How to use dental floss

When brushing teeth, there are always 30%-40% of the tooth surface can not be brushed, including the surface of the adjacent teeth gap, or the overlap of the teeth of the misaligned surface. If you use dental floss and toothpicks, you can make up for the lack of brushing.

The toothpick is very suitable for older people, such as atrophy of the dental bed, root exposure, periodontal surgery after the gap increases, the root of the posterior fork exposure, etc., can be used to pick out the embedded food toothpick. But young and healthy people if the periodontal, dental bed is not atrophied, the gap is not big, it is best not to use a toothpick to prevent the tooth more picking the more diluted.

Toothpicks should be clean, not easy to break, smooth, burr-free, cross-section of the flat round and triangular wedge, with the tip of the side of the teeth along the side of the surface of the teeth into the gap (do not directly to the bed of the teeth), gently pick out the inlay, or with a sawing action to pick out the food, and then rinse your mouth.

The floss is made of nylon, silk, and polyester threads, which can clean the surface of the teeth and pick out the embedded food. The best use of dental floss once a day, especially after dinner, with the floss knotted into a ring, or the line ends around the two middle fingers, the remaining 3-5 inches between the two fingers, with the two thumbs will be pressed into the gap between the teeth, gently twitching along the surface of the teeth on one side, and then change to the other side. Repeat four or five times until the tooth surface is clean or the inlay is removed.

The floss is less damaging to the gums and safer, but the force should be gentle when using it, and it can be pressed into the bottom of the gingival sulcus to clean the gingival sulcus area, but it cannot be pressed into the tissues below the bottom of the sulcus in order to prevent bleeding gums, pain and other symptoms.

Minors are best not to use dental floss and toothpicks, frequent use will make the gap between the teeth and deformation is not neat, such as food congestion, should be brushed in time to remove. Adults should always be concerned about the situation of children's teeth, and take the initiative to help them remove.