Doctors and dentists do seem to contradict each other. Doctor says several small meals instead of one big one, dentist says the more often you eat the worse it is for your teeth. Doctor says you need fruit, dentist says it’s too much sugar.
Sounds like both are probably true and the optimal solution is to just swallow some sort of sci-fi-esque nutritious food paste or meal replacement straight through a tube.
But I’d rather take the risk of cavities every once in a while than lose my sanity.
Alternatively, eat using a funnel so that the food skips your mouth and ends up directly in the stomach. Then it cant damage your teeth and you still get all the nutrients /s
It’s really just a single celled protein combined with synthetic aminos, vitamins, and minerals. Everything the body needs.
feels to me like dentists see teeth as precious pearls that should never be touched by anything but the most gentle of waters and cared for every day for at least an hour
i really don’t get it, body parts are meant to be used, not just look pretty
You’ll get it once you start having tooth pain.
Take care of your teeth kids, coming from someone who didn’t for a long time. It’ll save you a lot of money and suffering down the road.
yeah i assume so, but still, my dentist told me i should spend at least an hour a day on teeth care every day, and a fully attentive hour too. like bro, when am i supposed to have time between work, general hygiene, teeth care, meal making, and chores to do something i enjoy doing
What are you supposed to spend that time doing? Overbrushing damages teeth, so you should do 2 minutes twice a day.
You perhaps should floss every day. And you’re slow so it takes you 11 minutes.
What are you supposed to do with the remaining 45 minutes? Snuggle up and watch half a movie with them?
i was told flossing should be an at least 20min task (ideally 30min) + 20min of using those tiny inbetween teeth brushes, and that i should pay full attention to what i’m doing to make sure i’m cleaning my teeth well
all that made me feel like it’s too much work and now i continue to just not do any of that
Damn, your dentist is playing 4D chess and it seems like they are winning - make it seem so hard that you do nothing and end up needing to spend a fortune.
I use an electric toothbrush with a flossing head twice a day, for 2 mins if I can pay attention that long, and my dentist says a checkup and clean every two years is more than enough because my teeth are so good.
oddly enough my last dentist visit was my first in like 6 years, and i got complimented on my teeth too, the only note was “drink less tea” and that’s not happening lol. and i just brush with a normal toothbrush twice a day (sometimes, usually once)
so in short, idk why i got told i need to put in so much more effort
Imagine being able to afford two specialists.
It’s normal in many central European countries. Germany for example. Going to the doctor and even longer hospital stays don’t bankrupt you. Usually your job is safe too.
Not sure why you said “central” European. It’s also normal in the West, South, North and East. Could have just said many European countries.
Just because I wasn’t not sure about places further away from where I live
Fair enough. I apologize.
It’s normal in the US too. I’m on Medicaid and have a dentist and a podiatrist.
Medicaid is weirdly good. It has weird quirks and less options usually, but it’s practically just a more functional insurance than a lot of employer provided ones (which are often worse than marketplace)
I have a dentist, a gastroenterologist, an orthopedic doctor, a pneumologist, a dermatologist, a throat nose and ear doctor, am oculist, a psychiatrist, a psychological therapist who’s also MD and my “normal” doctor and man I feel sick after writing this…
The dentist is quite expensive but only because I want non standard treatment. The rest is paid by the public insurance.
I misread oculist as occultist and had a good laugh.
Usa insurance being tied to employment is the biggest scam
Here in Australia, Medicare covers it all, you don’t pay a cent directly, and you can have virtually as many appointments as possible on a single card even if all your family members are on it with their own appointments too. And it’s not reslly limited unless you go to a private provider which also turns out to be cheap enough, so you can just as easily have X-rays, blood tests, vaccinations, hospital visits for broken limbs, even treatment and care for multiple days after a stingray attack, which actually happened to my dad once.
