Dental Care & Oral Hygiene : How to Correctly Floss Your Teeth

[1990banks]

I find the molars are the hardest to floss so hard to get the floss in between then

[dragonknightleader1]

@1990banks

I know what you mean. They do make something called a flossing toothbrush which does work for molars. I'm still getting used to mine, but it does make it easier to get to.

[1990banks]

Thanks a lot and Happy New Year @dragonknightleader1 

[Vod77]

Sometimes i wish my teeth are those plastic moulds never have to worry about bleeding, smell, plaque, etc sighs....

[RobertTheRobot1]

I bet every one watching this just got told to floss daily from their dentist...

[DentalImplantsGB]

Flossing is very essential for a good oral health.

And I praise this video because it's going to tell people very clearly the way people can floss their teeth at home.

[LJB85]

Floss TWICE a day

[kalimul]

I imagine a future where nanobots maintain and repair your teeth since your young......brushing teeth will have more about removing the big amount of plaquebuildup.

[rizqun]

i don't ill be able to do this everyday...its too much work for me...

[dragonknightleader1]

@rizqun

I know. I can only floss once a day because of all the time it takes. Yes, they do make flossing toothbrushes that make the job easier, but it's still a 15-20 min job. Flossing twice is something I can only do with a significant amount of free time on my hands.

[newclips]

carrie underwood is a dentist??? lol, jk

[BOB00671]

I cannot do it,even with the floss tool they gave me

[XXloverbabeXX1]

can we use threadth

[SonaSmartChild]

@XXloverbabeXX1 No because the thread will snap off and it will get stuck into your tooth...

[raser636]

what comes first? Floss or brushing?

[ProtonRS]

@raser636 Most seem to recommend flossing first.

[SonaSmartChild]

@raser636 First you brush, then floss, then brush again, then listerine mouth wash..

[CharlieC213]

i know flossing is good but if it couses gaps do the teeth fixup?

[david0487]

how in the world you want me to reach in the back of my mouth?

[kokoka852]

wait how are we gonna floss it on the very last teeth i try but i can see and the floss wont go in

[kokoka852]

didnt you just made another vid thats like this except you did it on that girl named bris teeth

[comali2212]

Brushing and then flossing and then mouthwashing with listerine or similar to it, is the right way.

Flossing should be used to remove what the brush couldn't reach, and they advise us to floss before brushing!!

[vihena]

No, you floss first, to remove plaque build up. Then you brush. You do it that way because otherwise the fluoride won't cover the places you've brushed if plaque is in the way.

[inkey2]

to nine livesproduction: so do you think thats why puss flies out of my gums when I press them?

[NineLivesProduction]

yes my dads a dentist and says floss the ones you want to keep. If you don't floss your teeth will rot out and you will have to either get implants. So floss your teeth. You don't want implants my aunt got them and she said they hurt so bad.

[ZobarSelic]

If you floss your teeth like that you will end up with bleeding gums all the time (because of cutting with the flos into your gums)

[solutionstoliveby]

no it wont be bleeding gum's. once your gum's get USE to flossing! they toughen up and the bleeding stops after flossing for about a week or so. IF they bleed when you do floss at first this means you have plaque buildup between your teeth. so flossing like the way she is showing IS correct and safe, dentist told me so.

[HoneyBuns221]

@solutionstoliveby thanks for the advice! Every time I'd floss my teeth I would bleead, and I started thinking I wasn't doing it correctly. So now I know my gums will get use to flossing more often =)

[solutionstoliveby]

BY THE WAY IF they still bleed from flossing OR brushing after a week or 2 then go to your dentist something is wrong and you need to be checked out

[ZobarSelic]

I wasn't talking about floss or not to floss. I was talking about the technique. If you hold the floss like that it is most likely that you will cut your gums, and they will bleed, whether they are healthy or not. She is holding the floss way to much apart, and she is forcing it with to much pressure into the gums.

So you must definitely floss your teeth, but not the same way, the basics are alright, but overall it is not totally correct.

By the way I am a dental surgeon.

[ZobarSelic]

Maybe my tone in my first post wasnt totally correct, because I find it very positive that someone takes some time and explains the necessity of oral hygiene. And on that specific model it is hard to show (impossible) how to floss altogether correct, because you cant pass under the contact point of the teeth (the teeth are not separated on that model) and actually go under the gum line. And if you want to manipulate with the floss correct the model should be fixed to.

[ZobarSelic]

I watched some other videos and they are very nice, so great job Michelle, but on this one I had some little concern.

[kuromoto]

Here's a question, doc, if you don't mind. I tried it, and i sucked at it, got frustrated and cut my gums ... is there any other more effective method of preventing plaque? I also use anti-plaque mouthwash ... is that a good replacement by itself? or do you have any recommendations, cuz seriously, floss isn't cutting it for me. Thanks

[vihena]

Seems like flossing is cutting you plenty!

It bleeds when you don't floss enough. It's okay if it bleeds. After a couple weeks of flossing every day, you won't bleed as much.

Floss, then brush, then mouthwash. You should do all three.

[kuromoto]

I kept trying ... and it worked ... at first i used to bleed at like 5 different places everytime but now it stopped. Thank you! =)

[visionimagify]

It sucks, but you have to do it. Trust me. I have two molars gone on my bottom right and one tooth that needs a filling when I get enough money up. I use to hate flossing, because it cut my gums, but my teeth were suffering and I didn't brush for a while. Now I know better and brush my teeth with flossing with twice a day flossing and 3 times a day brushing.

[unikly202733]

cool