INTERDENTAL FLOSS

Why Interdental Floss Dental Floss Holders Dental Floss Threaders Superfloss and Dentotape

WHY INTERDENTAL FLOSS: Toothbrushes do not clean between your teeth. Dental floss is needed because they do clean between your teeth. If you do not floss everyday, you will get cavities between your teeth.

DENTAL FLOSS HOLDERS:

These can be used to help get to the hard to reach areas in the posterior of your mouth, or many parents use them to floss their children who have smaller mouths.

DENTAL FLOSS THREADERS:

Dental floss threaders are rigid pieces of floss that have a loop and an extention (looks like a hollow lollypop) and functions just like an enlarged needle. You thread regular dental floss through the ring/eye, then send the extention underneath tooth bridges or braces . Below are illustrations of both.

SUPERFLOSS and DENTOTAPE:

Superfloss is floss with an extremely thick center, almost like thin yarn. This is used when you have large spaces between your teeth or can be used with dental floss threaders as noted above.

Dentotape is thicker than regular floss, but not as thick as superfloss. It can be used instead of regular floss, or in conjunction with, depending on what types of restorations you have in your mouth.