Re:What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?
by AlexCoventry on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:03AM
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> showed how to floss for real
For me, that was the key development. Up to that point, I hadn't understood that the goal is to scrape plaque off the teeth, and had only been flossing to get food out from between my teeth. Once I understood that, flossing became much easier, not to mention, after a couple of weeks of reduced gun inflammation, more comfortable.
It was a dental hygienist who explained it to me, not a dentist... I think for dentists, there may be a bit of a conflict of interest.
For me, that was the key development. Up to that point, I hadn't understood that the goal is to scrape plaque off the teeth, and had only been flossing to get food out from between my teeth. Once I understood that, flossing became much easier, not to mention, after a couple of weeks of reduced gun inflammation, more comfortable.
It was a dental hygienist who explained it to me, not a dentist... I think for dentists, there may be a bit of a conflict of interest.