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Saturday, March 22, 2014
History's Great Floss-ophers by Stephanie Orma
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Brandi Glanville on Flossing
Must admit, I haven't been following Brandi's stellar career.
If you've ever known a real housewife,
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is oxymoronic .
Anyway, Brandi has come out strong for flossing and we're here to tell you about it.
Ck out Brandi's 1 min video: "Floss People!"
If you've ever known a real housewife,
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is oxymoronic .
Anyway, Brandi has come out strong for flossing and we're here to tell you about it.
Ck out Brandi's 1 min video: "Floss People!"
Friday, December 13, 2013
New Officers at the National Flossing Council
This is an exciting time for the National Flossing Council because we have several new superb officers!
They will continue a tradition we share with other online organizations, including Facebook, Zynga and Google - working for a single digit salary.
Long time supporter of the NFC, Leanne Mitchell in Melbourne, AU
(Leanne@flossing.org) is now Vice President of
International Communications & Media.
In her past efforts, Leanne linked the NFC with the funny, high concept, sci-fi video, Dentally Disturbed
Noah Jacobson (Noah@flossing.org) is
now National Flossing Council Counsel.
Noah has provided counsel on a number of past projects and captured our famed pictures of a wild Thai monkey flossing.
Dr. Chip Tartaroff, Chief Dental
Officer and Spokesperson of the NFC, DrT@flossing.org, can now also be reached on
twitter @drctartaroff
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
National Flossing Day is Fri, Nov. 29!
This year that will be Nov. 29.
To promote interest in that day and flossing in general, the NFC has released a video featuring Baby Animals Flossing
Also, you can now check out the History of National Flossing Day videos.
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Flossing!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
National Brush Your Teeth Day is Nov. 1
Hey Kids,
Get that Halloween candy out of your teeth!
Floss and brush on Nov. 1
The Ad Council has some 2 min videos for you.
Get that Halloween candy out of your teeth!
Floss and brush on Nov. 1
The Ad Council has some 2 min videos for you.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Is Flossing BS?
As one of the few people who have watched a video on Discovery News (I was surprised by how many have 0 views - Is it Anthony's voice?), their video for Oct 15, Flossing if BS!, of course got my attention.
The gist of the video is that various studies have failed to show that flossing makes much of a difference in the long term health of your mouth.
Another item that's included is the assertion that "professional" flossing was effective compared to the flossing routines of children.
Where to begin?
A few years ago, this matter caught my attention after I heard it being discussed among a group of dental public health professionals.
The claim that "professional" flossing was effective particularly interested me. What is a professional flosser? What tricks do they know that other mere flossing mortals can't aspire to?
It turns out that the claim about "professional" flossers was applied to a few mothers who were given simple flossing instructions in order to floss kids teeth daily in a school study. The kids who didn't get flossed by the Mom's didn't do so well in comparison - is it possible kids who don't floss sometimes say they do? The study showed flossing worked and kids probably don't floss or floss well enough to compare with an adult. There isn't a good study involving adults that's really shown whether flossing decreases cavities or gum disease. But, keep in mind, it's hard to show an effect on things like decay that happen slowly and may be affected by a number of things like diet and tooth health.
Anthony, you and your video crew, may have missed a lot of info, but I've seen people with a lot more special training (and better voices), miss out on the same stuff.
If you want more details about this topic, and a fuller explanation of the problems with showing that flossing makes a difference in the long term health of your mouth, please check out this "White Paper" we posted in 2011 to explain the story.
Meanwhile, keep in mind what Anthony commented on in his video, if you want a mouth that's not really clean, don't floss. Whether or not flossing will pay off long term, you know it cleans better than brushing alone. That's something even monkeys have figured out!
The gist of the video is that various studies have failed to show that flossing makes much of a difference in the long term health of your mouth.
Another item that's included is the assertion that "professional" flossing was effective compared to the flossing routines of children.
Where to begin?
A few years ago, this matter caught my attention after I heard it being discussed among a group of dental public health professionals.
The claim that "professional" flossing was effective particularly interested me. What is a professional flosser? What tricks do they know that other mere flossing mortals can't aspire to?
It turns out that the claim about "professional" flossers was applied to a few mothers who were given simple flossing instructions in order to floss kids teeth daily in a school study. The kids who didn't get flossed by the Mom's didn't do so well in comparison - is it possible kids who don't floss sometimes say they do? The study showed flossing worked and kids probably don't floss or floss well enough to compare with an adult. There isn't a good study involving adults that's really shown whether flossing decreases cavities or gum disease. But, keep in mind, it's hard to show an effect on things like decay that happen slowly and may be affected by a number of things like diet and tooth health.
Anthony, you and your video crew, may have missed a lot of info, but I've seen people with a lot more special training (and better voices), miss out on the same stuff.
If you want more details about this topic, and a fuller explanation of the problems with showing that flossing makes a difference in the long term health of your mouth, please check out this "White Paper" we posted in 2011 to explain the story.
Meanwhile, keep in mind what Anthony commented on in his video, if you want a mouth that's not really clean, don't floss. Whether or not flossing will pay off long term, you know it cleans better than brushing alone. That's something even monkeys have figured out!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Cutting Food With Floss
You've probably seen something about this elsewhere on the web, so it's about time it gets mentioned here:
Floss can be a handy tool to cut a variety of foods - especially soft items like cheese and cake.
Here's a 1 min video that will get you started using floss around the kitchen.
Using Dental Floss to Cut Your Food
Floss can be a handy tool to cut a variety of foods - especially soft items like cheese and cake.
Here's a 1 min video that will get you started using floss around the kitchen.
Using Dental Floss to Cut Your Food
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