/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.10833669]

I was speaking with my friend and he said brushing your teeth actually damages them
of course I personally don't believe him because he also thinks vaccines cause autism (although his kids are vaccined, he says autism is better than death) but I wanted to know your opinion on it because it isn't the first time I hear this

[Anonymous No.10833682]

>>10833669

Rubbing something on something will always cause some wear, will it ever amount to something noticeable? Probably not unless you brushed them all day everyday for more than a lifetime. Not brushing them and letting the bacteria go to town rotting them will cause exponentially more damage though.

[Anonymous No.10833686]

It's bullshit.
But also Feynman was vaguely skeptical of brushing your teeth daily. But Feynman is also completely overrated in general.

[Anonymous No.10833747]

>>10833669
Yes, Dentist know it, usually give you right way bushing and soft toothbrush recommendations, but chemistry(coke soda, gatorade, acids(lemons,orange), coffee) and bateria damage are way way worst and quickly over brushing damage.

[Anonymous No.10833865]

>>10833669
Herbivores starve to death because their teeth rot out of their heads. I'm gonna bursh my teeth with some basic non whitening toothpaste and a simple brush and floss.

[Anonymous No.10834010]

if you scrape the corrosion off of metal, is that damaging it? the point is to rub off the layer of crap on your teeth but not so much you rub away the enamel

[Anonymous No.10834029]

>>10833747
>bateria
It's not the bacteria it's their poop that is highly acidic much like soaking your teeth in redbull for 24 hours.

[Anonymous No.10834088]

>>10833669
Needing to brush your teeth daily is a lie. I only brush my teeth once a week and I'm totally fine. I've never kissed a girl, my teeth are as yellow as butter and my breath smells like fresh horse shit, but I I'm doing okay. And don't get me started on flossing.

[Anonymous No.10834732]

>>10834088
imagine the smell

[Anonymous No.10834849]

Most likely, he went to the dentist who told him that he was brushing too hard or over-brushing which can damage your teeth, but he wrongly interpreted it that way. That’s probably what your hearing: dentists telling people to quit brushing too hard/over-brushing

[Anonymous No.10834886]

>>10834088
>degenerate

[Anonymous No.10834893]

>>10834088
>I've never kissed a girl
And with those teeth you never will dumbo

[Anonymous No.10835891]

>>10833669
The enamel is weaker/softer for about half an hour after eating something acid or sweet*.
Don't brush your teeth during that time.
After 30min the spit in your mouth has normalized the situation and it is safe to brush.

*the sweet doesn't hurt your teeth directly, the bacteria on your teeth eat it up and crap out acid which then does the damage

[Anonymous No.10835924]

I definitely over brush
>floss in the morning
>mouthwash
>brush 90 seconds
>second mouthwash

>quick 30 second brush after lunch

>before bed mouthwash
>brush 90 seconds
>second mouthwash

but goddamn if my breath and overall hygiene isn't perfect I die of embarrassment

[Anonymous No.10835936]

literally depends on genes
I haven't brushed my teeth once in last 19 years and I'm fine
sure they aren't perfectly white but as long as they work it doesn't matter
my dentist never did anything with them, he says they are alright on every visit and probably thinks I'm brusing them
meanwhile my best friend recently spend more than 1000$ on canal treatment or something like that

[Anonymous No.10836132]

>>10833669
Dumb. Brushing teeth = abrasive and removes small deposits of plaques. Once you use toothpaste, minerals are deposited on the tooth for extra layer of protection.

[Anonymous No.10836186]

>>10833669
Are you a retardo ? Haven't you heard of corrosion ? Brush the ground in your garden for a week at the same spot and see the result
Why do you call him your friend if you direspect him so much,
assuming even simple facts he says are lies by the way ?

[Anonymous No.10838186]

bup

[Anonymous No.10838432]

You're meant to use a soft brush and brush in a gentle manner. The process is just to remove plaque, sugar deposits and bacteria from your teeth and it doesn't take a lot of force to do this.

If your diet is as it should be you won't even need to brush your teeth and they'll be strong and clean.

[Anonymous No.10838439]

It's like washing a car. If you scrub too hard you'll scratch it. If you wash it too often, you'll fuck up the paint and clear coat eventually. If you drive through mud a lot and leave it dirty, it will rust.

Just like teeth. Keep them clean, but don't overbrush them to wear the enamel. Eat less sugar and less acids.

[Anonymous No.10839813]

>>10833669
dentists recommend twice a day

[Anonymous No.10840709]

>>10835924
As long as you practice proper technique (light pressure, brush downward from gum) this isnt too much.

[Anonymous No.10841101]

>>10834088
based

[Anonymous No.10841117]

>yeah bro, abrasion doesn't damage your teeth, I mean what kind of conspiracy theorists would you need to be to think that.

