western australia

My new acquisition - a freebie

@JudyEv (325798)

Rockingham, Australia

January 27, 2022 6:10pm CST

I went to a new dental clinic the other day as we’ve moved several hours from our old one. I was due for a check-up but once I chipped a piece off a tooth, it was all that was needed to push me to find a new clinic. I’m pleased to be able to say the tooth now has a new filling and I’ve also had a scale and clean. I think having a filling is less uncomfortable than a scale and clean. My old practice sent my records through while I was there which I thought was pretty cool. I had the filling one day and was given a ‘tooth-pick’ which looks like a tiny bottle-brush. The idea is to use it get gunk out from between your teeth where flossing and brushing might not reach. I couldn’t get the hang of it at all. I was trying to use it like floss. I took it back the second day and, with the aid of a mirror, the 16-year-old (well, that’s all she looked) explained that you just inserted the pick between the teeth at the gumline and pulled it back out. QED! (I’ll write about that next time) I guess these picks have been around a long time and most might know how to use them but it was a whole new ball game to me.

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@LadyDuck (458173)

• Switzerland

28 Jan 22

I use those small interdental small brushes from many years, I have several different sizes. I buy big boxes of them, I change every week.

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@LadyDuck (458173)

• Switzerland

28 Jan 22

@JudyEv I have the three sizes, for my back teeth I need very tiny ones. I buy at Aldi.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

@LadyDuck I'll have a look for them in Aldi here. I guess otherwise the chemist would have them.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

That's what I'll be doing. I'll need the tiny ones for my back teeth.

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@RasmaSandra (73444)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 Jan 22

Sounds interesting and good that you tooth got filled

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

So you haven't seen them before?

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@RasmaSandra (73444)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 Jan 22

@JudyEv haven't been near a dentist for ages

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Jan 22

@RasmaSandra That's good if you haven't needed to go. My teeth are mostly okay but I want to keep them that way so now I go for my check-ups. I didn't look after them well enough as a child.

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@kaylachan (57687)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 Jan 22

I had something like that when I had braces. I hated it, especially when food did get stuck between my teeth. I've popped wires trying to use them.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

I was trying to push them up and down and of course they were just bending.

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@rebelann (111178)

• El Paso, Texas

28 Jan 22

I don't want to go to a dentist but someday I will have to.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

I've made my next appointment (in July). Otherwise I would put it off forever.

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@Juliaacv (48442)

• Canada

29 Jan 22

I use those as well, my teeth feel great afterwards.

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@Juliaacv (48442)

• Canada

31 Jan 22

@JudyEv You have to twirl them when they are between your teeth, that is the secret.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Jan 22

@Juliaacv Oh okay. I hadn't even worked that out.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Jan 22

I'm still trying to get the hang of these but they do seem to pick up stuff that the brush doesn't remove.

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@wolfgirl569 (95188)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Jan 22

I dont think I have ever seen them

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

It was another example where I didn't know if everyone would know about them or almost no-one.

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@BarBaraPrz (45487)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

28 Jan 22

I've only come across those things in the last few years, but I love 'em.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

I'm still getting used to this one.

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@RebeccasFarm (86754)

• United States

28 Jan 22

Cool I hope this works good for you.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

A toothbrush doesn't really get between the back teeth. I'm hoping this will help.

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@RebeccasFarm (86754)

• United States

28 Jan 22

@JudyEv It should

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@Fleura (29128)

• United Kingdom

28 Jan 22

I use little brushes like this but I tend to prefer the plastic ones. Some of those wire type got caught between my teeth and the wire broke. But I prefer these to floss - I never could get the hang of dental floss, I would end up with dribble running down my wrists, yuk!

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

I'll have to have a look at what's available. The dentist gave me two but said there are different sizes. I can use the floss on the fronts and sides but it's really difficult on the back teeth. And yes, I dribble too.

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@Ronrybs (17849)

• London, England

28 Jan 22

I've always had trouble with those little brush thingies. I use a flossing handle which seems to do the trick

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

My fingers seem to be twice the normal size when I'm trying wield the bottle brush affair.

I have the flossing things with handles too. I get on better with them.

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@Ronrybs (17849)

• London, England

29 Jan 22

@JudyEv Me too, I always keep some spares

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@LindaOHio (156157)

• United States

28 Jan 22

I use the brushes sometimes. I can only get them between a few teeth.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

It seems some are thicker than others. Only the smallest will fit between my back teeth.

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@mildredtabitha (16053)

• Nairobi, Kenya

28 Jan 22

It's new to me too. I've never see them until I saw this photo on your post. I'm happy for you that your tooth has s new filling now.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

I'm very glad that I didn't need to have the tooth out. It seems some people haven't seen the picks before.

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@JimBo452020 (42629)

• United Kingdom

28 Jan 22

It would be a whole new ball game.to me as.well Judy

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 22

I can't believe I'm so thick - not being able to work out how to use them.

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@JimBo452020 (42629)

• United Kingdom

29 Jan 22

@JudyEv I would be the same

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