 Hello, everybody Andrea here with dental l let's talk about the different types of ways to clean in between your teeth I they're using the string floss. The floss picks like those things on the sticks and water flossers which one I prefer and which ones I see the best results in my patients. And which ones are easier so you'll kind of hear me mention a little bit of everything here string floss is not the be all end all a little secret for you. I don't use string floss Okay, here we go let's have some fun jelly so I love the water pick the water you might hear me refer to it as the water pick. The water flosser water pick is the brand name that people have just heard kind of like tissues and Kleenex. People call Kleenex Kleenex but it's actually not called Kleenex it's called tissue So if you hear me say that just ignore me okay I love the water flossers, this is how they work it's a little tip. It kind of sprays out high pressure water not too high but think of it like a power washer for inside the mouth you just kind of go along the gums along the teeth like this. And that cleans off in between the teeth even along the margins it's fantastic for plaque stain it's amazing. This works, in my opinion, your online dental hygienist here who has her own practice, in my opinion, this works the number one works the best. Better than that string floss better than the floss picks and i'm going to tell you why in a moment so let's just move down. To the string floss and then the floss pick so string floss is good okay i'm not going to tell people not to use it if. As long as you use the string floss every day and you're doing it properly it works amazing. But the thing about string floss is people don't like using it, they know they should your dental hygienist your dentist will tell you constantly you need to floss. So what people end up doing is they will floss every day a week after they have their teeth cleaned and then maybe once a week and then once a month. it's not doing anything if you're not doing it consistently if you're flossing three times a week that's actually pretty good you're not doing too bad, but for most people. To really see a proper cleaning in between the teeth is you have to floss every day, so I find my patients or anybody just isn't doing it enough and it's not worth it. The floss picks, though, are definitely easier to use because it has the little string floss which is attached to a little stick if you will. And you kind of floss like that it is easier to use, but the same thing, you have to use it every day to be effective, the difference with the floss picks is you can't quite. curve it to get underneath the gums as much as you could with the string floss and you can't quit curve it so that it's more comfortable, this can actually hurt you sometimes if you go too hard and too fast. So the floss picks, though, I do like for kids there's so much easier for kids to use. And I tell them when they're watching a movie watching a TV show, they can use the floss picks it's so much easier for them, and it does help to clean in between the teeth. A little secret that i'm going to add as well is these picks you can reuse them, in my opinion, okay, you can just obviously clean it off. With your finger if it's looking disgusting then throw it out, but for those who use it every day. You are keeping the teeth clean there might be a little bit of plaque on there, sometimes not at all, you can reuse it you don't have to you know everybody kind of says to me. Or some people say Andrea that's disgusting I say hey that's okay don't do it, but if you're hygienist is saying it's fine trust me. you're not going to introduce more plaque back in, as long as you're cleaning it off so just a little tip for you, so. Those are the different types i'm going to move back to the water pick I prefer the water pick because it's easy to use. I personally use the water flosser every day after I eat if i'm home every morning and every night it's truly amazing. My teeth my gums everything is so healthy, I do not use the string floss I have my teeth cleaned every six months. My dental hygienist says my teeth everything looks amazing so i've done the research for you Okay, the water flossers amazing and just a side note i'm not being sponsored to talk about the water flosser I probably should be because. I talked to every patient to get the water flosser I do have a specific video, though, where I talk about different types there's this type, which is a bigger type it can hold some more water, but it has a cord you have to plug it in. I prefer the cordless water flossers which i'm going to leave the link for you guys down below. I prefer the cordless because I can put it under the sink I don't have to look at it the less on my counters the better. With the cordless you can also use it in the shower so if you just truly think I don't have time to clean in between the teeth when am I going to do this. Make the time in the shower when you shower every day and it's cordless so you can take it anywhere it's truly amazing. By the water flosser guys i'm telling you i'm going to leave the link for you down below. you're going to notice a difference there will be less plaque less stain and your hygienist will be so happy. It can help prevent cavities the cleaner the teeth the cleaner the mouth prevents cavities and gum disease so get the water flosser i'm telling you. i'm going to leave some links for you guys down below the string floss is good if you use it every day same with the floss picks it's good if you use it every day, but nobody does. But the floss picks I do prefer for kids okay let me know you guys have any questions, thank you so much for watching. I will leave the link for you down below with a cordless water flosser that I personally like to use okay good luck have fine you will love it trust me and i'll talk to you guys in the next video.