Floss or brush first?
 

Dental hygiene question. I floss and brush and sometimes follow up with mouth wash. The mouth wash comes last, I am sure, but how about the other two?

Answer the poll and let's hear the arguments for your methods!

G

Soft-pick first, then floss, then brush, then mouthwash.

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Floss
Brush
Irrigate.

F B I

Water pick, then brush.

But why?

I brush first, floss last because I feel I have to get ahead of the gunk with brushing before doing detail work.

Looks like i have been doing it wrong!

https://www.perio.org/consumer/brush-or-floss-first

G

waterpik then brush

Floss, rinse brush 2-3x a day.

rjp

The idea with floss is to break up the plaque matrix. I put a bit of toothpaste on the floss and work it at a 45-degree angle to each tooth. Dad is a Periodontist, so I have gotten the sermon twice a year. Use red dye to see where your brushing and flossing is missing so you change your habits. I use a dental mouth rinse made by Ropar, which is the best in the biz.

I'm the one of a small number who is not prone to rotting teeth or gums so I take the advice of the scientists who say flossing is no benefit to oral or dental health.

I hate mouthwash, peroxide makes me puke. But I do brush once a week if I remember.

It keeps people away.

The "scientists" are wrong.

The always seem to be, these days. I think we should go back to the dark ages instead. Much better life without science, including dental care! :D

G

Floss then ultrasonic brush. :)

Those brush type tooth picks after I've eaten.

Before bed a floss, then brush, then some sorta mouthwash that protects teeth over night against acid attacts throughout the night.

It's a good idea to get rid of the rubbish between the teeth.

HEY MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!

The less flossin’ the better for business, though I am curious who these scientists are.

Done properly flossing is an integral part of proper oral hygiene.

Signed
RNajarian DDS

I brush, floss, brush again.

Only brush. Never had any issues with my teeth. As a matter of fact havn´t been to a dentist since I was a teenager.

.....Yes.... But you are a dentist, aren't you?

Not even close. :D

I do it the same way my dental hygienist does it. Floss then brush

Proctologist?;)SmileWavy

The scientists don’t know...

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-36962667

In part, “US National Institutes of Health dentist Tim Iafolla said when purely looking at the science "it would be appropriate to drop the floss guidelines".

Oddly enough, almost every bit of study whose findings support flossing was done by, guess who, floss manufacturers...

I use floss to get the food particles unstuck from my teeth.

When I go to my dentist for a cleaning, he goes from tooth to tooth with a pick to scrape the tarter, then the buffing wheel, and the final step is floss.

I had Class 3 Malocclusion correction surgery in my early 20's. Then in 2012 I had a fall and busted my grill. Had to get braces to fix that, then had a few crowns to finish it all.

Let's recap... ( see what I did there? )
Braces in my waaay too early teens.
Wore similar devices for the surgery, then braces again to fix the fall.

So, I've worn braces 3x in my life.

And while married, my ex became a Dental Hygienist.

We can argue over which method is better till the cows come home.
Bottom line, just do both a twice daily...minimum.

Sure, there's a difference, but if someone is told to switch their preferred method, they may stop altogether.

During my procedure to install 6 crowns due to the fall, my long time Dentist couldn't stop telling me how awesome my gums are.

Use the picks, floss your chicklets, and brush often. You might find your spouse likes kissing you a lot more.

Using the whole fist there doc? Moon river!

A while back i took mom to see her dentist. In the waiting room there was a small book that explained why toothpaste was bad and people should brush without it.
I dismissed it as a tin foil hat thing, but it made enough of an impression that I still remember it.

Any comments?

my dentist instructed me to do F. B. I.

being chinese, i already drew the "dental short straw". i recently had a come to Jesus talk with my Dentist. i knew chit just got real, when he reached into a drawer and pulled out a waterpik coupon. he instructed me. floss, brush, and then irrigate.

Things are really getting lame around here.....how about we start a discussion on which type of oil to use instead.

I brush, then floss, then rinse before I go to bed at night. I floss after brushing and before rinsing figuring some of the fluoride will get down in the gums. I am not a dentist.

What happened to the paperclip?

Here's my routine .

1. Start with a few blasts of brake cleaner .
2. Floss with strips of 100 grit sandpaper .
3. Rinse massive bleeding with brake cleaner .
4. Brush with wire brush and toothpaste .
5. Rinse massive bleeding with brake cleaner .
6. Pop a tic tac for a minty fresh breath .

Man we have hit the bottom of the barrel 😁

Yeah, it'd be lots better if we start a new thread:
how do you floss and brush with a stupid mask on your face?

Whoa, whoa, whoa...tap the brakes, Turbo.

Haven't you heard? They's a whole new way to do that. Pop a Febreze clip-on freshener to your columella.

You'll thank me.

I waterpik while I brush. I figure the synergy helps get out more plaque.

I do just the opposite, irrigate to get the large stuff, brush, then floss. Although thinking about it, I should irrigate, floss to get the stubborn stuff, and then brush.

with all this Coronavirus stuff and working from home, I still brush my teeth twice a day, but find myself doing the first brushing after 4PM before I go walking or running. I refuse to leave the house without doing so, it's just that I do it much later now.