A 2020 Cochrane review that assessed the two clinical trials concluded that “whether adults see their dentist for a check‐up every six months or at personalized intervals based on their dentist’s assessment of their risk of dental disease does not affect tooth decay, gum disease, or quality of life. Longer intervals (up to 24 months) between check‐ups may not negatively affect these outcomes.” The Cochrane reviewers reported that they were “confident” of little to no difference between six-month and risk-based check-ups and were “moderately confident” that going up to 24-month checkups would make little to no difference either.
Likewise, Nadanovsky and his colleagues highlight that there is no evidence supporting the benefit of common scaling and polishing treatments for adults without periodontitis. And for children, cavities in baby teeth are routinely filled, despite evidence from a randomized controlled trial that rates of pain and infections are similar—about 40 percent—whether the cavities are filled or not.
Bruh you’re literally in a community called “science” commenting about a study that showed we’re doing way to much dental care for zero benefit…
You’re drastically over estimating how good enamel is too. Like, sure, by some measures it’s the “toughest” part of our bodies, but even brushing too hard can cause small chips.
Those small chips are where placque will form. And that will harden to tartar. And when that’s is scaled, it opens up the risk that the small chip expands, making it more likely tartar develops.
Over decades this adds up.
I mean hell, how rare do you think it is for people to get small chips? The enamel isn’t going to just magically grow back over it
I mean. I shouldn’t have to explain why anecdotal experiences on social media aren’t scientific…
And you don’t need to be a dentist to know this stuff, an incredible basic knowledge of material hardness is all you need and what you seem to be missing.
Again, you’re literally commenting on an article about a scientific study that found dentists are over prescribing medical treatments that have no benefit so they can make more money…
Yet your saying unless someone is a dentist you won’t listen to them?
Why are you on a science community if you don’t believe in the scientific method over salesmen?
And there you go again showing how incredibly ignorant you are.
Enamel is harder than steel. But just because it’s hard doesn’t mean it can’t be brittle.
Chipping your tooth is an entirely different concept then scratching the enamel.
Hardness vs brittleness. Two completely different concepts. Have you never taken a physics class before?
Your argument is that cleanings remove enamel and that’s entirely false.
So you’re saying that when you go to the dentist they are chipping your teeth? Like I said get a better dentist because yours sucks. But I’d venture to guess you’ve never been to a dentist because you think you’re smarter than them. What a joke.
You’re rambling with zero empirical evidence to back it up.
Your phobia is showing. The fact that you don’t understand any of the science behind this is compelling enough for me to never listen to you.
Your cohort is showing.