Do you floss about as often as you flip your mattress? Do you spend more time putting toothpaste on your brush than actually cleaning your teeth? Dentists notice these things. And that's not all. They also know when you're asking for a procedure that's going to disappoint you and when insurance companies are stinting on the care your smile needs. We asked 22 dentists from across the country to tell us what they're really thinking as they peer at our teeth. What came out of their mouths will change the way you treat yours.
Some truly educated people think that if nothing in their mouth hurts, they're fine. High cholesterol doesn't hurt, either, but it's a big problem. I honestly think that the general population doesn't understand that their mouth is part of their body. -- Danine Fresch Gray, DDS, general dentist, Arlington, Virginia
If your hands bled when you washed them, you'd run to the doctor. But in the public's mind, bleeding gums are okay. Unless you're really whaling away with your brush, if your gums bleed even a little, that's periodontal disease, period. -- Ron Schefdore, DMD, general dentist, Chicago, Illinois
The advice to see your dentist twice a year applies only if you have healthy gums. Most people don't. -- Chris Kammer, DDS, cosmetic dentist, Middleton, Wisconsin
Many of my patients have periodontal disease affecting their back teeth, but their front teeth are fine. Evidently, they brush only what others see. -- Joel Slaven, DDS, general dentist, Valencia, California
Dentists often tell patients with advanced gum disease to floss more often. But flossing is useless at that point. Imagine trying to clean out the bottom of a shirt pocket with a piece of string tied to your fingers.-- Reid Winick, DDS, holistic dentist, New York, New York
People come to me with a mouthful of tooth decay and say, "I got my grandfather's soft teeth." I don't even know what soft teeth are. -- Bryan Tervo, DDS
When someone meets you for the first time, the first thing they notice is eyes. Second is teeth, and third is hair. But people spend way more money on their hair than their teeth. -- Damian Dachowski, DMD, general dentist, Horsham, Pennsylvania
Proper oral hygiene requires ten minutes of brushing and flossing every day. The average adult spends two or three minutes total, and kids do even worse. -- Joel Slaven, DDS
I agree with the fact that if nothing hurts inside your mouth you think everything is fine. I use to live in this dilemma until I went to dentist Redondo Beach for my general check up and got to know that there are so many problems rising up inside my mouth.
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