My dentist keeps telling me everything is bad. Don’t use floss holders, use your fingers. Don’t rely on a water pick, use your fingers. They absolutely refuse to believe that using my fingers is difficult for me and it’s not a skill issue.
I’m this 🤏 close to a radical sugar free diet because I cannot for the life of me floss to their expectations. It’s always wrong.
Honestly, if the choice is between doing it regularly with a floss holder and struggling to do it with your fingers, the floss holder wins. Do whatever helps you to maintain the habit.
Just use whatever method works for you, and tell them how often you floss, but not what method you’re using. Or lie, as long as it works that’s all that matters. Or find a different dentist, I’ve had several dentists and none of them have been that picky.
i use the ones by reach, no need to use your own floss, although it thins out, they come with replacements, and buying replaces on amazon is very cheap.
Use both! Water picks are fine but are not a replacement for flossing. Also I lied they are awful and they are basically the thing that convinced me to floss regularly.
Floss holders are cheap and make it a lot easier to reach the teeth in the back:
Plus you use less floss, and save your fingers.
Wow, I’ve seen the disposable ones, but these look much better. Always liked the form factor, but disposable felt wasteful
i use the ones by REACH, it has a long handle and it comes with the flosshead already, so no reaching into your mouth with a short handle.
Yeah with the disposable ones you throw away a lot of plastic handles. Also with the ones I’ve used the floss often pulls loose.
My dentist keeps telling me everything is bad. Don’t use floss holders, use your fingers. Don’t rely on a water pick, use your fingers. They absolutely refuse to believe that using my fingers is difficult for me and it’s not a skill issue.
I’m this 🤏 close to a radical sugar free diet because I cannot for the life of me floss to their expectations. It’s always wrong.
You realize your dentist doesn’t actually have any authority over you, right? Dentists who are friends (heh) of assassins notwithstanding.
Of course, I’m just extremely hesitant to disregard opinions I’ve paid to hear.
Honestly, if the choice is between doing it regularly with a floss holder and struggling to do it with your fingers, the floss holder wins. Do whatever helps you to maintain the habit.
Just use whatever method works for you, and tell them how often you floss, but not what method you’re using. Or lie, as long as it works that’s all that matters. Or find a different dentist, I’ve had several dentists and none of them have been that picky.
I’m with you. I’ve never been able to fit my entire both fists in my mouth. Try as I might.
At least there are some benefits to thick fingers.
How would thick fingers be helpful for flossing your teeth? We’re talking about how difficult it is to get our digits and hands into our mouths
Have you tried using your feet instead?
i use the ones by reach, no need to use your own floss, although it thins out, they come with replacements, and buying replaces on amazon is very cheap.
Use a water pick. They are superior in every way including less waste. You can use salt water to help your gums as well.
Use both! Water picks are fine but are not a replacement for flossing. Also I lied they are awful and they are basically the thing that convinced me to floss regularly.
it works on food, but it doesnt replace a floss though, i combine the backteeth floss with a water floss, sometimes alternating a different day.
The floss holder is more compact, easily portable, and doesn’t require recharging.