After every meal, rinse your mouth as aggressively as is socially acceptable to do so wherever you are at the moment. Beats everything else.
There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums (2016)
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Re: There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums (2016)
#22Re: There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums (2016)
#23I truly think one will miss out on best health practices if he waits for proof. What does your own experience teach you? Besides, flossing is about more than teeth and gum health:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/19/inflam...
Re: There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums (2016)
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Came here to write all of this. Even once a day is totally worth it.
I got myself a waterpik (water flosser) and got a sore throat for a few days after I first started using it. I'm going to assume this was due to the crud moving out from between my teeth. Recommend water flossers, I much prefer it to using conventional floss.
A warning though, water won't 100% wash away any scum. I recall reading an article somewhere saying that dentists still recommends conventional floss once in a while to remove any stubborn scum if you're using Waterpik. (That dentist doesn't say you should stop using Waterpik, though.)
Re: There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums (2016)
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
What, really?
Lots of "glide"-style floss is PTFE tape: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral-B_Glide . You can buy non-PTFE floss, like https://www.test.de/Zahnseide-Faedeln-ohne-schaedliche-Chemi... . It's not really about "waxed" vs non-waxed, though.
I like TreeBird's floss. They have silk and bamboo/charcoal kinds. They are very affordable, IMO. I buy their bamboo/charcoal refill pack for $18 and it lasts me a long time. I floss everyday and I use excessive yardage of floss, yet still it lasts a long time. Their containers are cool (glass and steel). Strongly recommend it.
Re: There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums (2016)
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
What, really?
Lots of "glide"-style floss is PTFE tape: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral-B_Glide . You can buy non-PTFE floss, like https://www.test.de/Zahnseide-Faedeln-ohne-schaedliche-Chemi... . It's not really about "waxed" vs non-waxed, though.
Phew--I can keep my waxed floss.
Re: There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums (2016)
#27Bit off-topic but interestingly the title of the article is "There's little proof flossing protects your teeth or gums" but when you, for example, send the link to somebody over (insert your favorite instant messenger with link previews), the title in the preview changes to a much more clickbait-y "Is flossing a waste of time?"
Title was probably updated after being cached by your messenger's web preview bot.
Or less likely, they're actually serving a different page to the preview bot.