Brushing alone isn't enough to remove dental plaque from your teeth. Diligent teeth brushing only removes about 60% of the plaque. That’s why the American Dental Association (ADA) suggests flossing ...

Full disclosure: I used to be a person who never flossed. Even though I went to the dentist consistently and heard the speech every time about flossing, I just never did it. I hated how the string ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Flossing may be one of the simplest things you’re not doing that could save your life. A recent study from the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests flossing-- even just once a ...

Dr. Derek Chang explained why you should continue flossing. An inquiring by the Associate Press reveal the federal government was not using scientific findings to justify flossing - a requirement by ...

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It’s no secret that most dentists recommend flossing regularly. (You most likely get a lecture about this twice a year during cleanings!) But there are a surprising number of things that you may not ...

Olivia Culpo, Julia Fox and Jennifer Lopez are just a few of the stars making flossing fun again -- and no, the trend's got nothing to do with teeth. Getty Images; GC Images; NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ...

Which dental floss is best? Most people know the importance of brushing their teeth, but only about 40 percent of Americans say that they floss on a daily basis. When you don’t floss, plaque can build ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=31646595#p31646595:1eq5b4he said: thohac[/url]":1eq5b4he]Studying the efficiency of flossing would be very hard. You ...