How to Floss (The Right Way!)
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2017
- Dr. Joseph Nemeth, founding member and president of the North American Society of Periodontists (NASP) Explains how to properly floss. Flossing is an essential part of your oral and overall health. Many people neglect flossing or do it improperly.
In this video Dr. Nemeth explains the steps towards flossing as well as emphasizes some of the risks of not flossing.
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How do you fit your hands inside your mouth holding the floss that way?!
For real, I have a tiny mouth.
THIS
Tennyson Kung you see u just have to pretend that there is a small little Donald Trump in ur mouth trying to build a wall and you have to get him out.
Just_Here_To_Game 420 wtf XD
Why was this pinned without a damn answer
Now I just have to learn how to dislocate my jaw.
roger mon same
Good luck
roger mon lol
Need another video on how to do that.
LMFAO
I try to floss as much as I can but it is always painful and I realize from watching this video that I've been flossing entirely wrong. Lots of dentist will encourage you to floss but not tell or show you exactly what you're supposed to be doing. I had been flossing inside of my gums instead of just between my teeth, no wonder I always bled and my mouth was always soar. I'll definitely floss more after watching this.
floss more, floss right! And most importantly, dance floss too, it increases the effectiveness of flossing by 11%.
I actually saw floss videos to the gums, so awful. Dats obviously will hurt the gums. Glad u change your way of flossing. Hope u hav good gums now. ☺️👍
Me too! I've been flossing my gums. Never knew just my teeth. Now ill floss more!
This video is wrong. you are supposed to go under the gum line around your teeth. Obviously not on the gum between the teeth, but the floss has to curve around the tooth and go under the gum line. What he's showing is doing 50% of the work. Plaque accumulates on the teeth under the gum line as well.
@@Pingaheimer well you are supposed to do that so...
I’ve been flossing everyday for over 10 yrs. my gums have gotten much stronger.
I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure flossing is getting rid of plaque, it shouldn’t make your gums stronger, and if anything, it might just irritate the gum and cause gum recession
@@mattlan37x21 so flossing is bad
Matt Gaming Irritation and gum recession from flossing would happen if you’re flossing too hard and damaging the gum tissue o.o
(The same thing can happen if you brush your gums too hard)
Matt Gaming no it doesn’t, only if you floss hard just like brushing hard causes gum recession
It wont make it stronger nor healthier. Floss is a preventive care to avoid decay and gum disease.
I honestly felt dumb having to RUclips this. First time flossing in a very long time. Gums very irritated and blood. A week later yellow build up around teeth somewhat gone no irritation on gums and no blood. Think my dentist will be proud. I actually look forward to flossing now.
So glad to hear that Jesus!
i’m 2 yrs late but i just learned how to correctly floss with this video! i didn’t have dental insurance growing up so i didn’t know how important flossing was. so glad i know now!!
My parents never taught me how to floss and it always hurt when I tried it. I feel ashamed to be learning this only as an adult.
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It’s okay it’s better late than never (:
It’s pretty humiliating to be shown how to floss when your 64 years old.
Same
no need to be ashamed broo
i never floss till i went to the dentist and had 15 cavities
bob berry thanks for the inspiration
Same, I had 7
Gengivitis
That was PAINFUL to read
@@Mrsbeyonce1 I have 8
I’m 20 and just started flossing and didn’t start brushing my mouth regularly, and correctly until I was 15ish (I know, crazy). Broke a tooth at the beginning of this year, went to the dentist to get a root canal and my dentist said I had perfect teeth, no cavities, and my only issue was grinding. Insanely lucky.
Get a good habit of flossing and brushing going! Lucky, yes, but that luck runs out. Trust me, I'm in the process of getting my teeth fixed, after years of pain.
Kind of a late reply but same. I don't know why but I never regularly brushed and my teeth stayed perfect, except some yellow-ing which I now fixed by regular brushing and flossing.
Mrsuckitable what did the doc say about the grinding what he do about it
I grew up homeless and nobody taught me how or why to brush until I was 19 and I taught myself, I have had loads of cavities but luckily still have my teeth I'm taking much better care of them now!
