... to not want to floss in the lounge?!

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My dentist said similar, ww hence using brushes not floss. Thend to use them while in the bath!

I read an article recently which said flossing was overrated and may be harmful. I'm sure it's been superseded now by another article saying the opposite.

My dentist advised me to start using the brushes - he said that his opinion was they were better than flossing which he said in many cases just pushed the muck up into the gum. He suggested I do it for gum health although I have no problem at the moment. I don't do it watching Tv though!

Do you have to buy a spitoon for the sitting room as well?

And using those interdental brushes isn't actually flossing. You use dental floss to do that.

Water flosser is the way to go. I was bought one as a present and the best thing I have had. Really easy to use, and much better than conventional flossers. Even my dentist has commented on how much better my teeth are now since using one.

I use a water floss (in the bathroom only ?) which is really good, though expensive. Especially good if you struggle with those interdental brushes.

If you live alone you can do all those things watching tv in the living room ?

Perhaps you should have asked her if she cuts her toenails while watching television. Some activities in life are not spectator sports.

The hygienists must have been on a course, as on my last dentist visit mine also suggested flossing while watching tv! As I watch very little tv, I'd only be flossing maybe once a week, twice at most.

I can't get those interdental brushes between my teeth, apart from between two of them.

I haven't tried when I was watching tv in the sitting room though, perhaps that's where I'm going wrong.

I have all the gadgets available inckuding mouth wash.

It takes me ages to do it all as instructed, but my gums still dont respond! Im getting really cheesed off. All this effort and nothing to show for it. And then hygenist and dentist sort of criticising my efforts.

Blimey. I just floss with dental tape in the bathroom each morning. What a palaver.

Same dialogue with dentist about the brushes earlier this year led to me cracking a filling!

granny you absolutely have my sympathy. My hygienist went on at such length that I put off going to see her for a long time. This time, I got all the same size tapered binterdental brushes from Boots and am using them (in the bathroom!) every night. Anything else and let's be honest, I'm simply not going to do it!!