Why use dental floss when you can use a hammer?
[2008-7-28]
Tag : dental scissors
Thousands of people floss while driving, use hammers orscrewdrivers to clean between their teeth, or have attempted tobite the cap off a bottle, a British Dental Health Foundationsurvey reports.
Earrings, business cards, lollipop sticks, penknives, scissors,paperclips, needles, pins, matchsticks and pieces of paper orplastic are among the items that come to hand when floss orinterdental brushes are unavailable, it says.
The foundation's survey of more than 1,000 people in 10 citiesreveals an alarming lack of concern for dental and gum care, thecharity says. Nor do people appreciate the link between gum diseaseand increased risk of diabetes, strokes, heart disease or, forwomen, giving birth to premature or low-weight babies .
It says a worrying 13% of those surveyed admit that they haveflossed while driving, while 20% have turned to knives, forks orpenknives to clean between their teeth, 6% to needles or pins, 3%to pens or pencils and a similar number to business cards, paper orplastic.
Nigel Carter, the BDHF's chief executive, said: "These results donot give people in the UK a great deal to smile about ... Couplethat with the fact that 27% of people have opened a bottle with their teeth , nearly half of those being women."
The survey also found that 29% of people have bleeding gums andalmost half of those ignore them or brush their teeth more softlyto avoid making them worse.
Thousands of people floss while driving, use hammers orscrewdrivers to clean between their teeth, or have attempted tobite the cap off a bottle, a British Dental Health Foundationsurvey reports.
Earrings, business cards, lollipop sticks, penknives, scissors,paperclips, needles, pins, matchsticks and pieces of paper orplastic are among the items that come to hand when floss orinterdental brushes are unavailable, it says.
The foundation's survey of more than 1,000 people in 10 citiesreveals an alarming lack of concern for dental and gum care, thecharity says. Nor do people appreciate the link between gum diseaseand increased risk of diabetes, strokes, heart disease or, forwomen, giving birth to premature or low-weight babies .
It says a worrying 13% of those surveyed admit that they haveflossed while driving, while 20% have turned to knives, forks orpenknives to clean between their teeth, 6% to needles or pins, 3%to pens or pencils and a similar number to business cards, paper orplastic.
Nigel Carter, the BDHF's chief executive, said: "These results donot give people in the UK a great deal to smile about ... Couplethat with the fact that 27% of people have opened a bottle with their teeth , nearly half of those being women."
The survey also found that 29% of people have bleeding gums andalmost half of those ignore them or brush their teeth more softlyto avoid making them worse.
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