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Am I retarded?!?!
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Am I retarded?!?!
lol I cant for the life of me seem to figure out how to floss with these wires!! I am thinking that maybe I am retarded but not sure... anyway please tell me how you do it?!?! I realize it will take longer, but I cant do it at all!! ![Questions :Questions:](./images/smilies/Questions.gif)
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All metal Braces ~ Jul 11, 2006
Est. Treatment time ~ 18 months
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Here is what I did. Throw the floss threader in the trash. Go to the local store and by the pre-cut floss with the threaded end used for floss under dental work. Push the threaded end under your wire and between the teeth and pull it through. Floss like you normally do then pull the floss out from behind your wire.
Braced - Jan 6th 2005
Full Metal Brackets
Teeth released from Bondage - July 25th 2006
Full Metal Brackets
Teeth released from Bondage - July 25th 2006
You would think that as important as it is to floss they would tell you how to do it before they send you on your way.
Floss threaders or floss with a harder end will make it alot easier. then technique varies from there i suppose. I feel its easier to thread down from the top of the wire on my uppers and up from the bottom side of the wire on the lowers. at first i tried to thread the floss all the way between my teeth but it is much easier to just get the floss threaded through the wire then floss "as usual". lots of do dads and such out there to help, but mostly it just takes practice and learning how is easiest for you. If you get the threaders try tying the end of the floss to it so you dont have to deal with the floss slipping out of the threader.
dont feel retarded there is nothing wrong with you there are lots of people who have trouble flossing. I remember at first it was way hard i got the floss all tangled on my brackets and had to have my dad help get it out.
Floss threaders or floss with a harder end will make it alot easier. then technique varies from there i suppose. I feel its easier to thread down from the top of the wire on my uppers and up from the bottom side of the wire on the lowers. at first i tried to thread the floss all the way between my teeth but it is much easier to just get the floss threaded through the wire then floss "as usual". lots of do dads and such out there to help, but mostly it just takes practice and learning how is easiest for you. If you get the threaders try tying the end of the floss to it so you dont have to deal with the floss slipping out of the threader.
dont feel retarded there is nothing wrong with you there are lots of people who have trouble flossing. I remember at first it was way hard i got the floss all tangled on my brackets and had to have my dad help get it out.
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Upper Molar bands
Bite Plate 12/12/05-5/20/06
spacers all lower arch first 10 weeks
Braced 12/12/05
New ortho 2/8/07
Upper Molar bands
Bite Plate 12/12/05-5/20/06
spacers all lower arch first 10 weeks
Braced 12/12/05
New ortho 2/8/07
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I hate this flossing! I just finished my invisalign treatment and now have perma wires on the top and bottom. My teeth have always been quite close together and I can't get the oral B superfloss through some of my teeth. I hate the feeling of the threader thing and i can get that through - but once both sides have to go through in order to get to the actual floss, it actually kind of hurts.
I have just started to use a pick instead.
Is there any other floss which might be harder than the Oral B Superfloss? or any other things?
HELP!
I have just started to use a pick instead.
Is there any other floss which might be harder than the Oral B Superfloss? or any other things?
HELP!
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Ha ha!!LP wrote:I've given up on the Super Floss and all that other fancy stuff. I just curl the end of a piece of regular floss with my thumb nail and hook it around the wire and pull it through.
I had such a hard time grabbing that stiff end of the floss.
I have this problem from time to time, so grab the stiff end with a pair of tweezers and give it a yank to get it going.
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I am amazed that your ortho didn't show you how to floss. That was the first thing they showed me. I use the threader lol and no it's not fun. Maybe I'm going to give that thicker floss I try. Thanks for the idea.
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Kiwi,
My ortho gave me a goodie bag too
. I felt like a kid in a candy store
. He gave me everything I needed and said when I run out to call him for more. He gave me a little brush, can't remember what he called it, but I love it. I use to between the braces and rub it on my gums. Makes everything feel much better
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Rebecca
My ortho gave me a goodie bag too
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July 30, 2007 BSSO, Le Fort 1, SARPE, and something else Surgery lol!