Try searching RUclips for a video that will benefit my health and mostly all that comes up are dance lessons
I wanted to search up dance lessons but all that came up was videos that will benefit my health.
@Joseph 😂😂😂
Yeesss!
@Steven They won't let you use the toilets / restrooms. Even urgently.
Poor form.
I escalated to Cranbourne manager Shane and politely requested many times but he was an uncourteous parrot repeating same thing, treat you like an animal.
Busting and first time there they said go to the pub or shopping centre which we don't even know the area! Wtf
What a joke. Let's see what action will be taken?
I'm lodging formal complaints in detail to DHS.
Pathetic conduct and appalling response by Shane ruined our morning.
He better hope his own mother does not have a full bladder in public and embarrass herself. Prik
This is the first government site I've been to that doesn't allow use of on-site water facilities.
If they book us there again I'll drink a cup of coffee beforehand, 2 litres of water for hydration, 1 litre of Cola so my urine is yellow, and pss myself on their floor so they can wipe it, for wasting our time and saying the same crap over again.
Star is for the pleasant to deal with interviewer Dani. Interpreter on call was also decent this time round.
Castoru' 33 LOL
Here let me just unhinged my jaw about 6 inches
Joseph R Nemeth DDS & Associates
Thank you, my jaw was starting to get sore!
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The tongue also holds a lot of bad bacteria, if you don't clean it regularly. Just brush it while you at it, its easy and keeps your mouth and breath fresh.
Also brushing the roof of your mouth helps keeping your mouth cleaner for longer along with much fresher breath & higher levels of confidence. The more confidence you have, you will show your beautiful smile.
@@aliviaguynes1401 aha.. Yeah...
It feels like ive been tickled
I always make sure I brush my tongue but I don’t have a gum scraper cause my mum says I don’t need one. I only have a tiny bit of plaque at the very back of my tongue but as long as it doesn’t build up
tongue cleaner.
I use it everyday.
just to tell everyone what they should be using
floss at least once a day (will probably take 5-7 minutes cuz you are flossing every tooth of yours)
brush your teeth, you HAVE to do it in the morning, in my opinion, you can do it at night it's optional like you don't NEED to but its best if you do because all your bacteria will probably form there. (bushing your teeth normally is about 2 minutes if you brush every jaw of yours and do it 2-3 times)
use tongue cleaner and clean your tongue
gargle water and spit it out, or use mouth wash and then gargle with it. (gargle for at least a minute and do it 3 times)
that's basically all you need to do, and its in less than 15 minutes of your time!
if you brush once a day then you should do this and you will be healthy, but if you brush 2 times then well yeah you probably dont need mouth wash and you can reduce the amount of time you spend so maybe reduce a minute from how long you do each)
@@srimandava4323 I mean this is very true but my dentist told me that gargling with water actually doesn’t help because you are washing out all the good stuff that you are suppose to leave for like 30 mins after brushing teeth so it kills all bacteria properly
Wow! What a great video! Thank you so much for an excellent and detailed explanation, Dr. Joseph Nemeth
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He was an all-American at U of Alabama, SuperBowl champ with the NY Jets, and now he is a dentist.. I am so very impressed! Amazing.
Oh man…this is Dr. Joseph Nemeth…Joe Namath is the hall of fame football player.
Wow! I never had a dentist go over how to floss in detail like that! Thanks so so much!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
For over a year I am flossing yhe wrong way!!! Thanks for this! God Bless!
Aha, I’m watching this and when my dentist was flossing my teeth. She basically shoved it in and started going at it like she was sawing at my gums.
yep
Same here
Jesus😐
Yh, I remember there being blood in my mouth the first time I went, and for years I used to wonder how that happened. Makes sense now
What comic is that in your profile? It looks like a webtoon.
I started flossing about a week ago and wanted to know how to do it right. The first try was a bloody and disgusting mess 🤗🌺 the floss smelled like death and i couldn't believe how much gunk i still had sticking between my teeth even after brushing carefully. To be honest, i am slightly disgusted by myself that i just didn't do it before... The second time was already completely blood free, no pain and the floss didn't smell bad at all. My breath was instantly waaaaay better too. I accept it now, flossing is great and i'll keep doing it.
