Flossing

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#1 Post by **skintz** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:57 am

This may seem a really odd question to those of you who have been brought up flossing(!), but i really can't figure out when to floss...(i'm on about last floss of the day, say, the 'nightly' floss)
Do you do it before you brush your teeth?
Do you do it after you've brushed your teeth and before you do your mouthwash? Or,
Do you do it after you've brushed your teeth and done mouthwash?

I know it probably sounds like the must stupid question ever, but i've never been told when to floss and only took it up when i got braces, but my orthodontist told me to stop(!) so i did...but now i want to take it up again

#2 Post by **purpleteeth** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:41 am

I brush, then floss, then usually brush again - sometimes the second brush is with the proxyl brush though. Waterpick, if I'm going to use it, then fluoride (gel, prescription toothpaste, or rinse). My routine varies by time of day and or what I have eaten. Sometimes I floss right in the middle of my day, most of the time I wait until right before bed.

#3 Post by **lindesd** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:28 am

I think it is a great question.

I ususally rinse with m-wash, floss, brush and then use flouride rinse. This is just at night though. I do not have the drive to do this anymore than once a day. As a matter of fact, I skip flossing a LOT. I absolutely HATE IT! GRRRRR!

Stacey

#4 Post by **Lisa65** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:44 am

When I do a thorough job I do it in this order.

waterpik
brush
interdental brush
floss
fluoride mouthwash

#5 Post by **GiovanntiLawing** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:09 pm

I think everyone has their own method, but I usually do the following below.

[Mainly because I'm a little anal about my mouth being clean. Especially after sleeping all night!! It feels, tastes, and smells horrible-- just like everyone elses mouth in the mornings..HAHA}

So I...

1. I Have to use MOUTHWASH FIRST!! (to remove the bad taste in mouth)
2. Then I FLOSS. To remove anything stuck between my teeth.
3. Manually brush -for the hell of it.
4. Electronic brush- because it cleans between braces better than manual.
5. Mouthwash again- Just to reassure myself that my mouth feels clean

This may sound a little anal to some, but I'm insecure if I don't think my mouth is clean or my breath smells, tastes, or feels funny!

Isn't brushing and flossing so relaxing?

This is where I get my thoughts together in the morning before heading out to work

PS: I repeat this process if I eat or drink anything!

So this process is done a few times a day!

Happy Flossing to all!

#6 Post by **Thathrill** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:27 pm

Wow these are quite the regimens.

I usually floss once or twice a day. I have some gaps so I would floss after eating as I hate things stuck in my teeth. But I normally floss at night.

I floss first, then brush my teeth, and follow up with fluoride mouthwash.

#7 Post by **Kjaere** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:53 pm

I floss at night time. My dentist told me to floss after I brush. So I brush, floss, then mouthwash.

#8 Post by **diande** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:04 pm

At night I:
brush
floss
mouthwash and/or brush again

#9 Post by **Kat** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:42 pm

I always do it at night. This way it gets everything out that's in there. If you do it in the morning everything sits inbetween the teeth leading to troubles later IMHO.
Pretty much the same here as well. Brush, floss, brush again, proxy brush do the mouthwash gargle and floride put the elastics on.
Also do the water pik but not always but I do always floss.
It's a must for future dental health.
Just think, once the braces are off it will only take a minute or two to do it then.

#10 Post by **skintz** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:11 pm

Thanks guys

I think i'll brush, floss and then mouthwash! I'll give it a go tonight....

#11 Post by **lovelyleo** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:04 pm

i'm backwords I floss then brush....I know its supposed to be vice versa but my teeth don't feel clean the other way around

#12 Post by **jaswi** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:23 pm

I brush, floss, then mouthwash. The reason being, brushing gets everything big, flossing gets the details that brushing misses, then using mouthwash kills anything thats left, and gets left on the teeth.

#13 Post by **ArchAngle** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:01 am

floss then brush here. Seems odd to me brushing first then flossing. You're drawing all the crud out from between your teeth after you have brushed and just leaving it there. Draw the crud out, the brush it all away then mouth wash.

#14 Post by **Lisa65** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:12 am

I see it the other way round, though. If I floss with unbrushed teeth, I feel like I'm pulling "dirt" from my teeth into my interdental spaces with the floss. So I brush to get the surfaces of my teeth as clean as possible. Then I go round the brackets with the interdental brush. So all my tooth surfaces are "clean" except for in between my teeth. Then I floss, so in between my teeth is clean too. The final mouthwash flushes away any particles which might have been dragged out by the floss.

Funny how we're all different. To me it would just not feel right to floss before brushing.

#15 Post by **cosmicgirl** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:13 am

I brush, rinse, brush again, then with the toothpaste still on my teeth, floss and TP brush - I read somewhere that the toothpaste acts as a sort of lubricant and helps ease out any detritus.
Rinse
Listerine
Elastics
Bed
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