To ask who properly flosses their teeth

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As inusing the correct floss or teepee for each tooth gap size? And if so how regularly? Daily? Twice daily?

I floss every night with Superdrug’s expanding floss. I also use a Waterpik type device about once a week.

Yep every evening before brushing...went to the dentist first time in 17 years a few months ago as I had a dream my teeth all fell out teeth great but the hygienist went to town so since then have flossed every night!

Me. I spent £3000 getting my teeth straightened so I'm looking after them now!

I use interdental brushes every night whilst sitting in front of tv, the smallest sized ones, i floss during the day if needed. I have to, my gums are rubbish, i have no fillings and healthy teeth but i keep getting infections in my gums. Dentist is at a loss why!

I just can't get to grips with floss, just cant make my hands do what I need to do so i use interdental brushes daily. I bloody love them

I use interdental brushes - usually once a day before bed

I can’t do it, it sets my teeth on edge.

I floss every day.

I floss after every meal and use my water pick after my night clean. I have a large gap between two teeth because of bad previous treatment so I have to floss or food stays in there.

I floss twice a day

If I don’t, I notice the top back corner smells weird. No idea why just those teeth

I do .... used to do it after brushing, but my dentist advised before? Either way, since I made a determined effort to do so every day my mouth does feel fresher and my gums rarely if ever bleed. I floss, can't get on with interdental brushes at all, they bend or get stuck.

Tepe every night. Slacked off for a while and she said my gums were looking spongy. Hygienist every six months.
I have a night guard and I think it makes it even more important.
It’s annoying though.

I do. Every evening.
The hygienist said they really didn't need to see me every year as they don't have anything to do in my mouth. And that's paying privately 🤷‍♀️.

I've tried, honestly, but I just can't see how you do it. Either I can't get the stuff between my teeth or I gag. It doesn't help that I have a small mouth. For what it's worth, my dentist very rarely has to do any work.

I started flossing every night (well, at least 5 nights a week) after a particularly painful deep clean at the dentists a couple months ago. I flossed intermittently before then, but make more of an effort to now.

I do find it makes my gums quite painful though , although it is a "good" pain. No idea if that's normal or if I'm doing it wrong!

I do. Floss for tighter gaps, interdental brushes for larger ones.

After ending up losing my first ever tooth due to an abscess in the gum (and borderline for sepsis) last year, thanks to not doing it whilst on methotrexate, I'm now on humira.

I don't intend to ever feel that ill or in that much pain ever again, if I have anything to do with it.

Mostly daily using floss picks, although there are days when I grin at myself in the mirror and think meh, looks alright and cba.

I did try a tepe brush, for a weird gap I've got that I can't get floss into (filling too tight against next tooth) - but when my first attempt became repeatedly stabbing myself in the gum with a tiny shred of metal, I came over quite sick and faint and decided, fuck that. Chucked the evil little things in the bin.

I have some gum recession so I need to stay on top of it really.

I floss daily because of having shit teeth. It seems to work as l have had less work done since l started flossing. I use the fat floss thanks to my gappyish teeth

I floss every evening
Dental, not dancing!

I don’t know how I’d use interdental brushes. Teeth are fine.

Sometimes I think it’s sheer luck though.

Aren't the interdental brushes just such a waste? They're one use throwaway aren't they?
I do use floss, maybe three times a week? On average... I have yet to find anything between my teeth so it feels so pointless. I'm in my 30s, have no fillings, no dental issues at all

I brush my teeth really well twice a day and use mouthwash but I don’t floss very often because it always irritates my gums and they feel sore afterwards!

I use a TePe once every day.

Tepe brushes twice a day, different sizes. It great to have nice teeth but gum care is most important. I have gum disease so I'm very strict. Even if I come home late and tired drunk I still do do it

I do it in front of the bathroom mirror and it can ping the little bits of trapped food onto the glass then once a fortnight one of us cleans the mirror. It’s my guilty pleasure.

I floss most evenings using the wands with floss across them. Nothing ever comes out that is visible to the eye at least, but plaque doesn’t build up