Certainly halitosis is no less a social menace than......performance art. But can oral hygiene be taken too far? 
In the Times of London today, Conservative MP for Surrey Heath Michael Gove wonders: has it really come to tongue-scrapers, then?
Not to mention floss and various other persnickety little oral contraptions.
Dentists are merciless these days.
We're urgently chided to deploy all manner of gizmos and gadgets, lest our mouths be reclassified as haz-mat hot spots.
Gove, for one, has had quite enough.
However, he regrettably fails to mention the thinking man's mouthwash: peppermint schnapps.
TECHNORATI TAGS: ORAL HYGIENE, DENTISTRY, FLOSSING, TONGUE SCRAPERS
Posted by Matt Rosenberg at December 20, 2005 03:24 PM
Tongue scraping really works, though. If you haven't done it, try it just before you go to bed (even after brushing) and see what disgusting goo turns up. You'll be surprised...
Now, my Hummingbird electric flosser, maybe that's a bit much!
Posted by: CptMystic at December 20, 2005 08:28 PM