10 Tips: How to Properly Floss Your Molars
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- Many have asked, "How do I reach my back molars with floss?" Well, in this video, Dr. Nemeth & Olivia give us 10 tips on how to properly floss your teeth, specifically the molars!
Dr. Nemeth actually doesn't use floss to clean his teeth! Check out the full video to see what he recommends.
Tip #1
Use a long piece of floss. You need to wind it around your fingers very thoroughly.
Tip #2
Use your index fingers. Dr Nemeth uses his index fingers because he thinks it's the easiest to reach back and floss your molars.
Tip #3
Floss might not be the best thing for you! If the spaces between your teeth are large, try using yarn, or an interdental brush.
Tip #4
Inter proximal cleaners are easier to use and more effective. They are disposable floss picks that can be used to floss your back teeth much more easily
Tip #5
Use different sized brushes for larger spaces. Make sure you are finding something that will fit between your teeth properly. If floss barely makes it between your teeth, stick with floss. If you have a larger gap, an inter proximal brush may be better to properly clean that space.
Tip #6
Try Bending the brush to reach the angle. Many of the floss picks will bend in order to floss the back molars more easily.
Tip #7
Use whichever fingers are most comfortable. We stated that the index fingers are usually the best to use. However, use your thumb, or even your middle finger. Whatever works best for you is what you should use.
Tip #8
Move the floss along so it stays clean. Make sure you move the dental floss along so that you have a fresh piece of floss between every tooth. That way you're not using the same contaminated, worn piece of floss in your whole mouth.
Tip #9
Floss with a small piece. It makes it much easier to control and reach your back teeth, the molars.
Tip #10
Try using a water flosser. We recommend it to virtually all of our patients. It will flush out material that you may miss with the floss. Dr Nemeth recommends using it twice a day, BUT the Waterpik does not replace floss or inter proximal cleaners.
The Inter proximal cleaners or floss picks will rub the gum tissue to stimulate it, get the blood flowing, and keep your gums healthy.
Dr Nemeth says his #1 go to is the Softpik Advanced. Its much easier to use and more effective than traditional dental floss!
Flossing is critical in keeping your mouth healthy. Make sure to keep your gums healthy, because if you have a healthy mouth, you will be healthier!
If you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment, please visit our website
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Thanks for the great info Doc! I’m going to buy a waterpik today.
That will absolutely help! Keep those gums healthy.
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This is one of the better videos on flossing. I actually tend NOT to watch videos from dentists on flossing, because they always demonstrate on a model of the mouth, maybe by virtue of the profession. Yet the main difficulty is flossing your own mouth and most videos just don't address it. Thank you for at least explaining about flossing your own mouth.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.
This is useful. Thank you.
Hello friend
Hello
Omg I cannot believe you guys commented on this.. 😂 has it worked at least??? 😊
Yooooo! I can't believe that I found you here. I love your channel
Dr. Nemeth is so wholesome
I appreciate that! Thank you.
Thanks so much.appreciate that you speak slowly and so clearly and cover many aspects..very helpful.
Thank you for making such an informative video!
Thank you for the help doctor I’m 17 and had some difficulty flossing !
Your videos are so helpful. Thank you
Thanks, great doctor.
I had bulimia and now I’m overcompensating with taking care of my teeth now that I’m recovered and this is a flawless tutorial
me too. hope everything is going well for you
me three, doing damage control
Guys! Dont forget to floss the last tooth in the back next your gum. Yes! You floss that too, they didnt mention that.
Great video! Thank you!
Thank you for information
Got me a “Slate Flosser” on the way due to your recommendation-I hope it’s as you mention.
Thank you Doc Nem..I now gently move the floss between my teeth..
Thank you so much greetings from peru
I haven’t heard anything about sonic toothbrushes....
I use the Phillips Sonicare toothbrush, in addition
to floss. I can’t imagine NOT having it now.
It stimulates the gums and is incredible with how well it cleans!
Don’t press hard, people think the harder you brush, the better the clean... NOT SO!
You don’t want to use heavy pressure with ANY toothbrush.
Yes, otherwise sonicare will abrade your teeth very quickly.
Thank you so much !! xx
Thank you. I had gingivitis and periodontal disease and suffered through scaling. I am better now, I am flossing regularly and brushing after each meal, I also use the gum picks now because my hygenist recommended them and I had pockets of 7 that are now 5's and I am using the waterpik and I am hoping that the pocket around my molers will go down to a 4. My mouth is much better, no more bleeding.