I snap the floss down and hit my papilla then question why my gums bleed 🙄😂. Nice to know!
Thanks! Well-done and well-explained lesson. I picked up some valuable pointers.
This video changed my life, all this time I legit thought you had to get the floss all the way down and scrape and floss the inside the gum. I did not know it was just scraping the actual teeth.
uh...you are.
Ive been flossing the wrong way my whole lifee!😰
It's never too late to change!
Me too. And I feel so bad for the damage Ive caused
very informative, and love that you actually mentioned the little footnotes like the difference between floss and tape. Very good flow. I grew up using a tongue scraper (it comes as a metal/plastic thin flat strip. I use plastic as the aluminium one tends to make my tongue bleed) as part of my oral hygiene, I wonder what your views are on them?
I actually got gaps from flossing the incorrect way so I’m grateful I found this
i just watched this while flossing! thanks for the tutorial!
wow this has been an eye opener thank you!
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@@denizetumusiime4281 sure, I'll click on that super sketchy link!!
I've been working on better dental hygiene due to the risk of getting gum disease which I have come very very close to getting. I dont think I've been flossing correctly so this video was very helpful.
I just bought mine from this website too!! So excited!! thanks a lot for this review!!
Oh goody. I appriciate this so much thank you!❤. I will help spread this msg for souls sake💜. Take care of our health💚
when you realize you have been flossing wrong your whole life
I watch this video every now and then for that icy cold reminder to floss, oil pull, supplement with vit d, phosphorous, calcium, magnesium and vitamin k, and of course electric brush my mouth. what a revealing look at the harsh realities associated with negligent dental hygeine!
I had no idea the floss shouldn't touch the gums. Learn something new every day.
I've been sawing at my papillas thinking it was the correct way to floss. Explains the blood. Thankyou for the video.
thank you.. i have been flossing my teeth wrong... Thank you for this.
Welp. Thank you for terrifying me into never forgetting to floss again!
Seriously though, thank you for this video!
Wow. This was real helpful. I’ve been flossing wrong!
Nice to know I have been doing it right!
How do you reach the back teeth without feeling like your lips are about to tear apart?
I use 7 feet is that good enough or should use more?
Joseph R Nemeth DDS & Associates *Savage!!!*😎
Wear 10000000000 layers of lip bomb
REKT
Move your jaw to the side almost by giving a sort of half smile on the side you are trying to floss 😁
Wow this is a very helpful insight into what happens down there.
It shows me that it's really as simple as flossing, but sadly i never learned it the proper way before.
Really big thank you and you explained it 👌 perfectly
I came here to learn how tot floss but i learned so much more. thank you
Thank you Doc you're a legend!
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I'm 32. I just started flossing over a year ago. I floss every single night. I noticed I rarely have bad breath. I already have a very good pral hygiene, but flossing took it to the next level.
Start flossing people !!!
don't wait till u get hit with a $2000 dentist bill like me!
Thank you Penis.
I'm 21 and I think I've been flossing wrong all my life. I usually go down all the way on the sides of the teeth, next to the papilla. :(
Unconventional Reality samee lmao
Same.
So sorry ouch
Yess me too I tought I was cleaning it better 😭😭😭
samee and my teeth are so tight together that i can’t not do it yk?
Thanks for your time.
You're welcome!
Great. Thank you for making this video.
I accidentally clicked this while my phone was in my pocket 👁👄👁
There are no accidents
He said diabetus!!!! 😂😂😂
Thanks for the video , very educational.
Definitely like watching your videos they have great advice and gives me more confidence on taking care of my teeth 👍👍
Good to know!
I wasn't finding this video I was finding how to floss with your hands like a boss not teeth floss I clicked the wrong video but I watched the whole video lol!
Good stuff, thanks man.
Such great content. Thank you very much
visited my dentist the other day and the hygienist told me to start flossing daily , specially for the following two weeks. I have never flossed my entire life so this is my first time doing so. The thing is , whenever I attempt to floss , the strings gets stuck between my teeth and i get into panic mode, unable to pull it out. Help ?
I hate flossing 😩
@@wug2955 Because he probably wants to know how do it the right way. It is important. Idiot.
