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#16 Post by **jalapeno** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:23 pm

Just for the record although I said "threader" I'm not using the things in Meryaten's picture, just the braces floss that has a 2 inch long stiff bit at the end.

After I floss I use a water pick to finish off and always end up seeing a couple more bits wash into the sink. I've become a big fan of the water pick now and probably will continue to use one after the grillwork comes off. Wish they made a miniature portable one.

#17 Post by **jalapeno** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:15 pm

Meryaten, it's probably good that you can't do it. Like Karen I thread the self-threading floss through at the gum line on most molars and some bicuspids. A tight fit but does go through.

Maybe it indicates some gum recession on our part?

#18 Post by **spaced*out** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:27 am

I myself use the floss threaders . They seem to work VEEERRYY well with me because like most of you my floss tends to get really slimey with saliva <yuck> . I tie my floss to the threader like a needle and thread and double tie it to the threader <I> , and I go over the archwire and pull up between me teeth doing a c bend to both of the teeth and pull back out . It may sound like to much but it works for me . My ortho told me I need to floss AT LEAST 3 times a day . After breakfast , after lunch , then before I go to bed.

#19 Post by **becks** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:25 pm

Great mind's think alike spaced out

After my floss kept falling out of the threader I ended up tying it too. Now, that's the only way I do it.

#20 Post by **spaced*out** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:22 am

Exactly !!!

You may go through an awful lot of them but flossing always goes quicker that way . With the superfloss stuff it would always get tangled up on my archwire or start to shred from the bracket now I don't have that problem.

#21 Post by **aschelkin** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:57 am

I have been using Superfloss as well. It seems to work well.

Just to clarify - are people pusing the stiff end of the superfloss in between the teeth and flossing at the gumline? I push the floss from the gum half of my teeth though to the ends of my teeth under the wire. I THEN floss normally (since the floss is behind the wire) I don't push/thread the floss in between my teeth - that seems it would be too hard to do since my teeth are close together.

Also - I pull my floss out in between my teeth when I'm finished with the space. I don't pull it up and out, I feel nervous that I may break/bend the wire when the floss snaps out.

#22 Post by **becks** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:07 am

aschelkin - People are doing it both ways you described. Both ways are fine though it is harder if not impossible for a lot of people to actually push the stiff end through the space between the teeth because it is pretty tight for a lot of people. Sounds like you are doing it just fine to me

#23 Post by **Carolinahigh12** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:03 pm

I am not in braces yet ( going through all the pre-ortho stuff first). I just had a gum debridement and I still need to do my ortho records and have my wisdom teeth removed. I am in LOVE with my flosser ( I use an Oral B hummingbird). Will I have to retire it until I get my braces removed or can that be used with braces?