Flossing - Need some dental healing?

I was told to floss twice daily by a dental hygenist a few months ago, and I have done so up to know, however in the last few days the pain from flossing has become more evident than ever, at one point I could suffer through it but I cant any more, would this be because my gums need time to rest or heal?, what should I do?

Flossing - Need some dental healing?
It could be time for you to return to your hygienist for further treatment. Flossing is good but doesn't clean as well as the instruments a hygienist uses. You should also review your flossing technique with her as you may be cutting your gums by using a back and forth see/saw motion rather than an up and down motion with the floss.





The correct motion with the floss is to see/saw it through the contact - wrap it around the tooth towards the back and move it up and down the tooth from the root to the gum and ensure that you get the floss as far under the gum as is comfortable, then wrap the floss around the tooth in front and move it up and down again. By wrap I mean form a C shape tight to the tooth with the ends of the floss controlled by your first fingers or finger and thumb. The balance of the floss should be wrapped around your middle two fingers - this way it doesn't feel as if the floss is cutting off your finger tip.





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Reply:Yea, your probably doing it too rough. Let your gums heal, and dont do it as hard as you were.
Reply:gums are really soft and if u floss to hard and u always bleed, the worst thing that could happen is that ur gums might recede. i mean they could shorten and its not gna be a pretty sight cuz ur teeth are gna look long. i suggest the best thing to do is gargle first with a mouthwash for a minute or so, so that the food in between ur teeth will get soft and when u start flossing ur gna notice its gna be easier to remove them stuck food. be gentle ok? i hope this helped a lot! :)