Comments on: What Do You Floss With?

By: hannah

hannah — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:28:41 +0000

i use my hair thread napkins for corn but it really sucks when i get the popcorn shell stuck in my throat

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:55:45 +0000

I use a strand of hair all the time! And sometimes straws, but I find hair works real well. I have hair to my butt so I have plenty to floss with

By: Ninnie

Ninnie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:51:51 +0000

I’ve used the little plastic piece that is attached to the new clothes you buy…the piece that attaches the price tag…it’s perfect. However, I don’t just use things when I have stuff in my teeth, I pick my teeth ALL the time because I’m OBSESSED with it. I have the white plastic toothpicks in all my bags, in my vehicle, etc. Sad, i know.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:28:47 +0000

Finger nails are the best. Sharp, flexible, curved.

Straws are pretty neat as well though.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:43:27 +0000

Hmm..fingernails I guess. Typically, if I feel that I have food stuck between my teeth, I just chew some gum. That seems to work the best most often.

And while your teeth might be ok without flossing, your gums perhaps not-so-much.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:25:08 +0000

My mom will kill me if she sees this, but I have to share. She has a false tooth that is held in place by metal arms. It is easily removable for brushing. I’ve seen her pull the tooth out after a meal and use the metal arms to pick her other teeth!

By: Toots

Toots — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:55:17 +0000

I carry floss &/or a little pack of disposable brush picks.

On a family vacation, my sister-in-law & I bought the brush picks since 2 little containers of 60 each were packaged together.

Our code alerting each other to something in our teeth or to ask if there was something in our own teeth was to say, “You need some lipstick”, or “Do I need some lipstick?” For a guy, you could substitute “blistex”, etc.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:17:54 +0000

This is definitely strange, and a little hard to explain. There was this (artistic) toy called Shrinky-Dinks, it involved thin pieces of stiff plastic sheets. I discovered that a sliver of the plastic was the perfect thickness, and stiffness to get between your teeth.

By: Gross

Gross — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:32:13 +0000

Wow, completely forgot the obvious solution – the straw! I have to bite it to get it to the proper width first, but it sure does the trick.

I am happy to hear that I’m not the only person flossing with such strange items! This article truly made my day :)

By: Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:05:41 +0000

Wow. Am I the only one that uses the end of a straw? It’s totally better than Post-Its.

And I must say, the timing of this article could not be more ironic, because I currently have a large piece of sausage from my mid-afternoon breakfast sandwich stuck in my teeth. Good thing I got an iced coffee to go with it!!