There is one like that out there, although the doctor says it's because he hasn't been flossing.

You make me remember that girl making a painting of a greek man taking residence in front of her shower, charging her to use it, because she dreamt it.

Interdental brushes are the way! No more gum issues since I started, and one habit I'm proud I developed. I had an xray where they showed how much the bacteria had eaten away at my roots - scared straight.

But then your teeth end up looking like this instead of nicely packed in with plaque

Well, yeah. That’s the nookie for all the plaque to evade the brush.

i had a oral surgeon remove 2 of my bottom ones. i prefer those over a dentist. better safe then sorry.

Huh. With my impacted wisdom tooth they just broke it in half with a hammer and then twisted the pieces out with some calipers. The anesthesia was good, so I didn't feel pain, but the crunching and scraping sounds were... off-putting.

they had to "ratchet mines out. it was growing at a 45 degree angle from the corner of my gums near the end because it was partially embedded still.

Without knowing if youve had other teeth pulled its hard to decide if shes right or not

Weird flex

Last time I went to dentist, at first everything was okay and I even got compliments on how clean my mouth was. Then I got stabbed by a needle to a gum and then yelled at for not flossing. Later on the dentist found the stabbing wound she did and apologised, yet kept on telling me to just go deeper with the floss, that there must be a hidden infection deeper down and I should not care about pain or floss cuts. Bad, bad advice.

I didn't change shit. My gums don't bleed UNLESS THEY GET STABBED.

Also if you consume no sugars

80% of US doctors don't know basic anatomy (a statistic i derived from the medical CPEs i taught), so yes I generally do ignore advice they give

You gave her the poor person ick

they assume you wont agree to more procedures down the line or pay more? it its a double edge sword.

i saw a dentist recently out of pocket for emergency tooth pain, it costed 270 for a limited exam on those teeth(not whole mouth). then they try to convince me to do a full cleaning and exam for more twice that much. there are dentist that arnt charging that amount out of pocket. just got google around look at yelp reviews(helpful in looking at seedy dentists, or low cost). dental school/universities are a thing but i noticed they take a very long time to even onboard you, so its not all that useful in the end(especially needed something like cavity filling or more extreme extraction/root canals.) i currently have that same tooth that is much more sensitive than before but they arnt interested in investigating further since it failed the cold test(they apply something cold on the surface of the teeth to determine which one illicit a painful sensitivity response)

also certain insurance might not be accepted by different dentists too.

also people nowawadays are obsessed with going flouride free for debunked science. the only reason people say thier "Teeth is cleaner with flouride free toothpaste" is because alot of these toothpaste are highly abrasive.

A simple Google search would explain why it happens.