Dental Floss can extend your life for 5 years!

Fact about dental floss, how does it help to keep your life Longer!?

Every 6-12 months, you visit the dentist for a cleaning -- and likely a lecture about the importance of flossing. But if you're like many dental patients, the advice travels in one ear and out the other -- much like, well, dental floss gliding between the spaces of your teeth.

"There is no instant gratification with flossing -- that's the problem," says Alla Wheeler, RDH, MPA, associate professor of the Dental Hygiene Program at the New York University School of Dentistry. "Patients don't think it does anything."

But flossing does about 40% of the work required to remove food residues, sticky bacteria, or plaque, from your teeth. Plaque generates acid, which can cause cavities, irritate the gums, and lead to gum disease. "Each tooth has five surfaces. If you don't floss, you are leaving at least two of the surfaces unclean," Wheeler explains. "Floss is the only thing that can really get into that space between the teeth and remove bacteria."

Daily Flossing Can Add 6.4 Years To Your Life

As the Baby Boom generation ages there is more and more concern about the cost of care for the future aged... and, in fact, aging in general. For a generation that swore they would never want to live to be more than 30 this generation is approaching and passing 50 all the while hoping for many more years. Thirty is a distant memory.

Partly to satisfy this concern for such a large part of our citizenry, there are a slew of books, seminars, and tapes about how to stay healthier and live longer. One of the most recent and most interesting is a book by Michael F. Roizen, MD. Dr. Roizen's book is called "RealAge", and the general concept is to calculate how old a person is actually (compared to averages and actuarial tables) based to a great degree upon choices he/she makes about lifestyle, eating, exercise, etc.

In particular, there is a section on dental health, and I quote, "These studies show that the presence of periodontal diseases, diseases most common in people with tooth loss, actually affects longevity. The best of these studies done at Emory University with the Centers for Disease Control, indicated that people with gingivitis and periodontitis have a mortality rate that is 23 percent to 46 percent higher than those who don't... why? They are linked to increased rates of cardiovascular disease and stroke, as well as to an increase in mortality from other causes, such as infections.

On flossing, the book states that, "Flossing your teeth daily can make your arteries younger. The probable reason: Flossing helps keep your immune system young... the same bacteria that cause periodontal disease also trigger an immune response, inflammation, that causes the arteries to swell. The swelling of the arterial walls results in a constriction of blood flow that can lead to a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease. Other studies have shown that periodontal disease leads to a higher white blood cell count, which is an indicator that the immune system is under increased stress.... Poor oral hygiene and particularly increased tooth loss are important indicators of your risk. The fewer teeth you have, the greater your risk of gum infections."

Incidentally, according to Dr. Roizen, men who have regular sex in a happy monogamous heterosexual relationship and who eat lots (not overeating) of pizza, marinara sauce, and spaghetti can add an additional 5 years to their lives... just floss after eating, and don't smoke after sex.

Other Experts

Longevity expert Dr Roger Henderson says, 'Flossing every day means not only could you still have a full set of teeth as a centenarian, but your dental hygiene may have helped you to get to such an age.'

I have blogged an article about 10 years ago saying that stop Smoking keep your younger, use dental floss 7 times a week make your life longer for 5 years.

Don’t challenge me for how to get those data, as there is difficulties to calculate by not doing flossing..

Well, there is over 1,000 types of bacteria in your mouth and Flossing will remove some of them and preventing them to go into your blood stream. Why not start to use dental floss.

Well, I carry a case of dental floss with me, I think Dental floss works better in cleaning the gap between teeth where by those food restudies locked up there. Use of too pick will have high chance to damages you gum, Dental floss will not.

I am 60 years ago and I have been using dental floss more than 30 years, I have not lost any one of my teeth…

And I have some tips for you. 

I have found a new Thai Silk dental floss which is BEST amongst all those I have been using Reach, Colgate, Johnson & Johnson, Oral B, Reach, Listerine, Glide…etc.

This is best as it is tough, thick enough to remove the things between my teeth and thin SMOOTH enough to slip into… I give this 100% perfect floss….

It also helps the farmers n Thailand to make their living better. 

 

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Reference

http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/features/still-not-flossing-more-reasons-why-you-should#1

https://www.21stcenturydental.com/floss.html

 

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H1N1 and the Prevention

Most N95 respirators are designed to filter 95% particulates of 0.3µ, while the size of H1N1 virus is about 0.1µ. Hence, dependence on N95 to protect against H1N1 is like protecting against rain with an umbrella made of mosquito net.

Tamiflu does not kill but prevents H1N1 from further proliferation. H1N1, like other Influenza A viruses, only infects the upper respiratory tracts and proliferates (only) there. The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/ throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible not coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions.

Contact with H1N1 is not the problem but proliferation is. While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps - not fully highlighted in most official communications - can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):

1. 20 seconds Hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications)
2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face
3. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water. H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
4. Have enough rest.
5. Keep you lung strong by having fresh air exercise like running or jogging.
Go hiking on week end rather than to go shopping in densely populated areas like Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway bay.
6. Eat Balanced food, take more fruit and drink enough water, avoid oily and heavy food.

Feverip

Laugh and Your health

Function of a Kidney to filter 40 gallon of blood day that is approxmately 14,000 gallons a year.

Size of a sperm is 0.05mm, there are approx 1.7B sperm in one ejaculation.

Skin is our largest organ that can shield our body and protect us from attack of Sperm, bacteria and some virus, but when we get other skin becomes less elastic and soft and reduce the shielding effect.

We are strong, a man is strongest when he is 35 years old, and his bone can stand up to 21 adults’ weight without any breakage.

There are approx 49 germs per square inch the toilet board, where as there are 21,000 germs on the key board and your office desk. Is that Scary?

We have 3 million pores on our skin to respirate, sweat and adjust the temperature of our body.

50 Years old man’s Lung has less 40% capacity as he was in 25 years old.

When we get old say 50 years, 50% of the man has grey hair, and approx. 50% get bald.

This is no way that we can control the natural aging, exercise can maintain certain level of lubricating on our joints, lung and heart, maintain certain elasticity on our muscle.

But one thing we can control is Laugh, we laugh we have to cooperate 312 pieces of muscles in order to laugh and it pushes in aired into our lung. Many Scientific test proves that Laugh can prolong life and make us younger! believe?

Dental Care and Cancer!

Further to my life calculator, some one question asked me why if we uses dental floss would add 1-2 years to our life.

As you may not aware that dental hygiene is very important to our health. According to Times magazine 2004 had mentioned the invisible killer is the periodontal diseases are closely related to pancreas cancer and cardinal disease!

If we had periodontal diseases, that will have high 1.5 times having stroke than the other, and 64% having chance to get pancreas cancer, higher change to have premature baby and lighter baby.

With a close link established between osteoporosis and periodontal disease, similar treatment and management of the disease might minimize tooth loss and the destruction of the alveolar (jaw) bone," reported Palomo. By Case Western Reserve University,

So make up your mind to take care on your teeth hygience.
I have been used to clean my teeth 5 times a day since I was secondary school student.

Early in the morning, I clean once more thoroughly.
After breakfast, one more time lightly
After lunch if possible clean one time Medium work
After dinner one time and clean your teeth thorough before going to bed!
Gargle thoroughly and rinse completely with water as toothpaste contain some minor toxic substance that will not kill you in day , but harmful for your body!


Use Dental floss wax one as Recommended by Hong Kong Top Dentist TC Ng as the wax will cover the tooth which by the tooth paste active ingredients such as fluoride or xylitol can not protect that area for removal of disease gingivitis.

Man, A lot of knowledge on teeth!

Feverip