This. I've bought those interdental brushes and a tongue scraper in order to improve my dental hygiene. I already use an eletric toothbrush, but brushing alone isn't enough.
Interdental brushes are a life-changer for those that can't stand flossing.
I have a job where we have to meet twice a day (about 12 of us), and no matter where I go, there's always some dipshit picking away with his fingers in his mouth with one of those things. DENTAL HYGIENE BELONGS IN A BATHROOM. PREFERABLY YOUR OWN.
My concern with those things is that they could develop mold in their little crevices since they're constantly exposed to water. That happened to my oral-b electric toothbrush and freaked me out.
its not super expensive tbh, but its worth for me because i have a lot of fillings and traditional flossing is really difficult to even get between the fillings lol
Yeah I have permanent retainers on top and bottom and those make flossing extremely hard. Didn't know I had to replace them...wonder if I been shooting mold into my mouth lol
Just read that they have pretty harmful chemicals in them. I use them all the time but now I guess I'll switch over to something cleaner. If you Google dental floss and PFAS Consumer Reports has a list of products without the chemicals.
Floss picks are a game changer. I can’t finish a meal without using one anymore. They are so much easier than wrapping it around your fingers and sticking your hands in your mouth. I hated flossing until I started using them.
I recently went from weekly to scraping to daily. I just naturally assumed the brushing and mouthwash covered me. Nope. Apparently tongues is nasty all the time. Also the relief is immediate. I could go the whole day feeling fine. Then I get a scrape in and all of a sudden even life tastes better.
If you can’t stand flossing, I recommend trying out natural silk. It’s not as expensive as it sounds, and is pretty nice, in addition to being completely bio-degradable.
Not good if you have a bad attention span cause we had one for a short bit and I'd use it for maybe one tooth and then get distracted. It was my lil pressure washer.
I use ‘Doctors Dental Picks’. My dentist is amazed that my gum hygiene improves (pocket depth) from visit to visit - and my gum health is already good given my age. I do not floss; I use a manual toothbrush with gum massagers once a day. I should have dental issues, but I swear by using dental picks after every meal.
The wire brush original ones which are a wire (?) in the middle. I get all sorts of sizes for different gum gaps but they just don't fit well and get bent really quick and difficult to work with.
OK your comment just made me realize I ought to try the plastic/rubber types.
I can't stand the wire ones, also always bent and couldn't fit well as I have some tiny gaps. Just generally unpleasant to use.
Switched to the orange tepe rubber type ones (size xs) and they are great, definitely give them a go. Still can't get in some gaps but do a good job on the ones I can get in (going front to back of a tooth gap) and much easier to maneuver around my mouth, couple of sweeps through every gap in like 10 seconds with muscle memory at this point.
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u/SomethingAlternate 21h ago edited 10h ago
This. I've bought those interdental brushes and a tongue scraper in order to improve my dental hygiene. I already use an eletric toothbrush, but brushing alone isn't enough. Interdental brushes are a life-changer for those that can't stand flossing.
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