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How to Floss Your Teeth
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They sell these in the toothpaste section at the store. They’re little disposable plastic picks, sort of like a toothpick on one end, and the other end has dental floss fastened between two upright prongs. Picks are easy to use, they’re small and flat so you can carry them around in your billfold or purse, and they come in big cheap packages of 50 or more. I use them at work to clean my teeth after lunch.
Instead of trying to pinch the floss between your fingers or wrapping it around your fingers, tie a knot at each end of a short piece of floss to make a loop and put the loop around your finger instead. Less slippage, and you won’t cut off the circulation in your fingers. You’ll need to rinse off the piece of floss after cleaning each tooth before moving on to the next tooth.
You need a piece of floss about a foot and a half long. Wind just enough to hold it around one finger on your left hand, then wind the rest around one finger on your right hand so you have about two inches of floss stretched between them. Slide the floss between your teeth and rub the side of your tooth with it, up and down and side to side. When you’ve cleaned that tooth, slide the floss up and out of the space between your teeth, slide one loop of clean floss off of your right finger and wrap one loop of used floss onto your left finger. Repeat for all teeth, and don’t forget your back teeth! You should floss once a day, every day.
If your teeth are close together or crooked, use waxed floss so you don’t hurt your gums getting the floss in between your teeth. But unwaxed floss will make a squeaking sound against your tooth when the tooth is clean, so if you can use the unwaxed kind you’ll probably do a better job flossing your teeth.