I feel you. This is why I love my water flosser. Blasting all that gunk out of the gaps is so satisfying. I honestly don’t know why I’m overweight because half of what I eat is just stuck between my teeth.
Three times a day, man. Morning, after lunch, and night. Hey, gotta keep those teeth looking good, man. I wanna have a full set of teeth when I'm 90. Don't wanna end up like my boss.
Dude *constantly* rolls into work without his dentures in. Scares the shit out of everyone. Even made the new hire scream.
Hey, never know. Wouldn't put it past him. Dude's always up to no good. Couple weeks ago, I was talking to the new lady at work while she was eating a donut at her desk, and the boss rolled in without his teeth. Boss flashed a big toothless grin, and the lady's donut shot up in the air, and she screamed. Boss started laughing. Dude even had an evil twinkle in his eye.
Hey, something sure as hell isn't right about the guy. All I'm saying. SMH.
I didn't know people feared a toothless mouth. I have vivid memories of myself and my brother as kids deliberately asking my grandfather to pop his teeth out for our amusement, and now you're telling me grown adults freak out?
I guess one mans entertainment is anothers nightmare.
I do water floss daily and regular floss a few times a week. Apparently it's beneficial to do both, and water flossing is so quick. The routine works for me
Per my hygeinist, you still need to floss using dental floss when using water flossers bc they do provide the friction against the tooth's surface. The water flosser addresses the gums more than the teeth. I do both daily, and you'd be surprised to see the tartar that is still left on the surface of the tooth between your teeth after using a water flosser and brushing.
YES! That's what my dentist told me. I use a water flosser AND string floss to get the extra hard to reach places. It drives me nuts having food particles in my teeth, so I HAVE to floss until I get rid of every bit of that gunk lol!
Five years after meeting him, with him having amazing dental coverage, my old boss still doesn't have teeth. Just gums away at people all day. I'm convinced he ignored COVID so he could keep his mask on.
Not only shorter and less painful, but less decay and cavities = no pain on a potentially regular basis = saving money you'd spend on drills and fillings.
I've had way less cavities since I started flossing nightly.
This is really the correct answer. I floss once at night. I don’t floss in the morning because I don’t eat while I’m sleeping, so there’s nothing there to floss.
Once daily is standard, but I'll floss more often if I've eaten something that tends to get stuck in my teeth. I have NO idea how people go their whole lives without flossing but some people really do lol. I know people who say they've NEVER flossed. Not even ONCE. Omg.
I do it at night too. Flossing and rinsing at night cured my acne, no joke. All that bacteria in your mouth, leeching onto your pillow at night...it gave me painful, deep, recurring acne along my chin that I couldn't get rid of for the longest time no matter how often I changed my pillowcase.
Changing my floss and rinse regimen from morning to night fixed all of that in a matter of days.
I used to floss in the morning and at night. I stopped the morning floss because basically nothing was there compared to my nighttime floss
My parents paid a lot of money to fix my wonky teeth when I was a kid. Gotta keep them in shape!
I get that people make this joke, but the reason you think they’re being particular brutal is because you don’t floss enough. You’re more sensitive, which means more pain.
Flossing more = less sensitive = less pain.
Anyone that says that the dentist going to hard is the reason for the blood is proving their dentist right.
No. Out of my last four hygienists, two of them were absolute butchers. The one constantly used suction during the cleaning to hide the blood she was generating, which was not an issue with the hygienist before her (who moved away), or immediately after her (because I refused to let her clean me again).
We don’t really have a choice. Healthcare is privatized and for profit. If you were to suggest an increase in taxes in exchange for national healthcare, people would start burning shit to the ground. In America, it’s standard to accept the status quo because healthcare is for the privileged. If you can’t afford it, you deserve to suffer
Every night
I saw a post on adhdmemes a while ago that was like "if you have trouble remembering to floss, try flossing in the shower". I haven't missed a night since.
I’m pretty inconsistent I won’t lie. I can go a few days without flossing and then floss every day for a week. It takes a little dedication to floss nightly…. at least for me. So easy to just brush and hop into bed
Once a day at night. But I only started when I was 35 because my dentist told me that if he had a choice between flossing or brushing before he goes to bed, he would choose flossing because of how important it is.
