Cleaning your teeth
Why should I floss?: Dr Ian Kelly, Dentist
Oral hygiene and prevention of tooth decay and gum disease, is all about the debridement or removal of plaque from around your teeth.
Whilst tooth brushing will clean the so-called smooth surfaces of your teeth, only flossing typically will clean between the teeth - although recently the use of TePe brushes, the little bottle brushes, does very much the same thing.
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