Well time now to comment on that old adage never let the truth get in the way of a good headline. \u00a0Anyone seeing me or the team at Craigentinny will know that we recommended using something to clean in between your teeth at least once a day.
\nOur hygienists will not miss an opportunity to tell you that brushing alone won’t\u00a0reach every part of your mouth……<\/p>\n
So\u00a0you can imagine how delighted we were to see\u00a0articles like this one on the\u00a0Daily Mail <\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n To save you clicking the link here is the headline<\/p>\n Flossing is a waste of time! We all hate doing it. Now some experts are saying it has little impact on reducing tooth decay<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n So what’s the real story, have we been talking rubbish for years? \u00a0 and have experts\u00a0finally unearthed the secrets of dental hygiene that we have \u00a0all failed to spot?<\/p>\n We genuinely\u00a0 don’t think so and here is why,<\/p>\n 1. we know that if you have enough space to get brushes in then they will clean more effectively than floss<\/p>\n 2. if you don’t have enough space for brushes then floss will at least remove food debris ( on which bacteria feed ) and some of the plaque<\/p>\n 3. the studies so far may fail to provide the concrete statistical evidence that shows that flossing\u00a0\u00a0works\u00a0 but this does not automatically mean that it doesn’t.<\/p>\n 4. The vast majority of dentists and hygienists up and down the country report that when a patient starts to floss they see less bleeding from that persons gums.<\/p>\n 5. given the choice of a part of me that bleeds or does not, i prefer the latter<\/p>\n Remember that\u00a0science represents “best current<\/strong> knowledge” For example 20 \u00a0years ago we were told that electric toothbrushes had no evidence to support them as being better than\u00a0manual toothbrushes….It took many years for the studies to catch up with the day to day experiences of dental hygienists who knew that they were seeing better results from patients \u00a0using electric brushes……. \u00a0despite ” science” telling them otherwise.<\/p>\n So our conclusion – please please don’t give up cleaning between your teeth \u00a0just yet no matter what method you use something is far better than nothing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well time now to comment on that old adage never let the truth get in the way of a good headline. \u00a0Anyone seeing me or the team at Craigentinny will know that we recommended using something to clean in between your teeth at least once a day. Our hygienists will not miss an opportunity to … Continue reading Is flossing a waste of time?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t