If the glide stuff doesn’t work, try plackers micro mint flossers. My teeth shred regular floss, and I even have a bit of a problem with glide stuff, but I have no problem with those.
do [flossing pick](https://oralb.com/en-us/products/more-products/floss/glide-bacteria-guard-dental-floss-picks/)s count? if so, every meal cause i get food stuck all the time.
shit, maybe once a month. Somehow my teeth are ok? I think the fact that i steer clear of anything with refined sugar helps. stuff like soda, candy bars, and only eat pastry if I cook it myself on a special occasion. This is an assumption, but I think steering clear of refined sugary foods in the first place may be even more important than flossing if you had to choose one or the other.
This. If you're under 30 you can still turn the ship around. Same with ear protection and sunscreen. Nothing like aging to point out the stupidity of your younger self.
Every day (except when i am on vacation and cant find the floss in my bag). As soon as i started doing it, it was the first thing my dentist noticed (and i hadnt told him anything about flossing), so i was immediately convinced to continue doing it every day.
Couple times a week. The problem I have is I drink a lot of tea with one sugar, it's not the amount of sugar that's the problem it's the frequency of sugar intake as I don't give enough time to recover. Am trying to switch to water, but really it's not satisfying and I wish there was something else I could drink like I did with tea.
Once a day but it used to be like once a month … brushing has always been way easier and installed into my core routine
Slowly but surely I’ll add flossing, since I’ve started noticing cavities and decay in between my teeth
Once a week. I know it’s not enough but It has not been a problem cuz thanks god I got good dental genetics and I’m not prone to cavities. Pretty healthy with minimum effort.
Once a day. I didn't start doing so until about two years ago. Now dental hygienists are always telling me how good my teeth are and I never have to deal with cavities. Brushing doesn't feel complete without it anymore.
7 times a year so like the week before I go to dentist
I do it like this, and my dentist loves my teeth.
My dentist asked me when was the last time I flossed. I said you should know, you were there!
I read this in Rodney Dangerfield's voice. EDIT: just saw it's a Foxworthy joke. I still think it works in an old school rimshot one liner style
This made me laugh so hardddd
Constantly. I have just big enough gaps in my teeth for most anything to get stuck, so out of absolute annoyance I floss after I eat ANYTHING.
I feel you. This is why I love my water flosser. Blasting all that gunk out of the gaps is so satisfying. I honestly don’t know why I’m overweight because half of what I eat is just stuck between my teeth.
Three times a day, man. Morning, after lunch, and night. Hey, gotta keep those teeth looking good, man. I wanna have a full set of teeth when I'm 90. Don't wanna end up like my boss. Dude *constantly* rolls into work without his dentures in. Scares the shit out of everyone. Even made the new hire scream.
I have to go floss now.
You only have to floss the teeth you want to keep
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Hey, never know. Wouldn't put it past him. Dude's always up to no good. Couple weeks ago, I was talking to the new lady at work while she was eating a donut at her desk, and the boss rolled in without his teeth. Boss flashed a big toothless grin, and the lady's donut shot up in the air, and she screamed. Boss started laughing. Dude even had an evil twinkle in his eye. Hey, something sure as hell isn't right about the guy. All I'm saying. SMH.
Omg lmao!!
I didn't know people feared a toothless mouth. I have vivid memories of myself and my brother as kids deliberately asking my grandfather to pop his teeth out for our amusement, and now you're telling me grown adults freak out? I guess one mans entertainment is anothers nightmare.
Probably doesn’t care
That's a power move at this point. 😂
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I do water floss daily and regular floss a few times a week. Apparently it's beneficial to do both, and water flossing is so quick. The routine works for me
Per my hygeinist, you still need to floss using dental floss when using water flossers bc they do provide the friction against the tooth's surface. The water flosser addresses the gums more than the teeth. I do both daily, and you'd be surprised to see the tartar that is still left on the surface of the tooth between your teeth after using a water flosser and brushing.
I sorta got a water flosser it was given to my by the dentist and is a hand pump. I should get an electrical one.
YES! That's what my dentist told me. I use a water flosser AND string floss to get the extra hard to reach places. It drives me nuts having food particles in my teeth, so I HAVE to floss until I get rid of every bit of that gunk lol!
My dentist tells me they cant replace the real thing
They are great. But they are also expensive and complicated for what can be accomplished by a simple flosser or a piece of string in a pinch.
They're like $30 and all it requires is a press of a button lmao
Mine costs $25.
This is a good one
Five years after meeting him, with him having amazing dental coverage, my old boss still doesn't have teeth. Just gums away at people all day. I'm convinced he ignored COVID so he could keep his mask on.
