Floss conundrum

[owlmoose]

So now that I'm going to be a good girl and floss my teeth every night, I face a serious question: order of operations. I've always brushed first, then used mouthwash, which seems a highly logical order to me, but I can make equally good arguments for flossing either before or after brushing (I'm pretty convinced the mouthwash ought to be last).

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Present your evidence! (Or your strong personal opinions, or wild guesses. Those work too.)

Comments

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

So this is weird, that this seems to be the consensus so far, because my last dentist always flossed after everything else when they did a cleaning. But maybe my last dentist is not the paragon to model myself on...

[angeltaisha.livejournal.com]

You know what? Now that I think about it she didn't floss first- she used those little hook/pointy things [the name escapes me] and she flosses after she's done brushing. I floss first because I don't have those tools at home.

That makes better sense...it's too early here, LOL! Sorry for the confusion. Either way she gets all that gunk out before she brushes.