To ask if you have ever smelt the floss after brushing your teeth?!

[Fatbadger]

Only on mumsnet can you ask this question right?!

I've started flossing regularly after dentist told me I need to floss more. He told me to smell the floss after I've flossed and that will give me an indication as to why it is so important to floss.

I've smelt it and quite frankly I was nearly sick 🤢🤢🤢🤢

I am now really embarrassed that I've probably been walking around with bad breath for the last 10 years and no one has told me

Yes, I do as well as interdentals. If it smells, you should keep targeting the area. It's unlikely you'd have bad breathe though if you've been flossing!

Yeah it stinks!!

Oh yes! It's gross!!

It is vile

oh, maybe I was wrong that you should keep targeting the area then. Perhaps thats just for interdentals!

You're right to check the interdentals, and after a little while they won't anymore. I dip them in toothpaste (not the tube).

I am now really embarrassed that I've probably been walking around with bad breath for the last 10 years and no one has told me Don't worry too much, you've had rotten food quietly composting between your teeth undisturbed. Think how bad your mouth tastes when you've just flossed and before you've rinsed - much worse than when you left it all undisturbed. If you want to console yourself, think of what the average pond smells like undisturbed, and then what it smells like when your dog has romped in it.

YUp, gross.

mere that's made me laugh out loud 😂

This is why i now religiously use my Tepe brushes. ITs so grim otherwise!

I can’t stand the sensation of flossing but i can use the brushes.

I can tell when people don't floss for this exact reason, it's a very distinctive smell.

There are always people on here that insist they have lovely breath despite not flossing. I don't believe it!

Wow thank you! This is a great way to know if DD has actually flossed, she has the interdental harps that never look like she’s used them.... but if I smell it, it should smell?

Thanks!

Sorry to derail!