Dental Floss Birmingham
One way to clean between your teeth is with dental floss or tape. Flossing removes plaque and food particles from between your teeth and under the gumline, areas a toothbrush can't reach. Your Birmingham dentist or hygienist can show you proper flossing techniques.
The following suggestions by Birmingham dentists may help:
* Break off about 18 inches of floss, and wind most of it around one of your middle fingers. Wind the remaining floss around the same finger of the other hand. As you use the floss, you will take up the used section with this finger.
* Hold the floss tightly between your thumb and forefingers, with about an inch of floss between them, leaving no slack. Use a gentle 'rocking' motion to guide the floss between your teeth. Do not jerk the floss or snap the floss into the gums.
* When the floss reaches the gumline, curve it into a C-shape against one tooth until you feel resistance.
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