Do you floss your teeth before or after you brush?

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Better to floss before or after you brush?
What’s the best order for good tooth care?

I actually brush before and after flossing!

My mom is a dentist, and she taught me to do this. The idea is to brush first to get the “big stuff” then floss to get the small stuff. You want to brush again to remove the soft plaque that has been removed from in between your gums but is still in your mouth. It also massages your gums and I think it feels really good. (But I’m probably weird).

i recon just floss then brush so you get all the crap out between your teeth and gums then brush,you don’t want to take to long and wast your time brushing twice

ctimm, have you tried it before?

tried What

Either of those things?

nope i’ve onley tried my way i recon it would be faster

any way do you know how to get friends (fluthers) ‘cause im new to this sh!t and i dont know how to

i dun floss

Well I’m sure your your way is faster, but if you’re going for speed why bother to floss at all? I’m sure if you “dun” floss, like mea05key, that would be even faster.

Maybe you should try something before you pronounce it a waste of time, or a “wast” of time, as you put it.

he he he :)

Whoa. Did I miss a flaming war about flossing?

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oh i never got to see what nimis said

f-u fluther moderators (sorry)

Floss first, then brush to get all the stuff out.

How rude can one get about teeth and flossing, anyway^^?

I’m with La Chica: Brush, floss, brush again. That’s when I remember to floss…if I did it more often, I’d probably just floss, then brush.

i said what magnus said floss than brush so you get all the stuff out at least i have some one on my side

pluss its faster

and you can always use mouth wash

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hey i cauld use it as a chat room, we talk, we chat, and its a room chat-room chat room
dah dah

wow, this is an unlikely forum for removal. anyway, neither. I don’t floss, though I really should, considering how exciting and heated it can get, apparently.

ezglenn, sn’t it though?—apparently “chatting” is out now—even if it is about flossing, lol! (maybe if i make my text really small, it won’t count!)

whats wrong by saying i dont floss

I would believe the daughter of the dentist. My technician says that flossing a lot makes more sense then brushing all the time.

Brushing feels good and virtuous and leaves you minty-fresh, but if you floss correctly (across the surface of teeth, etc) you are removing plaque, tartar, and stimulating blood flow to the gums. At least in this area (Ezra, take heed) your investment pays off.

pluss you can mouth wash

Plus learn to spell “plus” and use mouth-wash (as a noun, too.)

i don’t care about spelling as long as you can read it its OK this hole thing isn’t a spelling test is it mouth-wash mouth wash there’s no reel difference

Removed by myself due to stupidity.

They’re reely is a difrence in the hole language thing, apart from spelling. They’res the ability to be understood, which is difrent from Bing abel to reed something. Pluss, neether mouth wash nor mouth-wash iz a verb. If so, in witch case, we can make up anything and then say idc. Onely don’t make assumptions about clarity.

I’m surprised at what shows up when I brush and then floss.