Microrobots can brush and floss teeth in a proof-of-concept study

Post by Retric » Thu, Jul 07, 2022, 7:19 PM UTC

arrosenberg wrote: post #220

Retric wrote: post #202

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I think you may have confused me with the other poster: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32007812 Anyway brushing your teeth doesn't sterilize your mouth or even disrupt your mouth flora that much. But brushing and flossing does do many things. It helps your spit/toothpaste to remineralize your teeth repairing microscopic damage, removes leftover buts of food, and generally makes your mouth noticeably less hospit…

I'm not confusing you for anyone - I explicitly said I was making the same point. You are arguing that genetically modifying mouth bacteria to not-form biofilms could be detrimental to health, and I pointing out that if that was true, we would already see those affects from daily brushing. You seem to agree that brushing removes biofilms, so I guess I don't understand your original hypothesis.

Post by matsemann » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 1:55 PM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #210

matsemann wrote: post #209

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Have you done a scientific review, or just talking out of your ass?

You need a scientific study to know that rotting food smells bad? Sure: > Our study confirmed that use of dental floss was associated with lower odds of having oral malodor after controlling for other factors. This agrees with the findings reported recently by AlSadhan [15] who demonstrated statistically significant relationship between self-reported halitosis and use of dental floss. Faveri et al.[32] evaluated the…