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Ora
l Hyg
iene
Pam
phle
t N
o. 2
Col
gate
Den
tal E
duca
tion
Pro
gram
s
Goo
d or
al h
ygie
ne b
egin
s w
ith
effe
ctiv
eto
othb
rush
ing
. .
. .
use
FLU
OR
IDAT
ED t
ooth
past
e an
d a
soft
bru
shus
e sh
ort,
gen
tle s
trok
espa
y ex
tra
atte
ntio
n to
:•
the
part
of
the
teet
h cl
oses
t to
the
gum
line
•ha
rd-to
-reac
h ba
ck t
eeth
•
area
s ar
ound
fil
lings
, cr
owns
, br
idge
s or
part
ial d
entu
res
thor
ough
ly c
lean
eac
h se
ctio
n as
fol
low
s:•
clea
n th
e ou
ter/
chee
k-si
de s
urfa
ces
of y
our
uppe
r te
eth
•cl
ean
the
inne
r/to
ngue
-sid
e su
rfac
es o
f yo
urup
per
teet
h •
clea
n th
e ch
ewin
g su
rfac
es•
then
rep
eat
for
your
low
er t
eeth
do
n’t
rush
an
ele
ctric
too
thbr
ush
can
do a
bet
ter
job
ofcl
eani
ng t
eeth
for
peo
ple
with
lim
ited
man
ual
dext
erity
. .
. .
but
also
invo
lves
rem
ovin
g pl
aque
tha
tbu
ilds
up o
n ha
rd-t
o-re
ach
area
s of
you
r m
outh
– yo
u ne
ed t
o cl
ean
betw
een
your
tee
th
Onc
e yo
u ha
ve m
aste
red
a te
chni
que
for
clea
ning
betw
een
your
tee
th,
it w
ill r
eadi
ly b
ecom
e pa
rt o
fyo
ur t
ooth
cle
anin
g ro
utin
e. T
he b
enef
its for
you
will
be h
ealth
ier
gum
s an
d a
fres
her
mou
th.
Flos
sing
–so
me
com
mon
que
stio
ns
How
oft
en d
o I
need
to
floss
my
teet
h?Pl
aque
acc
umul
ates
dai
ly, an
d m
akin
g flo
ssin
g pa
rtof
yo
ur
daily
or
al
hygi
ene
is
best
. If
you
are
susc
eptib
le t
o th
e m
ore
aggr
essi
ve f
orm
s of
gum
dise
ase
(per
iodo
ntit
is),
or
ar
e go
ing
thro
ugh
perio
dont
al t
reat
men
t, it
is n
eces
sary
to
atte
mpt
to
floss
at
leas
t da
ily.
Also
, if
you
notic
e bl
eedi
ng o
r a
bad
tast
e fr
om
the
area
s be
twee
n th
e te
eth,
floss
ing
will
hel
p el
imin
ate
thes
e pr
oble
ms.
Why
doe
s th
e flo
ss o
r ta
pe t
ear
to s
hred
s be
twee
nso
me
teet
h?It
is c
omm
on fo
r de
cay
to o
ccur
bet
wee
n yo
ur tee
th,
and
it is
lik
ely
that
you
hav
e fil
lings
tha
t ex
tend
dow
n th
e si
des
and
betw
een
your
tee
th.
As f
illin
gm
ater
ials
get
old
, th
eir
surf
aces
can
bec
ome
pitt
edor
rou
gh.
All o
f th
ese
fact
ors
can
lead
to
tear
ing
ofth
e de
ntal
flo
ss.
Men
tion
thes
e ar
eas
to
your
dent
ist.
Pol
ishi
ng t
he f
illin
g m
ay e
ase
the
prob
lem
or i
t m
ay b
e th
at t
he f
illin
g ha
s re
ache
d a
poin
tw
here
it n
eeds
to
be r
epla
ced.
Is it
pos
sibl
e to
pul
l a f
illin
g ou
t w
ith
dent
al f
loss
?It
is v
ery
unlik
ely
that
you
will
pul
l a
fillin
g ou
t. I
f it
does
hap
pen,
the
n it
is a
sig
n th
at t
he f
illin
g m
ayha
ve n
eede
d re
plac
emen
t. H
owev
er,
spec
ial
care
may
nee
d to
be
take
n w
ith d
enta
l cro
wns
.
