Do you ever wonder if dentists tell us not to pick our teeth with sharp metal objects just so they won't be run out of a job?
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Slic2007
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No, it'd be much easier for them to tell us brushing is a myth. Broken teeth are the realm of an orthodontist anyway, not a dentist.
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Wouldn't surprise me abit.
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Ahh! Stop! Damn iron hook in my mouth! What am I, a fish?!
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I gotta say I laughed my head off when I read this question. Kudos to you for having a great sense of humour. I suspect however it's the same as when doc's say not to clean your ear with anything smaller than an elbow - I had an ENT surgeon sit me down at a young age and teach me how to clean my ears with a cotton bud and even how to get wax out of my ears - we lived in the country and I became half-deaf at a young age and having lots of ear infections as a kid my parents couldn't get m to docs to get my ears cleaned or flushed.
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Well, there is a certain amount of skill involved. Scratched enamel and/or lacerated gums suck. Whether it's an altruistic gesture to prevent you messing yourself up or just occupational territoriality is debatable though and I have pondered it myself.
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