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Flossing
 The importance of flossing:
To brush the teeth helps correctly and constantly to remove the majority of the dental plate, but, the to brush alone cannot remove the plate that is situated in the places that a brush of teeth cannot reach -- particularly among the teeth. Besides removing the plate, the flossing also helps:
- remove the ruin that adheres to the teeth and the gums inbetween the teeth
- pula the surfaces of the tooth
- control the bad respiration
Flossing should occur at least once al day for two to three minutes each time to be the most efficient.
¿ What type of silk is the best?
Without importing what dental type of silk you are to use more comfortable, the subsidies by oral illness continue being equals -- the flossing constant to regulate is the alone more important weapon against the plate -- perhaps more important than the brush of teeth. The diverse dental types of silk include:
- tarpaulin and without waxing
- it flavored and unflavored
- wide and regular
Methods of Flossing for the adults:
The its dentist or the other oral supplier of the medical care can provide a demonstration of any of the technical flossing following. He includes:
- method of the spool (also called finger-wrap the method)
Cut a piece of the silk that is approximately 18 to 20 inches in length. Wrap slightly each side of the several piece of silk times around each medium finger. Maneuver later, carefully the silk inbetween the teeth with its fingers and thumbs of the index in up and downward, not sideways movement to side. It is the best to bring the up the silk and below being affirmed of going under the gumline, forming a "C" in the side of each tooth.
- method of the tie (also call the method of the circle)
Cut a piece of the silk that has approximately 18 inches of long, and tie it with security in a circle. Later, place all the fingers, except the thumb, inside the tie. Then, utilize its fingers of the index to direct the silk through the lowest teeth, and utilize its thumbs to direct the silk through the upper teeth, being affirmed of going under the gumline, forming one of C" in the side of each tooth.
Other technical flossing:
The tools of Flossing, such as to prethreaded the flosser or the sostenedor of the silk can be beneficial for the people that is joust learning how to the silk, to the individuals with dexterity limited in its arms and/or to the hands, or to the persons that flossing the teeth some another (particularly a boy or a disabled person).
The devices of the irrigation, such as waterpicks, itself are not considered a substituto for toothbrushing and flossing. These devices can be efficient around the supports ortodónticos that conserve the food or in areas a brush of teeth cannot reach. Nevertheless, do not they remove the plate.
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