Why do they ask questions they already know the answer to?

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• BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My hygienist: Do you floss daily?

  Me: I try, but there are times I forget to.

  My hygienist: how often do you forget?

  Me: well if I knew I was forgetting, I’d just floss

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  • ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I had this exact ridiculous conversation at the dentist once. What do they actually expect from you?

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    • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      To produce a pocket ledger listing dates you missed.

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• Thorry@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The time before last I went to the dentist my regular dentist wasn’t available, so they called ahead and asked if I would like to reschedule or just see some other dentist from the same clinic instead. I was fine with another dentist, as I have very good teeth for an old man and nothing special going on.

  He asked me if I flossed, I said I used those little poker things that work well, except for a couple of teeth on the bottom that are too close together. So he poked at those teeth a bit and told me I should try harder, a poker could easily get in between those. So he got a poker and wanted to demonstrate, but couldn’t really do it. He started trying harder and harder, really shoving it in there with force, getting a new poker if the previous one bent over. I started bleeding a bit, so the assistant refreshed my catching cloth. Until I started bleeding a lot and a nice line of blood splat all over the dentist.

  He was wearing full protection and it’s part of his job, so he didn’t mind. We looked at each other and started laughing out loud. The nurse just sighed and went to fetch new protection for the dentist and something to clean everything up. He said he got why I didn’t try poking in between those teeth, it didn’t work very well.

  Luckily I’m not afraid of the dentist or mind pain all that much, or that visit would have put me off going next time.

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• tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m the opposite. Can’t stand the feeling of stuff in my teeth. I floss after every meal if I have it on me, which usually I do, and then once more before bed. My teeth are spaced widely enough that a stray shred of chicken can get between a couple teeth and feel like a boulder until I get it out.

  But the result is that my dentist never doubts me when I say I floss.

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• dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I floss and still look like that. 😞

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  • albbi@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s a warning sign to get checked out.

    https://bewelldental.ca/why-do-your-gums-bleed-even-though-you-floss-every-day.html

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• kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Crap, I have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning. Can I cram for it? What if I stay up all night flossing?

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• TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The trick is to floss for a couple of weeks before your appointment. One week in a pinch. They might still be able to tell from the plaque buildup that you don’t usually floss, but if you also eat almost no sugar like me, that’s largely mitigated.

  • sincerely, someone who always flosses 3x/day, I swear.

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