[Anonymous No.10841385]

>>10834029
>their poop
Umm, actually, it's not their poop that causes the damage but the low pH of the poop. Now you know how pedantic you sound.

[Anonymous No.10841520]

>>10841385
seething

[Anonymous No.10841560]

>>10833686
>But Feynman is also completely overrated in general.
Name someone who deserves to be as popular as Feynman is.

[Anonymous No.10842111]

>>10841560
einstain

[Anonymous No.10842134]

>>10841117
Wanna talk about sunscreen, faggot?

[Anonymous No.10842142]

He is right.
I don't brush my teeth at all and they're perfect. Never spent a cent to have anything fixed. While my friends who brush their teeth three times a day spent thousands for their dentists. And we are in our 20s.

inb4 diet
nigga please my diet consists of meat, milk, alcohol and sweets, I haven't eaten a fruit or vegtable in weeks in theory my teeth should be literally rotten and yet I don't have any issues.

[Anonymous No.10843583]

>>10833669
I havent brushed my teeth in 10 years and I have zero cavities. I brush them and flush with some water the three days leading up to the dentist appointment, but other than that i dont do anything

[Anonymous No.10843755]

>>10842142
>yet I don't have any issues
it's all in the "yet", brainlet. I bet you're an autist who showers once a week too. Same stupid argument that tobacco is alright because one has a 80 year old uncle who smokes a pack a day

[Anonymous No.10844098]

>>10834088
>dentists hate him!

[Anonymous No.10844104]

It really depends. My dad rarely has to do anything with his teeth and he never has problems, but my mom and I have tons of trouble and we have to be careful

[Anonymous No.10844107]

>>10841385
It's not actually the low pH, pH is just a logarithmic scale of how many free hydrogen ions are dissolved into the sollution

[Anonymous No.10844334]

>>10834732
Not him, I only brush my teeth twice a week and due to lucky genetics and a lot of water drinking my breath smells completely neutral.

[Anonymous No.10844511]

>>10839813
I just do one because I'm afraid of Fluorine content in toothpaste

[Anonymous No.10844525]

>>10844334
you still build dental plaque and should get it removed once a year. i see people who never do this and their teeth are disgusting

[Anonymous No.10844530]

>>10844511
rofl. you're supposed to put a small amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush and not swallow it, not on the entire length like you see in advertisings. you can find toothpastes without fluorine if you're that paranoid.

[Anonymous No.10844570]

Everything you put on the skin makes its way to the blood vessels, right?
What about soaps, gels, makeup...?? What are we putting in our bodies??

[Anonymous No.10844720]

>>10843755
even if yet I still saved thousands of dollars seeing how much my teeth-brushing friends spend
as long as I don't have any issues I wll continue to just don't care, it seems to have worked out so far

[Anonymous No.10846366]

bump

[Anonymous No.10846674]

>>10844107
>quarks and gluons are responsible for my rotting teeth
Wtf bros!!??

[Anonymous No.10846726]

>>10844530
Using toothpaste without flouride is pretty silly.

[Anonymous No.10846729]

>>10846726
flouride also makes you silly

[Anonymous No.10846748]

>>10846729
Only if you're drinking massive amounts of the stuff. Topical usage when brushing your teeth is perfectly fine.

[Anonymous No.10846759]

>>10833669
>autism is better than death
that's quite a leap

[Anonymous No.10847660]

I don't see how it could damage your teeth the mohs hardness of tooth enamel is 5. toothbrush bristles have a mohs hardness of 2.5

[Anonymous No.10849218]

bump

[Anonymous No.10849627]

>>10849218
chomp

[Anonymous No.10849642]

>>10833669
Toothpaste contains fluoride, which stalls cognitive development and is a general health hazard.

[Anonymous No.10849929]

>>10849642
I hope you're not serious

[Anonymous No.10849967]

>>10844107
(the solution is poop)

[Anonymous No.10850084]

>>10833682
that's just not true.
Tooth enamel has a hardness of 5 on the Mohs scale. Anything below that cannot scratch enamel, including gypsum, calcite, fluorite and steel (you can still chip your teeth though).

However what can happen is you soften the enamel with acidic foods, making it more scratchable when you brush your teeth too fast after eating

[Anonymous No.10851314]

>>10833669
>his kids are vaccined, he says autism is better than death
He is an idiot:

>•Between 3 and 5 months of age, children who received DTP and OPV early had 5-fold higher mortality than still unvaccinated children.
https://www.ebiomedicine.com/article/S2352-3964(17)30046-4/abstract

[Anonymous No.10852740]

>>10841117
>yeah bro hardness and material composition has nothing to do with its performance in expected conditions
Neck yourself you cretin.

[Anonymous No.10853108]

>>10834088
>>10844334
If you eat processed sugar of any kind, drink juice or soda, and don't ever get checked up by a dentist, then prepare for some painful infections, ulcers, and possibly sepsis. Dental pain is supposed to be one of the most painful pains.