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I bought a pack. It's much easier and faster to use than a threader, but what kind of material is it made of? It's almost fabric like, it ended up ripping and got stuck to one of my top brackets. I'd love to have a more waxy material with the firm tip.

Thanks for the rec! I'll pick some up tomorrow.

I totally agree! I have nearly a whole pack sitting in my cupboard because I couldn't get on with it. The stiff end is great for threading when wearing braces, but apart from that I dislike it. Unfortunately in the UK we don't seem to have much for braces and this is the only floss I think is sold with the stiff end. Never mind, I'll stick to my floss threaders.

Wow, I didn't see that there were already 3 or 4 other threads up about how terrible this floss is.

Chrystal wrote:I totally agree! I have nearly a whole pack sitting in my cupboard because I couldn't get on with it. The stiff end is great for threading when wearing braces, but apart from that I dislike it. Unfortunately in the UK we don't seem to have much for braces and this is the only floss I think is sold with the stiff end. Never mind, I'll stick to my floss threaders.

Use Ebay, and just search "threader floss", make sure the view international sellers option is available. I don't see any CVS Floss on there(Thanks for the rec btw, it works great!), but I see a bunch of Glide Threader floss. I might try that one out once I run out of the CVS brand I'm using. Floss threaders work just fine, but I already spend enough time cleaning braces, I'll take any slight convenience.

I agree! I liked it at first, but then after awhile of using it; it would get caught in my braces and I'd have little threads in my brackets..

I agree with the Superfloss. It just gets stuck and shreds and makes the task much harder.

I LOVE the Glide threader floss. It does well for me.

Recently, I had surgery and was in a cast and one-handed which made flossing pretty much impossible. I started using those orthodontic flossers. The plastic on one side fits under the bracket. The floss isn't as tight, but it has worked for me just fine also. I liked the CVS or Den tek brands of those.

Looks like old topic, but I have just started this journey. I have found the super floss much easier to use than dealing with the floss threaders. The stiff end is great and then I move past the thread-like section to get to the actual floss. It works great for me.

SuperFloss (and the other floss brands like it, which have a thick spongy element) are better for people with wide gaps. They do not work well if your teeth are very tight.

Which is why I mostly use the Superfloss on my top teeth. I came back from the drug store this afternoon with two packs of Glide floss and practiced with it and a threader on my bottom teeth because they're so tight. It worked like a charm - it slid through easily and didn't get caught in my brackets

I have to use Superfloss round my implant, because apparently you don't want to go poking normal floss right up around the implant fixing - it needs something a bit gentler. So the spongy section of the Superfloss is ideal.
But I'd never tried it anywhere else...

Until I got my linguals, I'd been using Glide floss picks, but because of the braces have switched to Glide Threader Floss. It's a right pain going under all the brackets, but I like that the threader is built on to the end of the floss.

Good thing I found the thread, I've been using it for a while... I think I'll go with the Glide Threader now.

LOVE the Glide threader floss! It is expensive tho! $5.75 for 30 days worth... :/

I bought a WaterPik just after making my last post...
SO much easier, and if you believe the claims on the box then better than normal floss anyway.

I guess I'll see what my hygenist says and go from there.

And yes, the Glide isn't cheap, but it's cheaper than new teeth
(And as my hygenist pointed out, you can use each length of floss more than once - it lasts really, really well.)

With the Glide floss, I use the one for sensitive teeth every time I get an adjustment, then I switch off to the deep cleaning floss

I didn't love the Superfloss while I was in braces. I had a bunch left when I got them off. I found that I really liked it when I didn't have to worry about it snagging on the brackets.