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

[giandujabird.livejournal.com]

I agree with T, an electric toothbrush makes fast work of brushing. I myself prefer the simple Braun/Oral-B models; you don't need the silly fancy "3D" pulsing-whatever features either.

Rubber-tippy thingy first ("gum stimulators"), followed by flossing, finished off by brushing. Why some dentists/hygienists floss at the end, leaving gunky bits *missed* by brushing first, is beyond me.

Oh, gargle/wash out with water at the end. I tend to avoid bottled mouthwashes 'coz I dislike the flavor. (Also dislike any flavored flosses, but I'm weird that way. Lemme tell ya, it's tough finding unflavored flosses! 99.9876% of 'em have artificial flavors with aspartame or saccharine. Why, I ask you, why...?)