Water Flosser vs Flossing, which is better?
A dental flosser, or water flosser, as the name suggests, cleans the teeth by 'spotting' them with the force of a stream of water.
Food debris left in the crevices of the teeth is a rich source of nourishment for bacteria, which settle in their midst until dark cavities appear in the crevices.
The greatest utility of a dental floss rinse is to quickly and efficiently clean food debris from the crevices of the teeth.
It has to be admitted that up to now there is still a debate in the dentist community as to whether flossing can be replaced by a dental floss rinse.
The reason is that bacteria in the crevices of the teeth tend to be firmly adhered to the tooth surface in the form of 'plaque', which can only be removed by relatively strong mechanical friction - such as the powerful rubbing and scraping of dental floss.
The water flow of a dental flosser can wash away most of the food debris in the dead space between the teeth, but it can only destroy and wash away a portion of the plaque on the surface of the teeth.
I'm sure those of you who have flossed have had this problem: flossing the front teeth is easy, and the difficulty of flossing the big teeth in the back skyrockets and ends up being easily ignored.
However, flossers have their own advantages: they are easy to use!
As an interdental cleaning tool, a flosser beats floss in portability and ease of use because of its automatic water spray and slim, compact nozzle.
If flossing scores 90 points for plaque removal but only 60 points or less for ease of use, the flosser is the opposite - it may pass the 60-point test for functionality, but it scores 90 points or more for portability and ease of use.
--So it seems that overall cleaning results, flossers outperform dental floss in reducing bleeding gums and other problems (*in fact, many experiments have shown this to be true).
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