Despite knowing the benefits of flossing, many still constantly avoid flossing. And I totally get it, when I was first introduced to floss in dental school, I felt it was more tiring and scary than trying to ride a bike. But trust me, you will soon realise that they are similar whereby, once you get it , every step will just flows naturally. I can now literally floss with both of my eye closed and still do a pretty decent job.
For a lot of us, bleeding is the huge road block on the path adapting to flossing. It might seems logical that if flossing provoke bleeding, the best thing to do is to avoid it. However this is a misconception. The science behind of it is, gum bleeds due to gum inflammation. Swelling, redness and bleeding are some of the signs. If the gum inflammation is mild, the bleeding will stop after few rounds of flossing. This is simply because once the source of inflammation is removed, the gum healed and it goes back to health.
To depict a clearer view , we can take our face as an example. When our facial pores are being obstruct with foreign object such as dust, our skin might react with redness or even produce a pimple. The is just how our body mechanism works. In order to protect ourselves, inflammation mode is turned on when foreign body is detected. The moment the foreign body is removed or the pimple is popped, it might or might not bleed but soon our skin will be healed. It’s the same theory when it comes to the gum. So fear not, and continue to practice with the habit of flossing.
在使用牙线的时候，偶尔会有出血的情况。很多人会因此选择减少使用牙线的几率，毕竟不用就不流血，应该是最好的处理方式。但是，其实大多数牙龈会流血是因为牙龈不健康，在牙龈的四周有不干净的成分。就拿我们的脸来做比喻好了，如果要是有毛孔堵塞的情况，脸部的皮肤会出现红肿或是有痘痘。当我们把痘痘挤出来的时候，也一样会流血。但是只要我们吧肮脏的东西取出来后，皮肤也就会慢慢的恢复。所以不要因为流血而抗拒使用牙线，牙线真的很重要哦。。。
我最注重floss.