{"id":3116,"date":"2019-08-13T11:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2019-08-13T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T16:15:11","slug":"still-not-flossing-more-reasons-why-you-should-floss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/?p=3116","title":{"rendered":"Still Not Flossing? More Reasons Why You Should Floss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegatesdental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dentalia-demo-prevention-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thegatesdental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dentalia-demo-prevention-750x500-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegatesdental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dentalia-demo-prevention-750x500-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegatesdental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dentalia-demo-prevention-750x500.jpg 750w, http:\/\/thegatesdental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dentalia-demo-prevention-750x500-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We know you hate it, but flossing really does preserve the health and aesthetics of your smile. Here&#8217;s how to do it right.<br \/>\nEvery six months, you visit the dentist for a cleaning &#8212; and likely a lecture about the importance of flossing. But if you&#8217;re like many dental patients, the advice travels in one ear and out the other &#8212; much like, well, dental floss gliding between the spaces of your teeth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no instant gratification with flossing &#8212; that&#8217;s the problem,&#8221; says Alla Wheeler, RDH, MPA, associate professor of the Dental Hygiene Program at the New York University School of Dentistry. &#8220;Patients don&#8217;t think it does anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But flossing does about 40% of the work required to remove sticky bacteria, or plaque, from your teeth. Plaque generates acid, which can cause cavities, irritate the gums, and lead to gum disease. &#8220;Each tooth has five surfaces. If you don&#8217;t floss, you are leaving at least two of the surfaces unclean,&#8221; Wheeler explains. &#8220;Floss is the only thing that can really get into that space between the teeth and remove bacteria.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know you hate it, but flossing really does preserve the health and aesthetics of your smile. Here&#8217;s how to do it right. Every six months, you visit the dentist for a cleaning &#8212; and likely a lecture about the importance of flossing. But if you&#8217;re like many dental patients, the advice travels in one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3117,"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions\/3117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thegatesdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}