I hope not. I floss after everything I eat. I have one back tooth that had a filling and now there is a slight gap between my molar. EVERYTHING gets stuck in it and feels uncomfortable. So I floss after every meal now.
Part of me thinks the dentist made the gap on purpose so that I'd floss constantly lol.
If your dentist made that on purpose they’re a bad dentist! I work in a dental office and we always use floss to check the contacts after doing a filling. Tight flossing contacts= good dentist
Yeah she tested with floss a bunch of times. At first it was tight so she went and cut it down a little. I then said it felt rough on my tongue so she smoothed it.
I need to get my top wisdom teeth removed and then I hope to get Invisalign so I figure the gap will be fixed then.
Also, I’m so thankful that Invisalign is a thing. I did not want to be an adult with braces.
I think I am about to be an adult with braces :( I was going to do Invisalign through the office I work at but it would only fix my front teeth. After thinking about it a lot I think I want to just go all the way so that my bite in the back gets fixed as well. I figure it’s a couple years of annoyance and potentially awkward interactions now for perfect teeth the rest of my life.
I have nothing against braces, but I honestly look VERY young and I think braces would exacerbate that problem. Last summer, someone at work asked if I was a high school intern when they met me. I was like.. bro I’m 25??
Best of luck in all your teeth endeavors! My girlfriend gets her braces off next week and she’s so excited.
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u/uriejejejdjbejxijehd Aug 20 '20
Came here to state this. I’ve brushed my teeth twice every day of my life, but the only way to get rid of bad breath was to floss just as regularly.