applekisses said:

For me it was environment and genetics.
My mom did not allow me to have sweets, made sure I brushed and flossed as directed.
I had cavities in my baby teeth and my adult teeth. My dad's family have teeth issues. The dentists have said that my teeth issues are probably a combo of bad genes and the well water growing up and the fact that my mom doing things when she was pregnant like starving herself ans smoking.
we used to receive fluoride treatments regularly in school.
Yuck...I hated that stuff.

Imago said:

Or the one about people who do not wash their feet in the shower!!

shanti0608 said:

sorry, hon.

My mom quit smoking when she was pregnant. I'm thankful for that.
I remember getting floride treatments at the dentist - that gel stuff was so gross!

JustErin said:

Dani!

JustErin said:

OMG, I NEED A LINK TO THAT!!!

I don't floss as much as I should.

applekisses said:

Our school used to give us tablets that would turn our mouth and teeth red.

Luckily my mom did stop smoking, when she was in her 40's. I am proud that she finally quit. I have memories of her smoking in the bath tub, She always had to have a cigarette in her hand.

shanti0608 said:

We used to get those too.
It's good that your mom quit!
My mom didn't quit until she was in her mid-60s and she's really having a diffcult time of it now with lung disease. I remember her smoking quite a bit too.

Imago said:

I don't remember Dani saying she didn't wash her feet. It was others!

JustErin said:

She started that thread.

mdiver said:

No she didn't. It was another chick...I can remember what she looks like but I can't remember her name.

JustErin said:

No, really not....quite the opposite, actually!