The typical trip to the dentist involves a guilt trip from your dentist on your lack of flossing. Your response to the inevitable question “how often do you floss?” will likely be something along the lines of “oh I could probably stand to floss more.” There’s no use lying to your dentist about your flossing frequency because they can tell instantly if you are a regular flosser or not. Here are five reasons why you absolutely need to floss your teeth on a daily basis.
#1 Bacteria Removal
Brushing your teeth with no other dental hygiene routine does not remove the bacteria built up between your teeth. No one likes the idea of bacteria buildup in their mouth, even saying it out loud is disgusting. But in order to adequately remove the bulk of bacteria present in your mouth, you need to adopt a healthy brushing and flossing regimen.
#2 Help Prevent Gum Disease
If you want your teeth to stay young looking and bright, you need to floss. Nothing ages your mouth like gum disease. Gum disease can cause the gums to break away from the tooth, eventually resulting in the loss of your tooth. So to keep your youthful smile in check, give your teeth the tender love and care they require and floss regularly.
#3 Cavity Protection
When you floss after brushing your teeth, you will often find little bits of food are removed. Just think, if you didn’t take the time to floss, those bits of food would stay lodged in between your teeth and start to cause tooth decay and the need for fillings.
#4 Bad Breath
Have you ever noticed that no matter how many times you brush your teeth your breath still resorts back to being comparable to that of a zombie? Well if you don’t floss, you leave food particles in between your teeth to rot and fester which in turn causes you to have bad breath. Just because you can’t see the bits of food, rest assured that they are there and they are taking over your mouth and your breath.
#5 Save Yourself Some Money
Aside from all of the disgusting side effects of not flossing, the results can be costly. Extensive dental work required to fix tooth decay is much more expensive than simply purchasing a roll of dental floss every so often.
Flossing may seem like a menial task that is unimportant and can be done tomorrow. But if “tomorrow” never comes, be prepared to face the facts about your decaying teeth!
