How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:45 pm
Ideally and in reality how often should I floss having braces?
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How Often Should I floss?
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Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:34 pm
I floss once a day after my final toothbrushing session before I sleep...
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:40 am
CountessDeSangre wrote:I floss once a day after my final toothbrushing session before I sleep...
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Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:02 pm
I'm the same with Countess, I floss before bedtime usually before brushing too.
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:02 pm
Same as Countess and Phu here....
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:55 pm
I used to floss at least 3x a day, but my ortho stated I was overdoing it and stated that once a day was fine... so I floss at night before bed.
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:47 pm
Hey thnaks guys I agree I used to do it before bed but now I just do the mouth rinse before bed and floss in the morning when I wake up. drgnchsr36 Thanks I thinkonce a day would be fine too thanks I just want not sure what an Ortho would tell me.
I thinkonce a day would be fine too thanks I just want not sure what an Ortho would tell me.Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:57 pm
Flossing is a pain! Still trying to figure it out!!
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 2:55 am
Theres many ways to do it. I use a magnified mirror and I just feed it under the wire. You can also use blue floss threaders and feed it under the wire and floss with the floss. Or you can use something like superfloss by Oral B with a hardened tip and feed that under the wire and floss.Lamis wrote:Flossing is a pain! Still trying to figure it out!!
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:39 pm
Like everyone else here, once a day for me before bed. I hate doing it once a day, it's a pain in the.... so I am glad I only do it once per day and no more.
Flossing at first with braces is difficult for most people, but soon enough it does become easier.
Flossing at first with braces is difficult for most people, but soon enough it does become easier.
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:40 pm
once a day here in the evening, there are a few teeth i literally cannot get the floss inbetween though but i am trying my best lol
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:36 pm
YAY!BracedSurgeryStudent wrote:CountessDeSangre wrote:I floss once a day after my final toothbrushing session before I sleep...
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Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:52 pm
CountessDeSangre wrote:YAY!BracedSurgeryStudent wrote:CountessDeSangre wrote:I floss once a day after my final toothbrushing session before I sleep...
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Btw thanks everyone I wanted to make sure I wasn't the only person out there who was flossing that once before bed before my mouth rinse with flouride.
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:26 pm
Once a day for me before bedtime.....although after lunch I usually floss my back teeth, top and bottom, as those are the teeth I chew with most and food always gets stuck back there that brushing/interdental brush does not remove.
Re: How Often Should I floss?
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:52 pm
yoginbraces wrote:Once a day for me before bedtime.....although after lunch I usually floss my back teeth, top and bottom, as those are the teeth I chew with most and food always gets stuck back there that brushing/interdental brush does not remove.
Hey that's a GREAT idea actually to get in the back teeth I should do that, but Im already always late from break at work due to the braces brushing.