In this article, we will talk about the Dental Floss or Dental Flossing Techniques. We will discuss The right way to floss, How to Floss and Dental Flossing in interdental areas. We will also touch upon the topics of Need for regular dental flossing and Advantages of Dental Flossing.
What is dental floss?
Dental floss is a type of thread which is used to clean the tooth in inter dental areas


What are inter dental areas-

 - Tooth is having four five surfaces
 - Surface of tooth which is in the contact of other tooth is known as proximal surface
 - And the area in between this tooth is known as inter dental area
 - Dental floss is used to clean that surface and area


How can we use dental floss-

 - It is very easy to use the dental floss
 - Initially patient may feel some problem in using dental floss but in few days he will easily learn it
 - First we take a small part of floss
 - Then we will hold it in both ends of floss
 - We will hold it in between index finger and thumb
 - Now we will press it in the area between two teeth
 - We will keep it on the surface of one tooth and will pull it up ward on that surface
 - In next step we will do the same for the other tooth surface
 - In the mean time we will try to take the floss below the gingival to clean the plaque on that area


Advantages of using floss regularly-

 - It removes the plaque from the tooth surface which tooth brush can not remove
 - It can remove the plaque which is present below the gingival
 - If plaque will not deposit then there will be no chance for tarter deposition


Precaution taken at the time of flossing-

In flossing person should apply force away from the gingival other wise gingival can be injured