So basically your oily saliva is a beer flattener. I won't be sharing a glass with you!Thinking of you - just about to make my 6 monthly check up appt - dentist is an Eagles supporter but other than that a fine fellow.
I should floss more than I do but he removes the plaque with his gadget.
Apparently I have "oily" saliva
In my first teaching post (country Vic) - I became known (in the pub at least) as the "oily gob wog" - due to my olive skin and my ability to make a glass of beer go flat in record time.
I don't want to turn this into a teeth thread, though I was thinking that Oliver could use some orthodontic work to straighten up his front teeth and not look so goofy. Floss is not for removing food but bacteria that will become plaque. I have severe bone loss through previously undetected periodontal invasion below the gum line. Had 5 lots of surgery where gums are torn apart and teeth filed at the roots.
The up and down motion of the floss clears the bacteria and with unwaxed floss, a squealing sound alerts the user to the bacteria's demise. We're talking serious flossing here. Then what the floss doesn't get, the pikster or interdental brush does. Unwaxed floss is extremely difficult to purchase here. It's yet another area in which we prove ourselves to be a backwater, missing out or paying a high price for both essentials and luxuries of life.
If your bone and gum is healthy, you can probably just continue with your half hearted flossing efforts. I also have a 6 month check at the dentist as well as 6 months at the periodontist who is a very expensive substitute for an oral hygienist.