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What Is Flossing?
Benefits of Flossing
Problems From Not Flossing
Types of Dental Floss
Picking Dental Floss
What Areas to Floss
Preparing to Floss Teeth
How to Floss Teeth
Effective Teeth Flossing Tips
Dental Care if You Can't Floss
Flossing Alternatives: Inter-dental Devices
Flossing Alternatives: Tooth Pick Tools
Flossing Alternatives: Oral Irrigators
Specialty Oral Irrigator Tips
Picking Oral Hygiene Products
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Summary: Flossing your teeth effectively is important for keeping healthy teeth and gums. Learn some tips on how to floss effectively with tips from a dental hygienists in this free oral hygiene video.
Evelyn Perreault, a registered dental hygienist, has over 25 years of clinical and educational experience in the oral care industry. Throughout her tenure she has provided clinical...read more
"Some things to keep in mind while you're flossing is that, there are people who don't necessarily get perfect exams when they go to their dental office, they're often told they're not flossing correctly or even maybe being told that they're not flossing at all and certainly I can sympathize with that because I know many people do floss, but you just might not be flossing effectively. Keep in mind that when you're flossing, you never want to snap the floss between a contact point. If you're flossing, if you're snapping that floss what you could essentially be doing is cutting the gum tissue, which is probably already sensitive and sore to begin with and that would certainly make you not want to floss again. So you want to always ease that floss through. The second problem that sometimes occurs is that when people are flossing, they may ease the floss through but they're perhaps not flossing down far enough along the gum line. You want to make sure that that floss is scraping underneath that gum tissue until you feel a point of resistance and you're not using a lot of pressure anyway when you're doing it, you're just guiding that floss, but you will feel that point where you need to stop and then it's time to come back up. When you are in between teeth, you want to make sure that you're getting that whole space. That space should be filled with that floss so in a situation like this where it's an expanding floss, you'll see that that is going to even fill the largest of spaces and be very effective with that flossing. Again please always remember go to that back tooth, get underneath those bridges and the crown areas, implant areas, all the specialty areas in your mouth that need that extra attention."
eHow Article: Effective Teeth Flossing Tips
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