@@wug2955 I don't know. Sorry.
@@wug2955 LMAO!
I like to dance floss
get a waterflosser. Problem solved.
THANK U ,DR JOSEPH . HALLELUJAH!
Perfect example Thank you ❤️🌹🙏🏾💪🏾
more than the parasitevthe other germs squiggling about freaked me out
thank you so much bro ;) now we can deport the bacteria with the FLOSS :D
I wish Dr. Nemeth could explain all life's mysteries to me.
Omg I have been snapping it in .great info . I guess I’ve been flossing all these years wrong
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Thanks so much. I always have food stuck in my teeth and I’ve been flossing the wrong way so the food was hard to get out lol
i try to stay away from food that will get stuck between my teeth like chicken wings and mangos are the worst!
The whole time I thought I was doing a good job flossing but now I realized I've been flossing way too aggressively by forcefully running the floss over the papilla back and forth multiple times. From now on I'm going to be a lot more careful and hopefully my gums can improve.
Me too. Have u seen improvement? They get on me so much in the dentist office, that I get aggressive majorly with the floss. I did a lot of damage
@@ImpulsoCreativo9322 I well I think my gums are starting to grow back, only because I don't feel as much air pass through my teeth when I'm done flossing. So I think it's an improvement
@@FinancialCharles thats awesome. Thanks for sharing! I hope I can get it too and get my gum issues under control.
Thanks doctor for awesome explanation
Thank you. Very informative
Question- can damaged gums be fixed or recovered?
I just started flossing and feel it's not even doing anything lol I'm 37 and havent flossed in my entire life but I recently turned 37 and running into a midlife crisis lol I'm a smoker so I'm starting to take better care if myself and my teeth. So far I bought a expensive oral b electric toothbrush, started with mouthwashes and whitening paste and washes. My teeth are a little yelliw
Don't smoke
Best to use floss with fibers such as wax floss. Hold the floss between your fingers close which allows you to even get to the back teeth. Floss under the gums to remove the plaque that would infect the gums. If your gums bleed when you floss that means you need to floss to remove the plaque. You can floss twice a day to improve gum health. Hope this helps.
Thank you for the Tip Joseph R Nemeth! I usually floss for me 6 year old son to start him off! I make sure to force his mouth wide and his Jaw to be separated from his upper teeth as he can! I hope there is a way to do the way you do it! I will make sure try it!
Edit: I cracked his jaw, he’s in the hospital. Shame, he is getting the belt tonight.
how to floss the inner tooth?
I thought I was taking great care of my teeth and gums. I brush and use mouth wash twice daily and floss every night. I went to the dentist today for the first time in 3 years and found out I actually have pretty bad gum disease because I was just flossing between my teeth and not going below the gum line. I also didn't know that you're supposed to floss between your very back tooth and gum. I'm 23 and always visited the dentist regularly up until the last few years and now I feel REALLY stupid knowing I've been flossing wrong this entire time and thinking my teeth were really healthy
Wow! Joe Nemeth! Now, that's a cool name!
I love this doctor!
I have such a hard time trusting dentists. I've had 4 different dentist teach me how to floss 4 different ways and I'm really not sure which way is completely right... I've always been really good about brushing my whole life. Flossing regularly for a decade and still bleeding made dentists turn me to using an waterpik instead.
I had one dentist do such a bad job on a cavity filling it became a root canal by age 15.
I had another dentist do silver fillings at age 19 and every one of those filling still cause me pain 7 years later.
I had one dentist tell me that root canal has to be redone. She was too expensive so I went to another dentist and he said the root canal looks fine he wanted to focus on the fillings. Couldn't afford him either.
So now I'm 26 with the shittieat dental insurance, at least 4 cavaties that I know of, and a root canal that causes me consistent pain and silver filings that tingle my jaw when I bite or floss near it.
I brush and waterpik daily. Floss 3-6 times a week. And yet I still have terrible mouth health... 😭😭😭
I feel your pain, pretty much the same history here. My teeth went much better when I changed the diet to low plants, but I can't fix the past completely. Dentists mistakes combined with my own will cost me the struggle for the rest of my life.
