Healthy gums don’t bleed, and are not painful to floss at all.

I’m in my 30s and only recently learned flossing technique and got my gums healthy. Flossing used to take so long and always involved a lot of bleeding no matter how delicate I was.

These days I’m absolute savage with floss and interdental brushes and never have any blood or pain.

Once you get your gums healthy you’ll be disgusted at yourself for ever not flossing. The amount of disgusting I can floss out on an almost daily basis is insane.

Plus you’re breath will not smell gross anymore.

It’s worth committing to the habit of flossing. Trust me.

  • Double_AEnglish
    69·
    1 year ago

    My teeth are just really tightly togheter… I have absolutely no idea where an interdental brush would even go, it just bends and breaks if I try to push it between my teeth. Even getting the floss in there is already hard.

      • miraclerandy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I have right teeth and my dentist recommended a water pick. Works great but I still floss occasionally as I’m worried the water pick can’t get everything.

    • vrojak@kbin.social
      171·
      1 year ago

      I also have tightly packed teeth and can barely use interdental brushes on just some of them. What works well however are dental floss sticks, you can get them with pretty thin floss(es?) and they’re way easier to use than plain floss.

      • pau_hana@vlemmy.net
        221·
        1 year ago

        Dental floss sticks are great, but I started to worry about the amount of plastic waste, so I switched to a floss holder. I use the toothbat, but there are others out there in the marketplace.

    • bkmps3@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      The only interdental brush I find I can use is Piksters. All the others bend so easily.

      I wish they were cheaper.

    • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I can get floss in between mine, but my dentist says that tighter together teeth get less food stuck in there (although I’m sure there are different levels where it can start to be bad)

    • Powerpoint@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oral b pro glide works well. Pay for the more expensive floss and you won’t have this issue as much.

    • BlackCoffee@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Try the pink interprox ones. They are the thinnest ones.

      Otherwise ask your dentist if they can show you how to use them. Just because your teeth are really tight together doesn’t mean that there won’t be any buildup of food or other things.

    • willowisp_42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      There are other forms of flossing strings for this problem. Have the same problem and i would never go back to normal string again