How
can
I r
each
my
back
tee
th w
itho
ut g
aggi
ng?
Man
y pe
ople
ha
ve
trou
ble
reac
hing
th
e ba
ck
of
thei
rm
outh
s.
Flos
s ho
lder
s ar
eav
aila
ble
to a
ssis
t yo
u ov
erco
me
this
dif
ficul
ty.
If yo
u ar
e ha
ving
any
prob
lem
s w
ith f
loss
ing
your
teet
h,
your
de
ntis
t or
de
ntal
hygi
enis
t ca
n he
lp y
ou a
t yo
ur n
ext
visi
t.
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her
info
rmati
on
can
be o
btai
ned
from
the
Denta
l P
ract
ice E
duca
tion R
ese
arc
h U
nit
A
RC
PO
H, S
chool of
Denti
stry
, Th
e U
niv
ers
ity
of
Adela
ide,
South
Aust
ralia 5
005
Em
ail d
peru
@adela
ide.e
du.a
u
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site
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ww
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aide
.edu
.au/
dper
u
Cleaning between teeth 16/6/06 10:01 AM Page 1
Why
flos
s?Ef
fect
ive
toot
hbru
shin
g w
ill c
ontr
ol m
ost
ofth
e pl
aque
tha
t bu
ilds
up o
n yo
ur t
eeth
but
a to
othb
rush
can
not
reac
h th
e su
rfac
esbe
twee
n yo
ur t
eeth
.
Mos
t pe
ople
kno
w a
bout
den
tal
floss
, bu
t un
like
toot
hbru
shin
g,
very
fe
w
peop
le
beco
me
regu
lar
user
s of
den
tal flo
ss.
This
is
beca
use
floss
ing
can
be:
•a
diff
icul
t sk
ill t
o m
aste
r•
time
cons
umin
g.
Flos
sing
mad
e si
mpl
e STE
P O
NE
Sta
nd i
n fr
ont
of a
wel
l-lit
mirro
r an
d ex
amin
e yo
urte
eth.
Id
entif
y th
e jo
ins
betw
een
neig
hbou
ring
teet
h. If
you
hav
e a
lot
of fill
ings
in y
our
mou
th, th
ism
ay b
e di
ffic
ult,
but
not
impo
ssib
le u
nles
s th
ere
isa
prob
lem
tha
t ca
n on
ly b
e re
solv
ed b
y a
dent
ist.
STE
P T
WO
Pull
out
abou
t 45
cm(1
8 i
nche
s) o
f flo
ss o
rta
pe.
Win
d on
e en
dar
ound
the
mid
dle
finge
rof
one
han
d, t
he o
ther
arou
nd t
he m
iddl
e fin
ger
of t
he o
ther
han
d. L
eave
abo
ut 1
0 c
m (
4 in
ches
) of
floss
bet
wee
n yo
ur h
ands
.
STE
P T
HR
EEU
se y
our t
hum
b an
d tip
of y
our i
ndex
fing
ers
to h
ook
arou
nd t
he f
loss
to
pull
itta
ut b
etw
een
your
han
ds.
Slid
e th
is
taut
se
ctio
nw
hich
sho
uld
be o
nly
abou
t3
cm
(1
inch
) in
le
ngth
betw
een
neig
hbou
ring
teet
h, a
fin
ger
on o
ne s
ide
and
thum
b on
the
oth
ersi
de o
f th
e to
oth.
Use
gen
tle ‘
saw
ing’
mov
emen
ts.
STE
P F
OU
RM
ove
the
floss
up
and
dow
n on
the
too
th s
urfa
ces,
push
ing
back
aga
inst
one
sur
face
, pu
lling
for
war
dag
ains
t th
e ot
her.
Flos
s do
wn
to t
he e
dge
of t
hegu
m,
but
don'
t pr
ess
so h
ard
that
it
caus
es p
ain.
Be
care
ful n
ot t
o in
jure
you
r gu
ms.
You
may
no
tice
bloo
d on
th
e flo
ss
– th
is
may
indi
cate
tha
t pl
aque
has
acc
umul
ated
bet
wee
n th
ete
eth
and
has
caus
ed s
ome
infla
mm
atio
n of
the
gum
s. T
his
shou
ld im
prov
e w
ithin
a f
ew d
ays
if yo
uco
ntin
ue t
o flo
ss d
aily.
If bl
eedi
ng p
ersi
sts,
see
you
r de
ntis
t.
