Comment on What are some things you can do to maintain your teeth when you don't have health insurance amd can't afford dental care?

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• canadaduane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  See comment above, but basically, I question whether mouthwash is all that, based on recent research: www.microbiologyresearch.org/…/jmm.0.001830

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• PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  If you do exactly what your dentist tells you, you should be coming in every 6 months for a checkup…

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And your point?

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    • njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      That’s wildly out of the financial means of a lot of us.

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      • subignition@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Shop around, you can frequently get discounts or cheaper rates if you tell them you're uninsured / self pay. I've had to do this during tough financial times.

        There may also be some luxuries or other corners you can safely cut if you go over your budget with a fine toothed comb.

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      • tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Sorry, but it just gets more expensive to care for them later. Aim for at least a yearly cleaning/exam so that they can catch issues before they become serious. Twice a year is better.

        And find a dentist that is conservative about fillings. My dentist almost never recommends procedures unless there is actual decay, and I trust them to not push work on me that I don’t need.

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      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        OK?

        OP was bitching about dentist telling him what to do. Why are you moving the goalposts?

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• deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Gotta get the mouthwash with fluorine; not all kinds of Listerine have it.

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