floss fish...anyone?

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#1 Post by **Trish** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:43 pm

Okay, I just saw a video for this on my ortho's website. anyone use this before? it looks genus!

http://www.flossfish.com/

#2 Post by **sauerkraut** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:05 am

I'd be more impressed if the video showed how he gets to the teeth at the very back

(or next to molar bands)

#3 Post by **UGHBRACES** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:02 am

Doesn't look like you would be able to do a thorough job flossing with that as you are limited in movement to just being able to push the floss straight in and then straight back up again.

#4 Post by **DrJasonKTam** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:02 am

Looks great in principle but we've looked at this and found it tough for patients to use in the posterior and with crooked teeth. All of the demos are on people who have relatively straight teeth... Still, to each their own on flossing with braces, and it may be better than not flossing at all :).

#5 Post by **bigant63** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:12 am

@UGHBRACES. Hi I'm the inventor of the flossFish. I had braces and was able to use it on my posteriors and do the c shape flossing techniques successfully for the 4 loooong years I was in braces. We are in the process of creating more video content to show users how to floss the posteriors.

We are also trying to develop a smaller/stronger tool. We agree with DrJasonKTam if you have small spaces or crowding the flossFish will not work for you. We tell our customers to use it where they can and as their teeth straighten out, more space will be available where they will then be able to use the flossFish.

#6 Post by **iBorg** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:21 pm

The Floss Fish is a great idea. It didn't do a lot for me. I rely on Crest Glide Floss.

Mike