A question for you all...

Toucan311 Posted: May 04, 2009 11:47 PM

A question for you all...

I'll admit it. I HATE flossing. I never remember to do it, and when I do I bleed. Here is my tactic that I've been successful with for the past few years....

I brush all the time, but I rarely floss. Only when sometime is stuck. Anyhow, a month before my cleaning, I become very diligent about flossing... when I go for my cleaning, they always say, 'oooo I can see you floss!' Meanwhile, I only do it as my one month prep before the cleaning!

I can't be the only floss reject.

MCA1180 Posted: May 04, 2009 11:54 PM

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I floss daily.

Ayne11 Posted: May 04, 2009 11:54 PM

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Posted by MCA1180

I floss daily.

Watch the gap!

MCA1180 Posted: May 04, 2009 11:58 PM

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I work around it thanks!

Toucan311 Posted: May 04, 2009 11:58 PM

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Thats actually making me a little queasy.

MCA1180 Posted: May 04, 2009 11:58 PM

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I once caught a chicken bone in there...

Butterfly123 Posted: May 05, 2009 01:38 AM

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I really do. My teeth are so tight together they drive me nuts. Not only do I floss, every day I used one of those dentist picks and pick and pick til I feel satisfied.

ant n tilde Posted: May 05, 2009 07:00 AM

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I floss the day i have to go to the dentist! LOL

SFAR89 Posted: May 05, 2009 07:52 AM

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I don't do it everyday, but I have found that keeping those 'floss picks' that come in those bags, in my drawer at work helps. I also keep some floss in my purse in case I am out somewhere and need it.
But, I don't do it religiously. :( However, the last time I did go to the dentist a few weeks ago he said 'not bad'. And I hardly floss, so wooo lol

jjk1007 Posted: May 05, 2009 08:42 AM

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I NEVER floss. It's one of those things I just cant do... it gives me the heey jeebys to even watch someone else floss. And I don't lie about it when I go into the dentist either. They always look at me disappointed when I tell them I dont and never will, but I just CAN'T!! I hope my teeth don't fall out.

RisiLeigh Posted: May 05, 2009 08:44 AM

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Ever since my last dentist cleaning like 2 months ago, I have been. They checked my gums with this measuring thing, which they have never done before. It's not supposed to be more than 3mm and I had 1 spot that was 4, so the hygenist was up my butt about starting to floss once a day religiously! I've been a pretty good girl since then, I must say!

cherish83 Posted: May 05, 2009 08:48 AM

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I floss every so often. I used to be so good flossing every day, and then I dont know what happened and I'd keep forgetting. I hate when I go to the dentist and the assistant yells at me for not flossing daily!

TommysWife08 Posted: May 05, 2009 08:49 AM

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i dont floss unless there is something stuck in my teeth that i cant get out does that make me gross?

i brush my teeth twice (sometimes three times!) a day though!!

teenigrrl Posted: May 05, 2009 09:06 AM

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i go through phases where i floss religioulsy for like 3-4 weeks, then i'll not do it for one night for whatever reason, and just stop all together. i'm in a stop mode right now.

SusiBtoM Posted: May 05, 2009 09:10 AM

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I hardly ever (more close to never) floss. It grosses me out, and I think that I do a really good job at brushing and rinsing.

lillprincess54 Posted: May 05, 2009 09:11 AM

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b4 I got pregnant I would floss maybe 2-3 times a week, but now that I am pregnant and got a HUGE lecture from t he dentist and obgyn about how bad your teeth can get from being pregnant, I now floss everyday

TrueLoveIn2008 Posted: May 05, 2009 09:11 AM

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Posted by ant n tilde

I floss the day i have to go to the dentist! LOL

This is me! And last time I had a cleaning, they said, WOW, whatever you are doing, don't stop! So I took that as a sign that I do NOT need to floss.

Heather -- the reason your gums bleed when your floss is because you are not doing it enough. My dentist told me that a while ago. If you did it more, they wouldn't bleed. Use that information as you wish, just passin' it on.

lizzie217 Posted: May 05, 2009 09:25 AM

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A few days a week....my DH does every night...so it encourages me to do it also...weekends I slip up but most days I do

MikeandJess Posted: May 05, 2009 09:25 AM

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I floss all the time, sometimes more than once a day. I think it might be an impulse because sometimes I'm sitting at my desk or watching TV and feel the urge to get out a piece of dental floss. I think it's because 2 of my molars have a giant gap and food gets stuck in there all the time

Mici n KC Posted: May 05, 2009 09:25 AM

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I used to be really good at flossing and did it everyday. I carry floss in my bag and now only do it a few times a week. When I remember I'm never in the best spots to floss