If you do exactly what your dentist tells you, you should be coming in every 6 months for a checkup…
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Brush and floss just like your dentist tells you. Also use a real mouthwash, like Listerine.
PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 months ago
And your point?
njm1314@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s wildly out of the financial means of a lot of us.
subignition@fedia.io 4 months 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.
tamal3@lemmy.world 4 months 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.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 months ago
OK?
OP was bitching about dentist telling him what to do. Why are you moving the goalposts?
deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Gotta get the mouthwash with fluorine; not all kinds of Listerine have it.
canadaduane@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
See comment above, but basically, I question whether mouthwash is all that, based on recent research: www.microbiologyresearch.org/…/jmm.0.001830