Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
QFT.
My dentist told me to after I got two cavities and I haven't looked back. They really get your teeth cleaner, and with a lot less effort. My mom (also a dentist) was skeptical at first, and now she's looking to buy one
Wait, your mom is a dentist but you go to someone else?
All it takes is a short while of strict flossing to make a habit out of it. Once I got my braces off I had to wear one of those invisalign retainers. I would brush and floss after every meal, including snacks, basically because I hated the idea of putting it on without a clean mouth. After a long while of brushing and flossing up to 5 times a day I eventually got burned out on the damn thing and stopped wearing the retainer, but I still feel the urge to floss after each meal, if I don't it really starts to bother me.
cant handle a little blood? i just got my wisdom teeth extracted, and i have bloody holes in the back of my mouth. for 2 days after about 5 minutes, my mouth would be completely filled with blood. its disgusting. finally stopped... man it was nuts. i had to stick pieces of gauze over the holes and bite down on them. every time i reached in my mouth to pull the old one out and stick the new one in, my had would be covered with blood. damn.
Anubis
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Originally posted by: CZroe
My teeth slice even the thinnest, strongest, specialty floss. I still floss the few that I can every now and then, but getting it between my tightly-packed teeth usually involves so much pressure that it snaps in with enough force to cut the gum. I adapted to brushing vertically with real Listerine and tooth-picking, flossing only when I need it.
Mine too...but maybe not as bad as yours. My teeth are pretty closely spaced, and most flosses will tear up before I get done with half my teeth.
I'm sure you've probably tried it, but I figured I'd share which ones work best for me. I've gotten the Dentek Silk Floss floss picks. They've worked best for me. They're somewhat flexible so they stretch a little with use, but they have a thin side, so they can slide in between my teeth with no problems. They're pretty much the only floss I use now because they work so well for my closely spaced teeth.
I used to hate flossing too. However, with the floss picks, it's quite a bit easier. (my problem was that I couldn't get the floss to stay on my fingers, and when it did, it was on so tight it cut off circulation to my fingertips.)
I'd advist using floss picks if you're too lazy...it's a one handed affair and you can kinda do it while doing other stuff.
Originally posted by: lozina
Wait, you need to floss to prevent gum infections?
But when you floss- you open up wounds in your gums to allow pathogens into your gum tissue?
there's a reason you're not a dentist.
You're not supposed to hit your gums that hard. You're not actually sawing plaque off of your gums, you're getting it out from between your teeth.
I floss once every few days and I still sometimes bleed.
I agree that the sonicare is great though. Now my teeth just don't feel clean to me if I use a regular tooth brush.
I agree that the sonicare is great though. Now my teeth just don't feel clean to me if I use a regular tooth brush.
That's "normal" if you don't floss often. I use to floss once every 5 months and my whole mouth was bloody. Now I do it about once a week, very little blood. Brushing helps minimize bleeding.
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If you don't floss often, you could (most probably will) lose your teeth at mid-age.
I floss every night and still bleed sometimes.
I floss every night and still bleed sometimes.
moshquerade
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gingivitis is a bitch, eh?
keep at it. your gums most likely didn't bleed because you hurt yourself it's because they are inflamed due to gum disease.
anyone who thinks flossing isn't important and that they can get away with not flossing i have this to tell you: only floss the teeth you want to keep.
I always brush first, then floss, then mouthwash.
Tried floss first, then brush, then moouthwash. It didn't feel right.
Tried floss first, then brush, then moouthwash. It didn't feel right.
moshquerade
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i do it that way too even though someone came up with the idea that you should floss first. i say bah. it works fine in your first sequence mentioned.
I floss maybe once or twice a week and my gums usually bleed a bit. Well I floss real rough cause for some reason I like beating on my gums with the floss. It feels good to take a swig of cold water after though.
So I need to do it more... the floss is right on my dresser, no reason I can't do it every night.
I can't use those little picks/floss to go as my teeth are so effed up (jammed close together/need braces) that I can maybe floss one tooth with them before the string of floss comes off the pick.
So I need to do it more... the floss is right on my dresser, no reason I can't do it every night.
I can't use those little picks/floss to go as my teeth are so effed up (jammed close together/need braces) that I can maybe floss one tooth with them before the string of floss comes off the pick.
I floss like once a week and I've never had any blood show up, only time my gums bleed is when I go to the dentist and they stab me with all those metal picks and stuff.
I would deffinitely say this is the sort of thing that you should start young, I know my parents never taught me to brush me teeth or floss and I didn't start till age 22 and by that time there were already little pockets in some places on my gums where food particles always end up and its a total bitch since they fill up every time you eat and you have to licke pick at them special with the tooth brush to get them. So basically start when you are a kid so you never develop any issues because its like a positive feedback loop, the worse your gums get the easier it is for food to get caught up and make them even worse. I'm not saying like mine are terrible or anything, but they ain't winning any smile awards either (its just the frotn 4 on the bottom though, all my molars and stuff barely even peek through the gums, but thoese 4 incisors are getting bad, I sorta accepted that I will probably lose them around age 50, but who knows dentistry is alot better than it used to be and they have develped alot better methods to keep people from losign their teeth, I know like my parents talk when they were kids every single person over 50 had missing teeth, and yet nobody I know that age has any teeth missing these days except when I see like a homeless dude on the street).
I would deffinitely say this is the sort of thing that you should start young, I know my parents never taught me to brush me teeth or floss and I didn't start till age 22 and by that time there were already little pockets in some places on my gums where food particles always end up and its a total bitch since they fill up every time you eat and you have to licke pick at them special with the tooth brush to get them. So basically start when you are a kid so you never develop any issues because its like a positive feedback loop, the worse your gums get the easier it is for food to get caught up and make them even worse. I'm not saying like mine are terrible or anything, but they ain't winning any smile awards either (its just the frotn 4 on the bottom though, all my molars and stuff barely even peek through the gums, but thoese 4 incisors are getting bad, I sorta accepted that I will probably lose them around age 50, but who knows dentistry is alot better than it used to be and they have develped alot better methods to keep people from losign their teeth, I know like my parents talk when they were kids every single person over 50 had missing teeth, and yet nobody I know that age has any teeth missing these days except when I see like a homeless dude on the street).
I have very tight teeth, I even snap glide tape with ease. By the time I can usually snap a piece of floss in there I cut into my gums. So I got a waterpik as well. I think it is in some ways better then flossing, some ways not as good. Hard to explain in brief but floss gets more stubborn sticky residue while the waterpick can flush out crevices really well. I usually put a shot of listerine in my waterpik water. I wish I flossed too but I don't.
How good is the sonicare brush? The $100-130 brush? I bought a $30 cheapo/smaller one. I spent like $100+ on the waterpik. I don't mind spending the money on a bush if it's worth it over a $30 one. Better then a $900 root canal.
How good is the sonicare brush? The $100-130 brush? I bought a $30 cheapo/smaller one. I spent like $100+ on the waterpik. I don't mind spending the money on a bush if it's worth it over a $30 one. Better then a $900 root canal.
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