Dentist Shows How To Floss Properly - String, Picks, and Proxabrushes

Using dental floss is a skill that takes time and patience to master, but many of us were never even formally taught how to floss. This shame-free informational video reviews the four most popular flossing tools and demonstrates how to floss. If you're in braces, these same techniques apply you may just need to add a floss threader for string floss or use a modified pick, like a Platypus flosser!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Dental Floss 101
00:12 Types of Floss Overview
00:20 String Floss - tape vs woven, waxed vs unwaxed
00:55 Example waxed dental tape vs woven floss
01:13 Floss picks
01:42 Proxabrushes or Interdental brushes
02:17 Fear of flossing solution
02:35 Sizing for proxabrushes and why
02:45 Proxabrush demo with GUM microtight
03:00 Do you need to clean off your floss pick or proxa between teeth?
03:45 Where are you trying to clean? The sides of the gum papilla
04:04 Typodont demo of proxabrush cleaning under a bonded orthodontic retainer
04:30 What if the proxabrush bends?
05:01 String floss demonstration
05:50 Finger positioning for flossing back molars with string floss
06:20 You shouldn’t “pop” your floss!?
06:39 Try to “saw” through the contact point versus popping.
07:00 Another visual of where you’re scrubbing (the sides of the gum triangle)
07:22 C shaped flossing method explained and demonstrated
07:42 Typodont visualization of the gum turtleneck around your tooth
08:10 What NOT to do versus what TO do with a floss pick, demo
08:40 Water flossers, why do they get so much unnecessary hate?
09:27 String floss as the gold standard of flossing and why
09:37 If you hate string floss, what should you use?
09:47 Effectiveness of water flossers compared to string floss and benefits
10:10 Cordless water flosser for accessibility and use in the shower
10:35 Water flosser demo (check out @teethtalkgirl for more in depth)
11:00 Requests for next content piece - toothbrushes?

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