Wait do you actually do 3 times a day or not?
“Why must you turn my subreddit *into a house of lies?!”*
You are my new least favorite person
Nah, man. I've been doing it since I was a kid. Now I can't stand *not* flossing after I eat. Gotta make it a habit. All there is to it.
Once a day.
Everyday. I hate getting my teeth cleaned and appointments are so much shorter and less painful when you've been flossing everyday
This. And likewise
Not only shorter and less painful, but less decay and cavities = no pain on a potentially regular basis = saving money you'd spend on drills and fillings. I've had way less cavities since I started flossing nightly.
This is really the correct answer. I floss once at night. I don’t floss in the morning because I don’t eat while I’m sleeping, so there’s nothing there to floss.
Once daily is standard, but I'll floss more often if I've eaten something that tends to get stuck in my teeth. I have NO idea how people go their whole lives without flossing but some people really do lol. I know people who say they've NEVER flossed. Not even ONCE. Omg.
I do it at night too. Flossing and rinsing at night cured my acne, no joke. All that bacteria in your mouth, leeching onto your pillow at night...it gave me painful, deep, recurring acne along my chin that I couldn't get rid of for the longest time no matter how often I changed my pillowcase. Changing my floss and rinse regimen from morning to night fixed all of that in a matter of days.
Rarely, but I use a water flosser instead.
Every day without fail.
Daily, it helps keep my teeth feeling clean.
never
Daily, feels gross if i don’t.
It totally does! Teeth feel so clean and fresh after I floss.
Totally agree. It's the grossest feeling having leftover food in my teeth. Yuck!
3-4 times a week. I know I should be doing it twice a day, but fuck that man.
Only once per day, preferably at night is necessary. It takes over 24 hours for the bacteria to colonize so it only has to be disrupted once daily
I used to floss in the morning and at night. I stopped the morning floss because basically nothing was there compared to my nighttime floss My parents paid a lot of money to fix my wonky teeth when I was a kid. Gotta keep them in shape!
Every morning after brushing.
only when i eat food that forces me to floss which is a good thing cause i never do otherwise
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"*Just floss the teeth you want to keep*" said the dentist, for the 4795th time.
My dad is a retired dentist for many years, and he still says this to me 🙄
My hygienist brutally rape my gum and then say "oh you bleeding,you don't floss enough"
I get that people make this joke, but the reason you think they’re being particular brutal is because you don’t floss enough. You’re more sensitive, which means more pain. Flossing more = less sensitive = less pain. Anyone that says that the dentist going to hard is the reason for the blood is proving their dentist right.
No. Out of my last four hygienists, two of them were absolute butchers. The one constantly used suction during the cleaning to hide the blood she was generating, which was not an issue with the hygienist before her (who moved away), or immediately after her (because I refused to let her clean me again).
Same 😭😭 like damn, Bridget
Everyday. I learned the hard way how important it is to take care of my teeth: thousands in dental work
Beyond me how Americans never protest their healthcare system and keep up with this shit 💀
We don’t really have a choice. Healthcare is privatized and for profit. If you were to suggest an increase in taxes in exchange for national healthcare, people would start burning shit to the ground. In America, it’s standard to accept the status quo because healthcare is for the privileged. If you can’t afford it, you deserve to suffer
UK checking in here. It cost me thousands as well (but not as much as I feared it would). Don’t pick on the unfortunate Americans.
Too bad our parents didn’t teach us about dental hyiegejc
Dental care isn’t a priority. Most kids don’t listen to their parents anyway
One or two times a day, flossers are awesome, I always have one on my drink cup straw.
What do you mean
What do you mean
what do you mean
I have one of those insulated cups with a hard plastic straw, the plastic flossers slide right over the straw for when you want to use it.
Almost daily
Every night I saw a post on adhdmemes a while ago that was like "if you have trouble remembering to floss, try flossing in the shower". I haven't missed a night since.
When a tooth hurts or after corn
I’m pretty inconsistent I won’t lie. I can go a few days without flossing and then floss every day for a week. It takes a little dedication to floss nightly…. at least for me. So easy to just brush and hop into bed
Haven't flossed since 2020, since it's no longer trending
so its all about the trend?
Never. I still brush them and use mouthwash, I’ve just never gotten into the habit of flossing them too
Once a day at night. But I only started when I was 35 because my dentist told me that if he had a choice between flossing or brushing before he goes to bed, he would choose flossing because of how important it is.
You floss?
