How To Floss Your Teeth

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These simple steps won't just rid your mouth of unwanted morsels—they'll help prevent gum disease and tooth decay. So don't just stand there—get flossing!

To complete this How-To you will need:

About a ft. and a half of dental floss
A mirror
And some mouthwash or water

Step 1: Choose floss

Choose your floss. Waxed floss slides between the teeth easier than unwaxed floss.

Tip: If you have wide gaps between your teeth, try using tape floss, which is thicker than regular floss.

Step 2: Break off & wrap

Break off about 18 inches of the floss and wrap most of it around your index fingers, leaving about 4 inches between your hands.

Step 3: Move back & forth

Looking in your mirror to see what you're doing, move the floss gently back and forth, guiding it between two teeth.

Step 4: Clean gum line

Curve the floss around one of the teeth and, once the floss hits the gum line, gently move it back and forth, cleaning the crevice between your tooth and gum.

Step 5: Floss under gum

Carefully slide the floss up under the gum and scrape down on the side of the tooth.

Step 6: Repeat process

Curve the floss around the other tooth, gently move it back and forth, and carefully slide it up under the gum and scrape down the side of that tooth.

Step 7: Change area

Move to an adjacent space to clean, changing the area of the dental floss you are using.

Step 8: Floss until all clean

Continue to floss until you've cleaned between all of your teeth.

Tip: If you establish a pattern and follow it each time you floss, you'll be less likely to miss a tooth.

Step 9: Rinse mouth

Rinse with mouthwash or water, then bare your pearly whites to the world.

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[KEKOLUL]

I actually didn't come back from a dentist or anything, I was just wondering if I was doing it correctly

[aegisforex]

Owww! It hurts!

[JuzLuvinLyf]

Pause at 0:57 for an aweful sight

[TheDellanator]

WTF They didn't really show it clear enough...FUCK THIS! I'm just gonna ask my mum to do it

[WhatTheFIip]

@VActorDreamer All that means is that you either floss too hard, or don't clean your gums enough. The same happens to myself when I haven't cleaned my gums in a while.

[VActorDreamer]

When I'm doing this my floss looks like I used it as a murder weapon, I'm not doing this right am I?

[AllthewayMark]

im not standing! im sitting!

[HisagiShuhei]

Wow, he's super attractive! 0:56 Lolololol, you go man.

[sonicthehedghg2]

That's great but HOW THE FUCK DO I FLOSS MY MOLARS IM GETTING REALLY PISSED AT HOW IM INFECTED WITH PUFFY GUMS

[MonsterGelly]

LOL pause at 0:56

[Amuchansanchez]

Why