Or, rather, gums. Not sure how but after some mild tooth ache prompted a visit to Mr Pain I've been told my gums are pretty much knackered.
10 years and I'll start loosing teeth unless I pamper my mouth (gotta learn how to floss over the next week).
Wouldn't mind but I brush my knashers religiously (I hate dealing with dental pain) and I still end up in the last chance saloon. I have buddies who don't look after their teeth, haven't been to the docs in 20 years and they never get problems.
Lucky Twats.
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It's the one problem with a Nationalised Health Service. Americans hear a lot about the fact that British do not visit the Dentist, and not enough about why 
In the US, when a tooth needs a crown, it gets a crown, you pay the money, they do the work, and if it hurts, you sue. In the UK, an uncrowned tooth will need fillings, this has lead to situations where some Dentists continue filling the tooth long beyond the point where it is worth doing. Sometimes this is at the customers request, it is cheaper in the short term, but in the long term, they will still have to get a crown, on top of all the fillings, also, some Dentists have even been caught using this as a form of income - once crowned, you can't charge for any more fillings on that tooth.
Secondly, if a Dentist hurts us in the UK, tough, and a lot of dentists never seem to figure out that shoving a metal spike into a hole in a tooth and saying 'Does that hurt?' will only ever have one answer.
I say this with the confidence of someone who brushes and flosses twice a day, and has to go to Dental Hospital in London for check-ups once a year because he had dental surgery years ago, and yet still has 10 Crowns in his mouth.
In the US, when a tooth needs a crown, it gets a crown, you pay the money, they do the work, and if it hurts, you sue. In the UK, an uncrowned tooth will need fillings, this has lead to situations where some Dentists continue filling the tooth long beyond the point where it is worth doing. Sometimes this is at the customers request, it is cheaper in the short term, but in the long term, they will still have to get a crown, on top of all the fillings, also, some Dentists have even been caught using this as a form of income - once crowned, you can't charge for any more fillings on that tooth.
Secondly, if a Dentist hurts us in the UK, tough, and a lot of dentists never seem to figure out that shoving a metal spike into a hole in a tooth and saying 'Does that hurt?' will only ever have one answer.
I say this with the confidence of someone who brushes and flosses twice a day, and has to go to Dental Hospital in London for check-ups once a year because he had dental surgery years ago, and yet still has 10 Crowns in his mouth.
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The trick is to 'lasso' the tooth and then floss left/right, you obviously can't do a forward backward motion on the double teeth with floss, so just floss toward the centre of the jaw, as long as the floss gets between the teeth, that's what's important.
One other hint, floss before brushing, it's actually more effective that way, since flossing isn't perfect, but brushing will rinse between the teeth after you've flossed them.
One other hint, floss before brushing, it's actually more effective that way, since flossing isn't perfect, but brushing will rinse between the teeth after you've flossed them.
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I went to the dentist on Friday. I didn't even need a scale and polish, as my teeth are in good condition. No decay or hard plaque to be seen. I didn't keep them in good condition in the past, so the damage from then is still around (two fillings and a dent in a tooth from decay), but considering the present condition that's acceptable. No wisdom teeth either. 