STE
P F
IVE
Wor
k yo
ur w
ay a
roun
d th
e m
outh
in
a sy
stem
atic
man
ner,
bein
g ca
refu
l not
to
mis
s th
e jo
in b
etw
een
any
teet
h. M
ove
to a
new
sec
tion
of f
loss
as
it ge
tsso
iled
by t
he p
laqu
e an
d tr
appe
d fo
od t
hat
will
be
rem
oved
. H
ave
a go
od r
inse
. R
emem
ber
whe
n yo
u flo
ss t
hat
you
are
rem
ovin
gpl
aque
, no
t ju
st f
ood.
Den
tal f
loss
or
dent
al t
ape
Ther
e ar
e va
rious
typ
es o
f de
ntal
flo
ss a
vaila
ble.
Den
tal
floss
is
a
very
fin
e th
read
th
at is
of
ten
wax
ed t
o al
low
it
to s
lide
betw
een
adja
cent
tee
th.
Den
tal
tape
is
a th
icke
r th
read
, bu
t m
any
peop
lefin
d it
easi
er t
o co
ntro
l an
d m
ove
slow
ly b
etw
een
the
teet
h.
It al
so t
ends
to
resi
st f
rayi
ng.
Flos
s or
dent
al t
ape
may
be
colo
ured
or
flavo
ured
, bu
t th
isdo
es n
ot m
ake
any
diff
eren
ce t
o th
e ef
fect
iven
ess
in c
ontr
ollin
g pl
aque
.
Pla
que
is t
he s
oft
stic
ky f
ilmco
ntai
ning
mill
ions
of
bact
eria
tha
tfo
rms
on t
he t
eeth
con
tinu
ally
. P
laqu
eba
cter
ia p
rodu
ce a
cid
that
att
acks
the
teet
h an
d to
xins
tha
t irrita
te t
he g
ums
and
lead
to
gum
dis
ease
.
Oth
er w
ays
of c
lean
ing
betw
een
the
teet
h
Sup
erflo
ssis
a s
peci
al t
ype
of f
loss
tha
t ha
s be
ende
sign
ed t
o cl
ean
unde
r br
idge
s in
you
r m
outh
, or
betw
een
teet
h se
para
ted
by l
arge
r ga
ps.
It ha
s a
stif
f thr
ead
at e
ither
end
to p
ass
the
floss
und
er th
ebr
idge
or
thro
ugh
a ga
p, a
nd t
he m
ain
part
of
the
supe
rflo
ss i
s of
a t
hick
, fo
am-li
ke t
hrea
d th
at c
anbe
m
oved
ag
ains
t th
e to
oth
surf
ace
to
rem
ove
plaq
ue.
Inte
rpro
xim
al
brus
hes
are
toot
hbru
shes
tha
t ar
e de
sign
edto
pas
s be
twee
n te
eth,
and
are
very
us
eful
if
you
have
la
rger
gaps
be
twee
n yo
ur
teet
h,
or
ade
ntal
brid
ge.
Ther
e ar
e a
varie
tyof
de
sign
s av
aila
ble,
ra
ngin
gfr
om
ones
th
at
look
lik
e sm
all
bott
le b
rush
es,
thro
ugh
to s
mal
ltu
fts
of b
ristle
s. Y
our
dent
ist
will
be a
ble
to a
dvis
e yo
u on
the
site
sin
you
r m
outh
tha
t m
ay b
enef
itfr
om
thes
e in
terp
roxi
mal
brus
hes.
Inte
rden
tal
stic
ks(t
ooth
pick
s) h
ave
been
aro
und
for
cent
urie
s, a
nd s
till c
an h
ave
a us
eful
fun
ctio
n in
clea
ning
bet
wee
n th
e te
eth.
It is
impo
rtan
t tha
t the
yar
e m
ade
of w
ood
or p
last
ic t
hat
does
not
spl
inte
r.In
terd
enta
l st
icks
of
ten
have
a
tape
red
shap
e,en
ding
in
a bl
unte
d po
int.
The
blun
ted
end
is p
lace
d be
twee
nth
e te
eth
near
th
e gu
m lin
e,an
d th
e to
othp
ick
is
mov
edge
ntly
in
and
out
of t
he g
ap.
Car
e m
ust
be
take
n no
t to
plac
e to
o m
uch
pres
sure
on
the
tip.
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