Flossing
Many
people do not know the advantage of flossing. Flossing
is critical to healthy gums and its never too late to start.
A common rule of thumb says that any difficult new habit becomes
second natural after only three weeks. If you have difficulty
in figuring out what to do, ask your dentist to give you a
personal lesson.
Here
are a few general pointers about Flossing:
- Floss once a day-
you should floss twice a day even though there is no research
on how many times to floss, as dentists always ask for
flossing. If you tend to get food trapped between
teeth, flossing more often can help remove it.
- Choose
your own time
- although most people try just before bed and consider
as ideal time, many oral-health-care professionals recommend
flossing can be done at any time that is convenient
to floss regularly.
- Don't
skimp on the floss - use as much as you need to clean
both sides of every tooth with a fresh section of floss.
In fact, you may need to floss one tooth several times
to remove all the food materials between the teeth.
- Choose the type that works best for you- there
are different types of method to floss: waxed and unwaxed,
flavored and unflavored, ribbon and thread.
How
to Floss?
If you don't know or finding it difficult to floss then contact
to your dentist and pay attention to notify following steps
which will help you to floss easily and in correct
manner so that you get healthy and strong teeth.
-
Hold the floss with your finger in such a way that it is
ready to operate.
-
Rub the floss gently between two teeth.
- Repeat
it, for all sides of the tooth, including the outermost
side of the last tooth.
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