floss regularly

When I review my goals and lists, flossing regularly ended up being one of the easiest things to do! My teeth feel so much cleaner after flossing and brushing than when brushing alone. Awesome!

finally checking this off. i’m in the habit now and i don’t know why i didn’t start before. my teeth just feel a million times cleaner. do ittttttt!

My main issue was procrastination when That Time Comes, but now I’ve gotten myself used to flossing as soon as I come home from work. It takes no time at all and doesn’t hurt any more! I should set more goals like this (ones that I actually meet)!

been doing this for about a week or two!

i hate flossing and would sell my first born child to avoid having to do it.

5 days in a row already.
Heading into the right direction!

About three days ago I suddenly got this immense toothache attack. I went to the dentist yesterday because the pain just became too much! They made xrays of my jaw but couldn’t find anything wrong with my teeth. (yet)
Anyway, this has been a real wake up call though, and I’ve been flossing like crazy the past three days (say.. about after every large meal).
But I can honestly say, it feels quite good to floss.. I mean.. yes. its a bit sore at first, but after flossing it all feels so very very clean. There’s less gunk building up in between my teeth and I actually feel better about myself (while talking to others I’m far less afraid that perhaps my breath would smell bad or that I would have a piece of something showing in between my teeth haha).

Anywways, I hope my toothache will pass soon, even if it’s not entirely floss related.

And when it does, I’m pretty sure I’ll keep on flossing as to prevent this kind of tooth trouble.

but I could probably check this off as done. Every night as I help my kids brush their teeth (more like guard their actions and keep them from playing around and shooting water around the bathroom and breaking something), I end up pulling out one of those little personal flossing things I bought for the girls to use to floss their teeth. I had used these years ago and found them to be less than useless. You get about 1 inch of floss poorly attached to a two pieces of plastic. At least that is what you used to get. These things rock now! Once upon a time they would break after tooth one, now, they can handle all my teeth.
So, pretty much every night I am just standing there flossing while the kids are brushing their teeth. I am almost a flossaholic. Almost. I will check this off when I am doing it independently. In the meantime I will keep watching the kids out of the corner of my eye while I clean the sides of my teeth.

I’m recovering from a rather bad case of gum disease, so this really isn’t an option – I do have to do it in order to maintain my health. I was doing it regularly and then got out of the habit…there’s also this little gadget called a Proxabrush I’ve been given by the dentist, which is kind of a brush for between teeth; I need to use that or the floss every day.

Anyway, the good news is that my teeth have improved quite a bit, but I’m still not yet entirely out of the woods. I’ll put this up here as a reminder.

I always blame my not flossing on the fact that I have a built-in retainer welded to the bottom half of my mouth. The only way to get the floss under the retainer is to poke it through the teeth underneath the bar (which is impossible without some sort of help.) Yesterday, however, I went to the drug store and bought myself some floss threaders. No more excuses!

Let me tell you something: Flossing after more than six months of abstinence hurts A LOT. My upper teeth were mostly okay as I have been flossing them sporadically, but those lower teeth!!! That in itself should be enough to keep me flossing for a good while. I never want my gums to hurt that much again!