Do you floss?

[Wyndru]

Lol. I'm assuming you are being sarcastic, but that person clearly has gingivitis which is why the gums bleed and are swollen.

I wouldn't say "clearly". My gums are fine and mine bleed too. Reason is because my teeth are too close together, so when I floss I have to "jam" the floss between the teeth, and when it gets past the tips of the tooth, it releases between them and rips into my gums.

The dentist said that this isn't uncommon, and even if I flossed regularly that my teeth wouldn't separate that much so it would always be an issue. It's more likely that it's because I never had my wisdom teeth removed, so my teeth all came in normal but very tightly.

The only remedy I have is to use the soft ribbon style floss, but even that makes them bleed from time to time.

I just choose not to floss often.

 

[Imp]

Once a week because my dentist told me my gums were inflamed a couple years straight; got a hotter dentist so listened to this one more.

 

[mesthead21]

Never have time? How long do you think it takes to floss once a day?

Agreed, you can floss while watching tv for 2 minutes. I floss every night after my dentist bitching at me my visit a year or two ago

 

[lord_emperor]

Wanna know a cool way to get high? Floss your teeth until your mouth is gushing blood. Put a caffeine pill under your tongue and let it dissolve.

I don't floss because I don't like the taste of blood

If you floss for ~ 1 month your gums stop bleeding.

 

[TridenT]

Never have time? How long do you think it takes to floss once a day?

Takes me like 10 minutes. Feels very unsatisfying. I never flossed when I had braces on. Way too big of a pain in the ass. It's still troublesome with this stupid bar on my lower teeth. Everytime I try to floss with that sob, it ends up ripping the floss like it's fucking sticks of string cheese.

 

[randomlinh]

not everyday, but try to every few days or so.

 

[BW86]

nope

 

[coloumb]

Didn't use to... but about 2 years ago during my 6 month dental PM [checkup] - the #'s for my gum pocket depth were bad [4-5 with a few 6+]. I of course lied and said a few times each week [I never flossed].

I decided to try an experiment to see if flossing daily [every morning] would matter by the time my next 6 month PM was due. Next visit - most of the #'s were around 3. During my last visit - all of the #'s were about 2 with a few 3's on the back teeth - those are a pain in the ass to keep clean.

I can happily not lie when they ask how often I floss. The huge bonus is now they spend less time cleaning my teeth and no more of the annoyingly painful sonic cleaner.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Once or twice (sometimes thrice) a week.

 

[dennilfloss]

I floss.

 

[Bill Brasky]

I don't really understand questions like this. There are handful of things human beings need to do to maintain their health... eating properly, good hygiene, and exercising a little bit can really improve the quality of life imo. Is it that hard?

 

[TheMouse]

I use a waterpik after everytime I eat. Feels so refreshing.

 

[moshquerade]

Anyone who uses the excuse, "my gums have always bled, it runs in the family" needs to be taken out back and shot.

Kthxbye.

 

[TridenT]

I use a waterpik after everytime I eat. Feels so refreshing.

Do you live at home 24/7? I don't get how you could do it every time you eat. Maybe for breakfast and dinner, but lunches too? Snacks as well? :hmm: I've seen the "mobile" version of the waterpik online, but you carry that with you? Seems a bit silly.

Anyway, waterpik looks interesting... I've seen a scrapper thing that the dentist's office(hygienists or whatevs) use that shoots water and has high-frequency magic with it that gets rid of bad stuff on my teeth... not a waterpik I think though.

Anyway, I got some of those floss picks and they're alright. I got these dentek ones that scrap your tongue, act as a tooth pick, and floss your teeth. Takes about 2 or so to actually get the partial job done. It's very difficult to get inbetween my teeth. I have to literally chomp down on the pick in order for it to go inbetween my teeth to floss. Kinda silly.

 

[TheMouse]

Do you live at home 24/7? I don't get how you could do it every time you eat. Maybe for breakfast and dinner, but lunches too? Snacks as well? :hmm: I've seen the "mobile" version of the waterpik online, but you carry that with you? Seems a bit silly.

Anyway, waterpik looks interesting... I've seen a scrapper thing that the dentist's office(hygienists or whatevs) use that shoots water and has high-frequency magic with it that gets rid of bad stuff on my teeth... not a waterpik I think though.

Anyway, I got some of those floss picks and they're alright. I got these dentek ones that scrap your tongue, act as a tooth pick, and floss your teeth. Takes about 2 or so to actually get the partial job done. It's very difficult to get inbetween my teeth. I have to literally chomp down on the pick in order for it to go inbetween my teeth to floss. Kinda silly.

Actually, I skip breakfast (bad habit, I know but I sleep until 10am) and eat lunch at home because I run my own business out of my house. Me snacking consists of a venti chai latte at starbucks. Other than that, I just don't snack (with the exception of happyhour wings or whatever). Dinner, I typically eat at home unless I'm entertaining a client or firned. Obviously there are times that I can't use it. I keep meaning to pick up those floss picks for those occasions, but I haven't been committed enough to get around to it.

 

[Wyndru]

I don't really understand questions like this. There are handful of things human beings need to do to maintain their health... eating properly, good hygiene, and exercising a little bit can really improve the quality of life imo. Is it that hard?

It's just a question, is it really that hard to understand why someone would ask a yes or no question?

Some people exercise, some don't, some eat properly, some don't. OP was just trying to find out how many do or don't floss, not really a complex question either. It would be ignorant to assume that everyone eats properly, has good hygiene and exercises.

 

[xanis]

Not on a regular basis, just when I have an appt coming up, I usually try to clean out some of the nasties.

This.

Poll needs an option for "sometimes".

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Couple times a week. Usually after a meal to get junk out from my teeth.

 

[Born2bwire]

This. There are lots of names for them, but without them I wouldn't floss. I hated flossing and never did it till I tried these. Now I can't stand not having one and floss several times a day.

I hate those things, they just fall apart when I use them because my teeth are close together. Honestly though, how do you not have time to floss? If you have time to brush your teeth you can floss in the same sitting. What I do though is that I just floss when I am sitting down watching a movie or reading some damn drivel on the internet. It's not so much not having time, it's getting it into part of your routine.

 

[Bill Brasky]

It's just a question, is it really that hard to understand why someone would ask a yes or no question?

Some people exercise, some don't, some eat properly, some don't. OP was just trying to find out how many do or don't floss, not really a complex question either. It would be ignorant to assume that everyone eats properly, has good hygiene and exercises.

Thank you for explaining the circumstances of this thread. The point I'm making is that it's silly to not do the small things that can help you out in the long run.

 

[JSt0rm]

Every night.