How to Floss Your Teeth.
These simple steps won't just rid your mouth
of unwanted morsels—they'll help prevent
gum disease and tooth decay.
So don't just stand there—get flossing!
You will need About a ft. and a half of dental
floss A mirror and some mouthwash or water.
Step 1.
Choose your floss.
Waxed floss slides between the teeth easier
than unwaxed floss.
If you have wide gaps between your teeth,
try using tape floss, which is thicker than
regular floss.
Step 2.
Break off about 18 inches of the floss and
wrap most of it around your index fingers,
leaving about 4 inches between your hands.
Step 3.
Looking in your mirror to see what you're
doing, move the floss gently back and forth,
guiding it between two teeth.
Step 4.
Curve the floss around one of the teeth and,
once the floss hits the gum line, gently move
it back and forth, cleaning the crevice between
your tooth and gum.
Step 5.
Carefully slide the floss up under the gum
and scrape down on the side of the tooth.
Step 6.
Curve the floss around the other tooth, gently
move it back and forth, and carefully slide
it up under the gum and scrape down the side
of that tooth.
Step 7.
Move to an adjacent space to clean, changing
the area of the dental floss you are using.
Step 8.
Continue to floss until you've cleaned between
all of your teeth.
If you establish a pattern and follow it each
time you floss, you'll be less likely to miss
a tooth.
Step 9.
Rinse with mouthwash or water, then bare your
pearly whites to the world.
Did you know People have been begrudgingly
flossing for centuries—archeologists have
found grooves in the teeth of some prehistoric
skulls, apparently from the use of some kind
of flossing material.