Don't give up! I recently had some 6's that went down to 3. I find waterpiking after every meal and running the Sonicare 30m afterwards help immensely. Those gum picks are also a tremendous help - I feel they do better to remove plaque than flossing. But things aren't perfect yet - all my wisdom teeth are out and I have 8's beyond the last molars in three corners. I am hoping that gum stimulation with the waterpik and better cleaning will improve the numbers back there. One last thing - until you get your gums stabilized, get dental cleanings more often. After getting vaccinated, I had one deep cleaning (with a lot of bleeding) and one regular cleaning six weeks afterwards. That cleaning went well, so the next one will be three months out.
Thanks this is useful video
Thanks!
Welcome!
Thank you guys!!! Theres one space between my molars that always bleeds and cant reach with floss its so uncomfortable so Im gonna try the other options. Teeth are priceless!!!
With floss we're supposed to use a clean section (the next inch or so) between each set of teeth so that we're not moving the bacteria from one part of the gum to another. Wouldn't the same be true for the inter-proximal tools? Should I use one for each molar gap or are they different?
Thank you
you give very good information sir i am from india i follow you thank you sir
Contradictory: likes to rub and toughen up the gums. That's called irritation and will cause receding. Gums are super sensitive. A light touch with floss sounds much better than a brush
Thanks! You're fantastic 👏
God bless u all .
How do I floss my back molars with a gum pocket? The back side of my back molar is covered with my gums so only the front three sides are exposed. It’s hard for me to slide the floss over the top surface of the tooth and “wrap” behind since the gum grows over the back and back top surface of part of the tooth. Can you do a video on that ? Thanks
I’m just wondering do I go under the gum line between the gum and tooth? I seem to have one dentist say I shouldn’t, that I should just go in between each teeth? Or other will say I go into the space between the teeth and gum if that makes sense... feeling so confused:(
I also love the “soft pick advanced” however can not get them to go in from the inside of the teeth, they only conveniently fit in between from the outside (or from the cheek direction-and not from the inside tongue direction, if that makes sense.
where can we buy those ? It will be great if you also include the amazon buying links.
Would you like to try BETWEETH Floss Holder? It is eco-friendly and makes flossing easy and fun. No more wrapping floss manually.
Good idea to use a Soft Pick advanced - stimulate the gum tissue its easier and more effective or a proxy brush And use the water fisk twice a Day ....
So many type of floss, while i only knew 1 type of the floss..... , good video sir, thank you for the explanation
Which come first Interdental brush or brushing?
How do you hold the floss without suffocating your fingers?
I'd like to know if I should do lazer treatment with pockets of 5 mm that I can't seem to reduce on my own. Also, should I lazer the 4 mm pockets as well?
The space between the back of my teeth are too tiny for up and down motion. What to do?
For 16 yrs of living in now just starting to floss 😂 I don't know if I do it right my bottom center teeth tingle i can still feel it 😂
And I'm not sure if I floss my molar correctly in order since I can't see it I might miss some spot
I'm just blindly pushing it, if it enter then I start rocking it back and fourth 😂
Thank you 🙂. I was wondering where to get the brush and inter cleaners? I’ve never seen or heard of them.
pharmacies, walmart, target etc
I floss the gum behind the molar am I suppose to do that ?
Christopher Walken teaching me how to floss.
does interdental brushes cause blunted gums as they seem to push the gums down?
I've been to the dentist she told me stop flossing because it's causing my gums to recede. I'm flossing too hard she said. The alternative she recommend is waterpik and told me I should buy electric toothbrush.
What can I do if I have periodontist deases ?
What to do now if we accidentally damaged our moler gums with floss
The fact that they take off mask one after another and put on when one talks. Bravo.
Great that that have masked!!
What is a water flosser you would recommend? I don’t wanna spend a fortune though...
Idk what I’m doing but I use floss string for my back of bottom teeth and hurt like hell only when i floss but the string like dig in pretty deep idk if that’s a issue they never bleed or hurt when I eat only when I floss them any idea what’s going on ?
Like Dr. Olivia mentioned, what if the space between the teeth is too small for the inter-proximal brushes? Would you still recommend to try and work up to being able to use them or stick to just floss for cleaning between the teeth? My worry would be that the brushes could wear away at the tissue causing damage. Thank you for your videos!
My teeth have almost no gaps and my dentist told me not to use those brushes and stick to floss
@valeriaximenalopezpena7442 Thank you so much for that! It's nice to have a definitive answer.
