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Dental Floss
Periodontal Disease most often begins between teeth where a toothbrush can not reach, use dental floss is an effective method to remove dental plaque from these surfaces. The following instructions will help, but the proper use of dental floss requires time and practice.
Start with a piece of floss about 45 Cm’s. length. Wrap the thread most of the middle finger of one hand, and the rest on the same finger of your other hand.
To clean the upper teeth, hold the thread between the thumb of one hand and the forefinger of the other, leaving little more than 1 cm. silk between them. Insert the floss between teeth using a sawing motion. Do not force the floss, and take it to the gum-tooth junction. Curve it in a “C” on a sliding tooth into the space between gum and tooth until you feel resistance. Read the rest of this entry »