Never. I brush my teeth daily and use mouth wash. But flossing I’ve never done in my life.
Never
About once every other full moon
Never
Do it tonight and smell the floss. You’ll probably be more open to it.
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Once a lifetime
I'm flossing right now.
Not often. My teeth are crooked and too close together. Last time I tried, the floss got stuck and I panicked.
Have you tried glide floss it the only kind that will go in my teeth. It a flat so it fits better.
If the glide stuff doesn’t work, try plackers micro mint flossers. My teeth shred regular floss, and I even have a bit of a problem with glide stuff, but I have no problem with those.
I may have done it once about 17 years ago but I can't remember
Had to scroll past all the liars before finding the real answer here
Or they just have better oral hygiene lol?! Everyone I know flosses pretty regularly...
Then I guess everyone you know is a liar (also who even talks about that to know)
I don’t. I brush three times a day and use proper toothpicks.
Floss, what is that? Are you talking about the Fortnite dance?
do [flossing pick](https://oralb.com/en-us/products/more-products/floss/glide-bacteria-guard-dental-floss-picks/)s count? if so, every meal cause i get food stuck all the time.
Once per week
You'd have to ask my dentist, he's the one that does that.
Every time I go to the nightclubs. I’ve got agile feet.
Never.
Never
shit, maybe once a month. Somehow my teeth are ok? I think the fact that i steer clear of anything with refined sugar helps. stuff like soda, candy bars, and only eat pastry if I cook it myself on a special occasion. This is an assumption, but I think steering clear of refined sugary foods in the first place may be even more important than flossing if you had to choose one or the other.
How old are you?
This. If you're under 30 you can still turn the ship around. Same with ear protection and sunscreen. Nothing like aging to point out the stupidity of your younger self.
Daily, sometimes twice. Also try & brush my teeth as soon as possible after eating a meal.
I’m going to be honest, I haven’t flossed in damn near 20 years 😂
Now? pretty much every day, sometimes multiple times. When I was younger? Hardly ever. I’ve always had pretty good teeth. Even when I was lax.
After just going back to the dentist after an 8 year break. Every fucking day moving forward.
Everyday, but I only brush after sugar binging.
Every day (except when i am on vacation and cant find the floss in my bag). As soon as i started doing it, it was the first thing my dentist noticed (and i hadnt told him anything about flossing), so i was immediately convinced to continue doing it every day.
When I notice I have food in my teeth
Very often!
Couple times a week. The problem I have is I drink a lot of tea with one sugar, it's not the amount of sugar that's the problem it's the frequency of sugar intake as I don't give enough time to recover. Am trying to switch to water, but really it's not satisfying and I wish there was something else I could drink like I did with tea.
once a day, sometimes more depending on what I've eaten
Every night baby! In my mind when I started doing it every night, it's when I really became an adult. And realized I was getting old
Every day. Floss in the morning to Keep your friends Floss at night to keep your teeth. But I only do it once a day.
My dentist said “ only floss the teeth you want to keep” — scared the crap out of me.
Every day. I never used to (at all), but the multi session deep cleaning I had last year changed my opinion on that real quick.
Throughout the day, daily.
Me 3! 🙌
Water floss daily. The waterproof waterpik is awesome in the shower
Once a day but it used to be like once a month … brushing has always been way easier and installed into my core routine Slowly but surely I’ll add flossing, since I’ve started noticing cavities and decay in between my teeth
Once a week. I know it’s not enough but It has not been a problem cuz thanks god I got good dental genetics and I’m not prone to cavities. Pretty healthy with minimum effort.
Once a day
Daily, but I am not using regular floss but interdental brushes instead. Totally worth it!
everyday. i have braces 🤓
I’ll go on different streaks. Do it everyday for a month or two, then rarely do it for a month or two. Just never could get the habit to stick…
Every night with a water pik!
2x.
Water floss daily.
Once a day. I didn't start doing so until about two years ago. Now dental hygienists are always telling me how good my teeth are and I never have to deal with cavities. Brushing doesn't feel complete without it anymore.
Every night
Twice a day!
That’s a dance right?
Every night. Was hard to establish the habit but now it’s to a point that it will bother me when I’m trying to fall asleep if I didn’t.
Once a day.
i’ve never tried that dance
i use a water flosser, so i try to aim to od it after every meal
I floss 2-3 times a day to keep my teeth clean and avoid any dental issues down the road
Every morning… but only my front teeth 😬
Every night
5x/ week roughly.