They seem like a waste (mine are recyclable) but I found for myself and kids they are 100 times easier than traditional floss.
/I do not own stock or a website selling floss picks
Most nights are like "But I don't wanna floss, enh, it's like a couple seconds, whatever."
Using the same small piece of floss for all your teeth actually spreads bacteria, etc. throughout your mouth, causing all the things you're trying to avoid by flossing in the first place.
Dentists & hygienists never floss two sets of teeth with the same piece of floss. (And yes, they go through a crap-ton of floss.)
The purpose of flossing is to dislodge food particles and plaque buildup in difficult to reach places. These are the energy sources for plaque/cavity causing bacteria. No energy source = no bad bacteria = no problem.
My sister is a hygienist, and she told me that's her experience with patients as well, and that you need clean floss to avoid spreading bacteria into the places you're trying to clean.
Optimal form may also be hard to achieve with floss picks - you want to form a 'c' shape with the floss partially wrapping around your tooth. That's impossible to do with a short, taught piece of floss.
Citation needed; I've heard this one before, and I just don't buy it. I've always believed (perhaps wrongly) that flossing was meant to remove food debris the bacteria lives off of that a toothbrush can't get to.
Dentists & hygienists never floss two sets of teeth with the same piece of floss. (And yes, they go through a crap-ton of floss.)
Maybe my hygienist is doing it wrong, but she uses very little floss and uses the same piece for multiple tooth gaps.
Edit: thank you google! http://www.flosscard.com/order-retail-10-packs/
I'd love to hear that story.
(I'm taking the word "literally" ... um ... literally here)
:-D
Thank you! I needed a good laugh (and I will be increasing the view count on that video!).