On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 4:12:19 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 2:12:07 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2016-08-05 11:50 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 8/5/2016 9:32 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >> On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 8:06:06 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > >>> On 8/3/2016 5:34 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>>> When the genes for good teeth were being handed out,
> > >>>> I was standing in the line for curly hair.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>>
> > >>> LOL Fortunately, I got the good teeth genes. I'd like to have curly
> > >>> hair, though!
> > >>>
> > >>> Jill
> > >>
> > >> The joke's on me. The gray hairs came in straight, but I still have
> > >> the
> > >> crummy teeth.
> > >>
> > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>
> > > I'm sorry to hear about your "crummy teeth". I have no clue why some
> > > people have stronger teeth than others. No idea why some people have
> > > wisdom teeth and others don't.
> > >
> >
> > I don't know how much is hereditary and how much is oral hygiene,
> > brushing and flossing, and not brushing so much you wear off your
> > enamel. I think that most people have wisdom teeth and for many people
> > they are not a problem, but other people have problems with them being
> > impacted. I had problems with a wisdom tooth and the dentist thought
> > it should come out. I was dreading it because of all the stories I had
> > heard about them, but it came out without a problem. My son had to have
> > his out when he was in high school. He had two removed on one side one
> > day and the other two the next day. He was in a world of hurt for a
> > couple days.
>
> My oral hygiene is quite good, according to my hygienist. My current
> problem is that my temperomandibular joint is locked up. The same
> thing happened when I had the wisdom teeth on the other side out
> 35 years ago. It feels like a sprain.
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>
> This is what we are seeing now but this one refers to US
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2...rom-health-ad/
When you probe into the story a little, what it boils down to is "there's
no proof that it does any good", because they can't exactly set up an
experiment where everybody takes identical care of their identical
teeth except that some of them floss and some of them don't.
I'm going to continue to floss because I know that it keeps my gums
more healthy, based on times when I've slacked off due to dental
surgery and then resumed.
Cindy Hamilton