Okay, my eleven year old cousin has problems with flossing. She hates it, but I want to help her. Whenever she tries to floss, she says that she has to force down the floss and it always hurts or bleeds when she does that. And the floss cuts into her gums. Does anyone have any tips on how to make flossing hurt less or how to stop the bleeding?
2007-01-03 13:55:22 · 8 answers · asked by Abby 2 in Health ➔ Dental
Oh, so how about how long will it take to make her gums bleed less or stop hurting?
2007-01-03 14:07:14 · update #1
It's true. The more she flosses the less hurting and bleeding she will experience.
2007-01-03 16:14:59 · answer #1 · answered by MD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THERE IS A PROPER TECHNIQUE WHICH WHEN USED DAILY CAUSES NO DISCOMFORT:
How to Floss Correctly
Break off about 18 inches of floss and wind most of it around the middle finger of one hand and the rest around the other middle finger. If the floss is hard to get between your teeth, try using dental tape, which is thinner.
Holding the floss between your thumbs and forefingers, guide it between two teeth by gently rubbing it back and forth.
When the floss reaches the gum line, curve it around one of the teeth and gently slide it back and forth in the crevice between the tooth and the gum.
Holding the floss tightly against the side of the tooth, rub gently up and down.
Repeat for each tooth, including the backside of your last teeth, changing to a different part of the floss as you go along.
2007-01-03 22:18:48 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About a month. Source: It is what my dentist told me the last time when I went there- he said he noticed my gums were bleeding when he flossed so I need to start and it will take about a month for the bleeding & pain to go away completely.
2007-01-07 15:36:55 · answer #3 · answered by Kiara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use easy glide floss-not the regular floss. Works great. Floss every day and with this floss, your gums will not bleed so much.
2007-01-03 21:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by Kathryn R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a simple solution to your problem. It might be a little tough to find but a hummingbird flosser works magnificantly. you hold down a button and it wibrates(its floss on a little flosser head) and it is very gentle trust me. Her teeth might bleed a little bit but just have her do it every night and maybe even every morning with the hummingbird. this process only takes like 2 minutes. Hope i helped! by the way the reason she might be bleeding bad is because she isn't being gentle enough or she isn't flossing and brushing enough
2007-01-07 15:25:47 · answer #5 · answered by kelly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more you floss, the stronger your gums get. It'll take time, though.
2007-01-03 22:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO IT MORE OFTEN. LIKE EVERYDAY OR START A COUPLE TIMES A DAY AND DEN YOU WILL B TOLERANT AND YOUR GUMS SHOULD BLEED AFTER A WEEK
I TALKED TO MY DENTIST ABOUT THAT BEFORE
2007-01-03 22:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by chanti 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You build a tolerance in time. She has to tough it out til then.
2007-01-03 21:59:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