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Visiting the dentist the other day as you do, I was as ever, advised to floss regularly.Â
I've never got on with it. I just can't seem to do it successfully. My hands just don't seem to cooperate in a way that I can get access to hard to reach areas, can't get fingers in me gob and it's such a faff that inevitably I don't end up doing it and resort to the squelching water through your teeth with mouth closed approach.Â
You can get those little plastic forks with floss attached I know but I don't want to be chucking away plastic every time.Â
I tried interdental brushes but couldn't seem to get any of the sizes between my teeth.Â
I've seen you can get little devices, similar to electric toothbrush size that claim to 'floss ' without floss, such as using water jets or ultrasonic magic rays or something.Â
Sounds easier to me.Â
Anyone use anything they'd care to recommend or not recommend?
following as im a grand into fillings atm
You can get those little plastic forks with floss attached I know but I don't want to be chucking away plastic every time.Â
Do you throw your toothbrush away after every use? I rinse the plastic fork thing, they last quite a while.
These things are great, but I seem to break them.
Gumchucks? 😂
I tried interdental brushes but couldn't seem to get any of the sizes between my teeth.Â
The wire brush like tiny bottle cleaner ones? A bit of toothpaste on them lubes them up a bit. Or try the plastic/silicone brush ones (TePe, also superdrug do own brand) - a bit more substance to them.
Since switching to them, my dental hygienist trips have been a lot more comfortable; the hygienist is way worse than the dentist TBH.
We have a water flosser, I say we because my husband bought it after his private dentist advised him to so I occasionally nick it because I have implants that can get blocked up. Last time I mentioned it to my NHS dentist he pulled his face a little and said that basically nothing is good as flossing or using little brushes. Having said that the water flosser seems to do a good job of clearing out the debris under my implant and in the gaps where you can get peach bits etc.
I've been using a water flosser for 3 or 4 years now and it's a great piece of kit. I have a crown which cracked enamel at the base of it, by the gum and food can get stuck in there which is really hard to reach with standard floss but the oral jetwasher works brilliantly.
At my first dental checkup after purchasing it my dentist commented on how much better my gums were and asked what I'd been doing. She was really impressed with the difference it had made and continues to do.Â
On my second one now as the last one wore out. I also have a small foldaway version for travelling which is good but the jet isn't quite as powerful. Good for a couple of weeks holiday though.
I've been using a water flosser for 3 or 4 years now and it's a great piece of kit.Â
Which one do you have out of interest?
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