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Evidence against Flossing

2017-05-19 17:02:03
There are numerous new articles citing scientific journals stating flossing is not that effective a tool for cleaning teeth. What is the overall response of the medical community on this?
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Hello, We dentists (most of us) would recommend flossing if done in the right way. It is very important for cleaning the interdental tooth surface

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