The sunscreen denialists are even more ridiculous than the flossing denialists. It only takes a few hours to prove yourself catastrophically wrong.https://twitter.com/hello__caitlin/status/1419471219401756676 …
-
-
Replying to @beyerstein
Flossing doesn’t have that great an evidence base though. It’s definitely helpful if you do it as well as a trained dental hygienist, but less so much as typically done in the home. Probably more benefit than harm at least.
@SkepticalDDS2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @SBMPediatrics @SkepticalDDS
Is the evidence base for flossing worse than the evidence base for brushing? You can’t really do controlled trials of either because it wouldn’t be ethical or practical.
3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SBMPediatrics @SkepticalDDS
This is what I’m talking about: “The clinical trials measured results mostly in the short term (up to six weeks) and many participants had a low level of gum disease at the beginning of the studies.”
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @beyerstein @SkepticalDDS
Right. It’s just not much to go on. It probably helps but unlike sunburns, gum disease is multi factorial and some people, because of genetics, diet, good brushing, will do fine without flossing .
3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
Actually, I happen to be one of those people. My dentist(s) have tried to get me to floss regularly over the last nearly half century. I'll be good for a while but then always slack off. I don't have gum disease and haven't had a cavity in many years.
-
-
Replying to @gorskon @SBMPediatrics and
I've never had a cavity. And infrequent flosser
0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.