Dental Hygeine/Flossing.

[Abble]

i'm 37 and til about 6/7 months ago i was the kind to brush morning and night every day, that was it, a brush in the morning and a brush at night, no flossing, no mouthwash, nothing else.

for about the past 2/3 years i was starting to notice a bit of bleeding in the gums. instead of letting it go til all my teeth fell out or something, i mentioned it to my dentist....he then told me he could refer me to school of dentistry for them to look at the gums further (i was thinking to myself surely my own dentist has heard of people having bleeding gums!? but all it was was that they could analyse the problem better)

well anyway i went along soon after then to the school of dentistry in the royal.
i had a checkup with them and they got me booked in for four sessions to clean my gums. i should say four gruelling sessions!! for each quarter of my mouth/teeth/gums, doing all forms of hygiene/cleaning work on me, it was tough going.

during this period i was also given better information on my own personal teeth/gum cleaning routine. the crux of it is that the real dirt is between the teeth and a normal brush aint good enough...flossing is a step up but still not good enough. they stressed to me the importance of using these yokes called teepee's (google them, i'd never heard of them either!), but they sorted my bleeding gums and i'm now a lot happier my teeth and gums are in a more healthy state if still not the best to look at!

[The Iceman]

i floss a few times a day and brush twice and use a rinse at night time.  Its the only job. My teeth have came on great and (touch wood) I have had no bothers with them since moving to america.
I've used the whitening strips a few times and notice even more now on yellow people's teeth are in Ireland....

I don't know why we are so reluctant to clean teeth, I'd rather clean them than have none I tell ya
and I'd rather have a nice set of teeth than a mouthful of yellow ones

[pintsofguinness]

Free with my dental insurance. But I think it is around 80$ for a cleaning with no insurance.

see, money making scheme!

Maybe, maybe not. But if you see the shtuff that comes off the teeth its frightening. It is a great feeling to feel your real teeth again for a month or two after a cleaning.

The last time I had my teeth cleaned by a dentist they drove me up the walls, I couldnt eat anything remotely hot/spicy/cold for 6 months or more.  Never again

[BenDover]

i'm now a lot happier my teeth and gums are in a more healthy state if still not the best to look at!

never a truer word spoken by yourself Abble. Follow Puck's lead and get yourself some veneers!

[Hardy]

I think I'll start a thread about operations. We all post pictures of our scars. I'll have to have an operation first, I suppose. Watch this space.

Anyway, this thread reminded me of this:

Kurt Vonnegut's Commencement Address at MIT

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been probed by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you can imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blind side you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters.Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't know.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And then you do you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders. Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look like 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more that it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

[mountainboii]

Kurt Vonnegut's Commencement Address at MIT A column by some journo called Mary Schmich in the Chicago Tribune

Fixed 

[quit yo jibbajabba]

anyone know any good dental practices in south derry/mid ulster/ballymena/antrim area that would be good in the cosmetic side of things, without rippin ye off??

(Have a cousin who's a daily lurker here, but wont join the feckin board, so i have tae keep writin shit like this lol.  He obviously has teeth issues, though ive never noticed before; but i'll look the next time...)

[Hardy]

Kurt Vonnegut's Commencement Address at MIT A column by some journo called Mary Schmich in the Chicago Tribune

Fixed 

Thanks, AFS. Never heard that before. What other illusions are going to be shattered today? We're not Leinster champions after all?

[Olly]

I really do not understand this at all. You are only asking for trouble if you change a part of your body. If you don't like the colour of your teeth don't smile. If you don't like your breasts wear socks in your wonderbra. There are other remedies without changing the body you have that was given to you by your mother and father. It is all vanity. ALL VANITY. VANITY WILL DAMN YOU TO THE DARKEST HELL. Vanity has started wars. Hitler, Bin Ladin, Napoleon, Oliver Plunkett all started world wars because they wanted more than they had. Start changing your teeth, where does it end. YOu'll want a bionic arm, a gun then a bazooka, then a helicpter with nuclear weapons.

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Olly, the cous has said that once he gets the teeth and the todger sorted he'll leave it at that;

and he's no intention of startin any wars, unless you count the odd fitba squabble up round lavey direction; but im sure youd forgive him that

[take_yer_points]

I had the bleeding gums too. Half an hour with a hygienist the last time I was at the dentist sorted the whole thing out. Added £60 onto the bill but was more than worth it to have the bleeding stopped.

[Puckoon]

Jeez sounds like my story! One dentist tried talking me into braces but vanity again, just not in a braces place. This dentist said she'd try to persuade me out of it if my teeth weren't as weak as they are. I'm prepared for maintenance in a number of years. Getting crowns either side of the two front ones, and she's cutting my gum to make teeth look longer.

Was it painful getting the veneers? I may need knocked out.

Nah, not painful at all as far as I remember. Not as bad as a root canal for sure and I survived one of those.

[magpie seanie]

i'm 37 and til about 6/7 months ago i was the kind to brush morning and night every day, that was it, a brush in the morning and a brush at night, no flossing, no mouthwash, nothing else.

for about the past 2/3 years i was starting to notice a bit of bleeding in the gums. instead of letting it go til all my teeth fell out or something, i mentioned it to my dentist....he then told me he could refer me to school of dentistry for them to look at the gums further (i was thinking to myself surely my own dentist has heard of people having bleeding gums!? but all it was was that they could analyse the problem better)

well anyway i went along soon after then to the school of dentistry in the royal.
i had a checkup with them and they got me booked in for four sessions to clean my gums. i should say four gruelling sessions!! for each quarter of my mouth/teeth/gums, doing all forms of hygiene/cleaning work on me, it was tough going.

during this period i was also given better information on my own personal teeth/gum cleaning routine. the crux of it is that the real dirt is between the teeth and a normal brush aint good enough...flossing is a step up but still not good enough. they stressed to me the importance of using these yokes called teepee's (google them, i'd never heard of them either!), but they sorted my bleeding gums and i'm now a lot happier my teeth and gums are in a more healthy state if still not the best to look at!

Absolutely 100%. The interdental brushes are TePe brushes but I think Tesco do their own brand which are cheaper and probably just as good. Different sizes available. Hygienist I do to is €70 per half hour.

I had a very bad injury to my lower fron teeth in a game last February so I've learned quite a bit in the last while.