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Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by couchand on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:01AM (#12813225)
"If there were a device I could put in my mouth and in 30 seconds everything were flossed"... I think what you're looking for is dental floss.
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by CamperBob2 on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:37AM (#12813386)
Actually what you're looking for would be a waterflosser. The trick is not forcing yourself to use it, it's not getting addicted to it.
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by akvadrako on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:11AM (#12813945)
When I've looked into waterflossers the evidence wasn't strong that they actually work. Then again, neither is it for flossing at all.
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by CamperBob2 on Friday October 28, 2016 @05:37PM (#12820963)
It's one of those things you have to try for yourself, I think. The evidence in my case is very much apparent when I'm in the chair getting poked by my hygienist. The waterflosser is more effective at maintaining my gum health than floss ever was, with a p-value amounting to a floating-point denormal.

I have a feeling that if the truth were to come out, the effectiveness of flossing would turn out to be entirely dependent on tooth spacing or some other individual characteristic. If so, that may be true for the waterjet gadgets as well. But it seems less likely.

Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by AlexCoventry on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:10AM (#12813270)
If it takes you less than a minute to floss you're probably doing it wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PreNWWOYfI#t=32s

Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by Raphmedia on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:33PM (#12819260)
Some people's teeth are so messed up that flossing is a puzzle. "Right angle there, diagonal between those two teeth, curve a bit there, go backward there"...
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by teddyh on Friday October 28, 2016 @05:28AM (#12814298)
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by tempestn on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:23AM (#12813991)
With a little bit of practice you can easily do it as demonstrated there in under a minute.
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by gohrt on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:18AM (#12813972)
Eh, flossing is a placebo anyway.
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by tempestn on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:25AM (#12814004)
I can't attest to whether it helps prevent cavities or gum disease or whatever, given regular dental visits. I can say though that I used to rarely floss, and since I started flossing daily a few years ago, my teeth remain noticeably smoother and cleaner feeling between dentist visits, and require considerably less scraping when I'm there.
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by rndstr on Friday October 28, 2016 @05:03AM (#12814182)
I don't know about you but I can tell how important flossing is by the amount of blood that comes out of my mouth the longer I take a break from flossing