It’s just courteous to clean up a bit before having company over.
That’s why I have a bidet!
Yeah, but not too well. Don’t want them sleeping over on my tongue…
I went in for a dental cleaning a couple years ago and the young technician said I had the cleanest teeth he’d ever worked on. He was genuinely impressed with my dental hygiene, said he almost didn’t need to do anything for my appointment.
I have a bad habit of forgetting to brush regularly (thanks, ADHD!), so I do it sporadically when I remember. As such, I typically have a cavity or two when I come in for my annual checkup. I had also just brushed and flossed right before that cleaning appointment; I did nothing else.
Also, this kid was really young. Like, barely 18 young. He had printed out a bunch of positive reviews from other dental patients he had cleaned, and taped them on the wall in front of the dentist chair. It was a little cringey.
The last time I went, they actually thanked me.
I don’t do that to fool them, I do that so they don’t have to look at the remnants of my previous meal, and to spare them the bad breath
At my last visit I made a joke about this and the hygienist said if I had flossed every day for 2 weeks before she would’ve been fooled.
The dad joke answer would’ve been to tell me that the only way to really fool them is to floss regularly for 6 months before a visit…
annual?
I skipped… 15 years. Finally went because my partner MADE ME
I joked, “watch me not have any cavities”
I came out to a seething glare
I still do not know what it’s like to have a filling.
I personally thank fluoridated tap water for my never having had a cavity ever because I have no idea how I have managed otherwise.
I’ve had a few things that looked like cavities starting, then died. It may have never been a cavity in the first place, as every dentist I’ve seen has commented on it, only for me to explain it’s over a decade or two old with no change.
