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.
Just because they are scraping your teeth with a metal utensil doesn’t mean they are removing enamel. Enamel is a lot harder than you think and lightly scraping it has no effect on it.
Since you’re not a dentist or have any medical training you shouldn’t make such sweeping assumptions.
I’ve been getting cleanings my entire life. My enamel is just fine.
Non-stick coatings are soft. Enamel isn’t.
Hey did you know enamel is harder than steel? Yup that’s why using a steel scraper on your teeth is fine. It’s why we’ve been doing it for decades without anyone having issues.
Educate yourself for fucks sake. You are incredibly ignorant on this subject. Sounds like you have an extreme phobia and you’re projecting your insecurity on everyone else.
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?