Wait so your saying I should change from tooth flossing strips to waterpiks? Thank you
No he is saying to add it to your routine. Water pick doesn’t replace flossing/or use of interdental brushes
Isn't the benifit of floss that you also get below the gumline? How is that accomplished with interproximal brushes?
How much pressure should you use? My back molars don't have big gaps either so you really need to get the floss in there properly. I'm always worried about pressing too hard though, I know you mentioned toughening up the gums, but surely its not healthy for your gums to be pushing down hard with floss? At the same time I know you need to make sure you get in between the gaps and get that food out.
I found that biting a little on the pick helps to get it in
@@dustyrose192 it’s better to use a sawing motion when putting in the molars and taking out :) !
I use dental floss on my front teeth and floss pick on my molar. They save me a lot of time.
By floss pick ,u mean tooth pick???
@@decentdecent6451 no
Than??
That pick does not get between my tight teeth.
I find it so difficult to floss with the string…
I’m still having trouble brushing my molars and reaching the far back teeth with my floss….
I’ve started to use the waterpik and an ultra thin interdental flosser after going to the dentist and having bleeding on almost every posterior tooth. That really scared me into going above and beyond with home-care bc perio tx is expensive! Lol But six months later, I went back for my cleaning and I had no bleeding at all. Also, at first I used some hydrogen peroxide in my waterpik but I’m not sure if this is something I should be doing daily or a couple times a week. What’s your opinion?
How much hydrogen peroxide? Did you dilute it?
Marwa Fahiz Yes, I used about 2 tablespoons in my handheld waterpik reservoir.
I do these things
My teeth have tight contacts
So now i have to ask my mom for some soft picks and a waterpik
i use long piece and then I end up with purple fingers. so will smaller pieces help with that?
You don’t need to wrap it so tightly the main thing is to make sure the string is straight and tight by using your thumbs. If you can’t get on with flossing you can try interdental brushes
Thanks. Do interdental brushes damage the papilla?
You sound like Jeff Goldblum. Which makes me believe you more.
No he doesn't stop lying.
Hello Dr. Nemeth,
I am wondering if there is any natural way of tightening my gums around my incisors (my jaw). I am the most worried about them, as I am experiencing minor wiggling and I don’t want to make it worse. I heard that gum massages might help? Thank you.
You need to go for a dental exam and thought clean. Mobility might indicate periodontal disease. And yes you absolutely need to floss but first of all get a professional clean first as if plaque is hardened you won’t be able to remove it yourself.
For me the maxillary molars are the hardest to reach.
5:47 nice 👌
I’ve ruined my gums either by using the waterpik too aggressively or flossing incorrectly or using an abrasive toothpaste or strong mouthwash. All these years I thought I was helping myself….
Me too
That's why I don't want to get a water thing. They keep telling me too but idk
I send you guys an email from 5 days ago no response
You can tell these people don't floss. If you move it along to use a fresh length on the next set of teeth it doesn't stay put round your fingers because it's now slimy/wet. You need a super long piece to have enough to wrap and deal with the wet floss issue
Interesting. I've never had a problem with 'wet floss' and sliding off the fingers.
Inter proximal brushes doesn’t fit between my teeth
Those molars are hard to get
Olivia is cuteee
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Do interproximal cleaners not irritate the delicate gum tissue between the teeth!
Disagree, Twin-Line flossers are the best. These are the hook shaped picks with the fold out.
bro if i can get a piece of floss in there its not coming out
Have you tried 'Glide floss? It's the only one that will go between my very close set teeth.
@@mtnmagic1998 will look into it
I have a question. Is there a disease that cause a tooth to significantly shift within months without an impact injury? I became very sick supposedly with gastritis,which caused me to lose 25 pounds and cause unbelievable debilitating joint pain and weakness, but anther odd thing that happened was that my front lower tooth shifted backwards significantly. I looked as if it were pushed back. It's there a disease, like auto immune that would cause that?
How can I contact you please sir I am from India and my braces cause me big gums I want to send you picture
I need help please please
Is noone going to mention this guy's name? Joe Namath. Anybody?!
Whats wrong with it
@jenna5960 ohh
I've tried chewing gum and it helps. Watch out if you are diabetic.
Use earplugs not your iPad earplugs I mean earplugs non-those things won’t wreck your teeth
What doesn't make sense is that you think those turquoise tooth picks are more effective than floss, those picks don't even reach the inside of the gums like the floss does!
Mouthwash
Thank you