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Frequency of cleaning teeth

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SuperCell - 26 Dec 2005 01:57 GMT
Hello, I have a question.

If you thoroughly brush, floss, and rinse with fluoride only once a
day, is that enough to prevent tooth decay??? This is assuming that
sugar is consumed many times throughout the day.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Steven Bornfeld - 26 Dec 2005 02:52 GMT
> Hello, I have a question.
>
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>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.

    There is no way to give an absolute answer to this question.  Given any
set of parameters (level of oral hygiene, diet, fluoride use) some will
be far more susceptible to decay than others.
    For someone with a low-to-average decay susceptibility, this may be
enough.  Remember though that any plaque bacteria will generate a
significant pH decrease after eating any fermentable carbohydrate.  If
your oral hygiene is truly meticulous, you likely will not build up a
large load of cariogenic bacteria in a 24 hour period, and the caries
risk will be modest;  however, I can tell you that I've had many
patients who will swear up and down that they brush and floss 5 times a
day and their mouths are a mess.  So in any locations that your oral
hygiene is less than meticulous, we could expect the caries risk to be
greater.
    Furthemore, the teeth may have congenitally weak spots (pits and
fissures) that are both more prone to decay and also more difficult to
clean.
    Ideally, you will brush and floss every time you eat.  Failing this,
try at least to vigorously rinse your mouth after eating to clear as
much carbohydrate from your mouth as possible.

Steve
Whamatus_B - 30 Dec 2005 21:04 GMT
>> Hello, I have a question.
>>
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>
>Steve

My sista and me prefer to swish a bit of Cask 191 after a meal.
Is this acceptable ?

SB is a truly dedicated SMD professional and gentleman.

>>This is assuming that
>> sugar is consumed many times throughout the day.

Sugar junkies need to quit the sucrose.
Oral hygiene once a day is not enough for SJs.
20X is prolly not enough.

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Whamatus
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oN - 05 Jan 2006 19:02 GMT
> >>This is assuming that
> >> sugar is consumed many times throughout the day.
>
> Sugar junkies need to quit the sucrose.
> Oral hygiene once a day is not enough for SJs.
> 20X is prolly not enough.

Just swich off your sugar, make your frq. higher. 5X is inoff.
Yeah.
oN - 29 Dec 2005 07:31 GMT
> Hello, I have a question.
>
> If you thoroughly brush, floss, and rinse with fluoride only once a
> day, is that enough to prevent tooth decay??? This is assuming that
> sugar is consumed many times throughout the day.

do not eat sugar.
Take a macrobiotic way. Read books of Georges Osava (Nyoti Sakurazawa).

> Any information would be greatly appreciated.

All the best,
Proka
 
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