I remember 2 years ago I had 13 cavities even though I flossed and brushed my teeth everyday and the dentist told me I was lying :/ they even told me to stop eating candy even though I didn’t even eat candy lol
Nah I still think your lying
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could be from soda or tea
I trust you.I was having severe gum problems for days.I did everything dentist recommended. After a week I don't know what went across my mind I stopped using mouthwash,and pain reduced to great extent.Well I have been using listerine throughout my life but I somehow started believing that was harming my gums
Hated the idea of flossing before, the idea of having it to rub it against the side of the gums bothered me. Now I learned that it wasn't necessary to do that and all I had to do was clean between the teeth. Thanks.
Y thank you it really helps me get the extra food out easy
he reminds me of Clint Eastwood
Lmao no he remind me of Angel Eyes in The Good The Bad & The Ugly with that nose..
He reminds me of Larry King
lmao
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I've been recently told that flossing "up and down" is incorrect. Hmm
The dentist said I'm supposed to floss forward and backward between the teeth.
Your dentist is wrong aha. If you have new crowns, they may mean not pull it up because it could pop it off. But otherwise do it how he is in the video.
I think I know what you mean. I'm pretty sure my dental hygienist said to take the floss/tape down to the gum line and gently push and pull back and forth. She never said anything about turning it to the side to do the 'walls'
i mean there's no science to it! do it every which way for best results obviously! up down, side to side, there is no wrong way to floss, just don't hurt your gums is all. The floss cleans the teeth, it doesn't damage them. The more surface area you pass them through, the more it's cleaning.
Surprisingly few comments about the revolting magnification footage! (But useful video)
I've never flossed, but my dentist says I have to start right? After she cleans my teeth, she herself flosses my teeth which really confuses me, because she was doing it really AGGRESSIVELY. Me not knowing if this is really what flossing just feels like on a daily basis was dreading flossing. Thank you for the explanation!
Scared straight
Hey doc, what do you think about water flossers? Are they effective enough to replace old fashion flosses?
I too would be grateful for an expert opinion on this
i live in the UK so thats highly unlikely but thank you for the response
I would literally bite down on my floss stick to snap it between my back hard to reach teeth 😳 thank you for the informative video!
ive watched the first 60 seconds and im brushing my teeth right now
I loved when you were a quarterback for the Jets :p
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looks like I need a little bit more practicing, I always go deep to the papilla by accident
Another tip that wasn't mentioned in this video is that if you hold the floss at an angle it will slide between the teeth much easier! That will make it less likely that you will damage the papilla.
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Dang got a science lesson *and* learned how to properly floss my teeth!
I add a few drops of tea tree oil to my toothbrush along with the toothpaste everytime I brush. I try to brush roughly around 30 minutes after I eat to prevent plaque buildup.
I be flossin, I be flossin, yea yea
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Really outstanding demo on dental flossing. But I’ve got to admit, dentists take the cake with scary-looking models of teeth.
Thanks doc!
Thank you, Broadway Joe
Just got my braces off today and I can finally floss without having to maneuver over wires. I think I'm going to use those toothpicks that comes with the floss already installed instead of the "old fashioned way" though.
Начни сегодня -- It feels nice! I've already gotten used to feeling my teeth without the wires. Got my retainers sometime last week and really those are annoying.
He said don't use the same area of floss repeatedly
I've used those prefilled floss gadgets, I didn't like them. The floss isn't very taut, it gets really loose and saggy, and the floss breaks really easily.
Lol he said diabeetus
69th like mfs
Lel
That's how you pronounce it actually
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Pretty sure he the way he's pronouncing it is "diabee-tes"
Thank you for this..seeing how to do it really helps..and your explaining so well..to gum or not to gum.? That's the question from all these comments..?
Thank you doctor!
Anyone here has smelly breath. Not flossing also a caused of bad breath
DENVIOUS CSGO I can smell yours from here
Just_Here_To_Game 420 hahahahahaha wasn't expecting this when I clicked on replies
Good to know. I am beginning to think that It's because of my personality
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I searched how to floss meaning the dance but I found this......
If I floss like that (up and down motions), can't actually push the food remains in the space between the tooth and gums?
Thank you so much Sir ❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