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It’s something I need to get better about, but man, it’s so tedious and if I try to do something else while flossing in invariably do a bad job at flossing.
by jwells89 3y ago
It’s something I need to get better about, but man, it’s so tedious and if I try to do something else while flossing in invariably do a bad job at flossing.
- hightrix 3y agoHere’s my one unsolicited advice for the day, keep a pack of those little flossers in your car, at your desk, or somewhere else you are commonly. Then, use those after lunch daily, or while on a meeting. I’ve done this and my dentist has noticed!
- galdosdi 3y agoI hate floss, and while I dislike the little flosser picks less, they still annoy me too, but I have now discovered they sell large (8 inch long or so, similar to a toothbrush) sticks with a flosser head (replacable, extremely cheap) on them. I love them and they've helped me floss more often! I can just get through it so quickly and it doesn't feel like a chore. Just great manueverability that lets you fly through it rather than keep figuring out how to reposition. If you have a hard time getting yourself to floss daily, try them. (I won't mention a specific brand name because that rankles my anticonsumerism, but, you can easily find it at the drugstore)
- tbrownaw 3y ago> Then, use those after lunch daily, or while on a meeting. It took me a minute to connect this with "oh right, everyone's all on permanent wfh now". Even though I'm also wfh 4 days out of 5.
- garof 3y agoThis. This is the one. I have those little flossies in an opaque jar on my coffee table and invariably, every night after dinner, I have flossed. Make it easy to do and you might do it more often.
- bmelton 3y agoGet a waterpik or the Sonicare equivalent. Use it with very warm but not hot water and a half cap full of Peridex or mouthwash. My dentist told me I build plaque faster than most, and asked me to floss more (I hadn't been flossing any.) Like you, I found straight flossing to be pretty challenging, but the hydrofloss routing I described takes less than a minute to floss, and is pleasant to boot,and my dentist finds it more effective for me than straight flossing ever was.
- geetee 3y agoI find the waterpik is amazing at getting food out of my teeth, but I still need to floss to get the plaque off.
- oulu2006 3y agoSame I hate using dental floss, never could get into the habit. Waterpik changed my flossing habits for life, can't recommend it enough; I don't use the mouthwash, just warm water so that's a good tip.
- xk_id 3y agoPeridex nukes your mouth biome. That leaves it temporarily vulnerable to pathogenic bacteria. Normally you would prefer to have a biome consisting of benign bacteria which outcompete the pathogenic ones.