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Home / General Dentistry / General Dentistry Secrets: The Right Way to Floss
A little while ago, we talked about the proper way to brush your teeth. As any general dentistry practitioner will tell you, flossing is just as essential to healthy teeth as brushing, so we’re going to continue our General Dentistry Secrets with a step-by-step instructional on flossing.
1. Pick a good floss. There are many flosses out there that aren’t up to general dentistry standards. If they break or fray easily, small fibers can get caught between your teeth, which will only make your flossing problems worse. You can also find flossing aids to help manipulate the unique gaps created by crowns, bridges and caps. If you’re not sure which floss is right for you, ask your dentist.
2. Spool out a long length. One of the most frequent problems is not measuring out enough floss to easily get a length to your back teeth, which can mean you wind up skipping sections out of inconvenience. You need about a foot and a half of floss, a few inches of which will be used for winding around your fingers for stability.
3. Start at the same place every time. We recommend starting at the upper right side if you’re a lefty and the upper left side if you’re a righty. Work your way all the way across to the opposite side on the top, and then do the bottom teeth in the same pattern. By maintaining the same pattern every time you floss, you’ll minimize the chances you’ll forget a section of teeth.
4. Gently slide the floss between teeth. If you have teeth that fit closely together, the temptation is to jerk the floss hard to get through the tight seam. Don’t do this! When the floss breaks through the seam, it will hit your gums hard and do serious damage. Be patient and slowly slide the floss back and forth until it works its way through the join.
5. Get both sides of the gumline. At the top of each tooth’s edge is a triangle of gumline. Many people only slide the floss up and down once, which means they only get one side of the gumline and the other goes unflossed. Make sure you carefully slide the floss as far as it will go on each side of that triangle – but don’t push too hard at the top! That’s where your tooth connects to your gum tissue, and you shouldn’t push the floss so far that you feel pain.
6. Keep your floss clean. When you move on to the next tooth, unwind a bit of floss from one side and re-wind it on the other. That way you’ll have a clean section of floss for the next tooth, and you won’t simply slide around plaque amongst your teeth.
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