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Floss Picks

Jul 21, 2011 18:33

My husband reuses disposable floss picks. You know the ones, a toothpick with a strand of dental floss across the other side ( Read more... )

teeth, filth

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deceptivecalm July 22 2011, 02:15:52 UTC

Lol! I lick the gunk off and reuse them too. *shrug*

sanscesse July 22 2011, 02:17:12 UTC

I commend your tenacity and grit! I just can't do it, I am a huge weener.

neko_taka July 22 2011, 02:29:56 UTC

I lick too! But I don't re-use them. One go around my teeth and then they get tossed.

brokenscreamx July 22 2011, 02:40:16 UTC

I don't lick them but I reuse them but it's rare that I floss, flossing always makes my teeth feel weird and as if they moved D:

unsolicited advice rythmic_algae July 22 2011, 03:26:03 UTC

I am a dental hygienist...

That weird feeling in your teeth is probably because you are not cleaning in-between the teeth enough. The bacteria that build up between the gum in the tooth cause microscopic canker sores in that space--the floss is basically scraping those sores open which will produce that weird feeling. I experience the same thing if I fall off the wagon for a few days.

If you start flossing regularly, scraping the bacteria away daily will allow your tissue to heal. After a few days to a week you will no longer have pain or bleeding associated with using floss.

Re: unsolicited advice brokenscreamx July 22 2011, 05:12:00 UTC

microscopic canker sores D:

And I always just thought it was because I have a few teeth that overlap each other and flossing irritates their gums D:

THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME! SERIOUSLY!

I think I might start flossing regularly!

Re: unsolicited advice fionalisa July 22 2011, 16:22:36 UTC

This! I have a Sonic Care toothbrush, but I never floss because I hate it. But I sure as hell will do it now...

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thiscantbesoy July 22 2011, 04:32:19 UTC

I've reused them, but I rinse them after, AND, I brush after. I don't floss after I brush, I floss before I brush.

Why would it be gross to reuse floss but not a toothbrush (which some people use for like months and months and months and months)?

sanscesse July 22 2011, 04:34:59 UTC

Truuueeeee. Floss and the things that end up on it gross me out far more than what happens in toothbrush bristles, which makes 0 sense.

Dang.

gushgush July 22 2011, 19:02:36 UTC

Hey! You talk about this as if it were a problem.
I do the same thing and there are used flosspicks laying in various places, mostly around my desk area. I just use them a few times until the floss breaks - it's not like I'm gross or anything...
At least the guy is taking active care of his teeth; imagine the alternative.

lachupacabra July 22 2011, 20:32:47 UTC

licks the floss pick clean

not kidding: nearly vomited right here on the desk @ the library.
*cries*
:(