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Floss vs Flossers

Which do you use?

  • Standard, good ol' floss

    Votes: 15 31.3%
  • Flossers are king

    Votes: 17 35.4%
  • I'm disgusting and don't floss my teeth

    Votes: 4 8.3%
  • Water flosser or replaceable flosser, you wasteful bastard

    Votes: 12 25.0%

  • Total voters
    48

Dacvak

No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
One of the more heated debates in my household is the use of standard floss, versus those little plastic flossers.

I'm very much on #TeamFlosser, as they're just so handy, easy to carry around, and do a great job. But, admittedly, they also produce far more waste than standard floss. (But I also eat off of paper plates for lunch everyday, so whatever.)

Furthermore, I use the flossers that have TWO floss strings on them, for double the clean. They absolutely can't be beat and I will die on this hill.

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Dacvak

No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.

Esca

Member
I use those plastic floss things as well. My hands and fingers are big so it's very difficult not to have them get saliva on them while using regular floss
 

Rockondevil

Member
Normal good old floss but I double it up.
Then electric brush.
Once or twice a week (I should do more) I use a pikster (interdental brush).
 

Tams

Member
I can't use any floss as it just gets stuck between my teeth.

Water 'picks' do work.

Really though, I just properly clean my teeth and then have a dental hygienist throughly clean them twice a year.
 

Trilobit

Member
One of the more heated debates in my household is the use of standard floss, versus those little plastic flossers.

I'm very much on #TeamFlosser, as they're just so handy, easy to carry around, and do a great job. But, admittedly, they also produce far more waste than standard floss. (But I also eat off of paper plates for lunch everyday, so whatever.)

Furthermore, I use the flossers that have TWO floss strings on them, for double the clean. They absolutely can't be beat and I will die on this hill.

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Yeah, me too. I can't use floss, but flossers are great.
 

Mistake

Member
I still use regular floss, since I feel it gets more stuff, but a water pick does great for gum health. I highly recommend it
 

clarky

Gold Member
Water pick but with mouth wash loaded in it.

The amount of times ive almost took my eye out with it though when drunk is too many to count.
 
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rm082e

Member
I'm a bit OCD about flossing. I hate having stuff stuck between my teeth. I use this after every single meal, followed by chewing some gum:

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Soodanim

Gold Member
I used to use a waterpik, but the battery degraded so much rhst it only maintained full power for half a use. My hygienist said it's not as good as proper floss anyway so I didn't bother replacing it. They're certainly good for getting debris out though, and a lifesaver when I had a sideways wisdom tooth that created a gap for food to sit in.

Now I just use a mix of interdental sticks (bamboo when I can get them, seems wasteful to have plastic throwaway ones) and ribbon floss for the more tightly packed teeth.
 

EviLore

Expansive Ellipses
Staff Member
Sonicare + stannous fluoride toothpaste
Floss picks
Crest pro-health mouthwash
 

jufonuk

not tag worthy
I do floss occasionally but I get the blood mouth. But I also find remnants of yesterday’s food. So there is that.
Last dental check up my teeth were good. So I will keep brushing them and flossing occasionally.

I’m gonna floss. Is it before or after you brush ?
 

John Bilbo

Member
I do floss occasionally but I get the blood mouth. But I also find remnants of yesterday’s food. So there is that.
Last dental check up my teeth were good. So I will keep brushing them and flossing occasionally.

I’m gonna floss. Is it before or after you brush ?
Floss before brushing in the evening. If you can brush in the morning as well.
 
I’m a gross, disgusting person that has never flossed. I use a Sonicare with Arm and Hammer baking soda toothpaste, I HIGHLY recommend a Sonicare if you don’t have one. I’m a smoker and it keeps my teeth pearly white even pushing 50 years old.
Never had a cavity or any dental issues other than a nasty incident with an impacted wisdom tooth in my 20’s.
 
Flossers are GOAT.

With floss, it's like, what, you expect me to stand in front of a mirror and get all confused because I can never seem to figure out how to move my hands to where they need to be because the dude in the mirror is always moving in the opposite direction from what I expect? Miss me with that.

With flossers, I can absent-mindedly preen while watching YouTube.
 

lachesis

Member
I like flossers, but always feel guilty throwing out all that plastic, which often has sharp ends (for picking), which sometimes pokes out of garbage liner.
 

Pakoe

Member
Had a water thingy but dropped it and the front broke. Need to get a replacement since theyre better than regular flossing (for me).
 
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