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Wait, weren't you just making the case that flossing "has not been shown to do anything"? If it hasn't been shown to do anything, why would you suggest I replace it with something else?



You said you were not OK to not do it and that bits of food get stuck etc. Thus I suggested you might just try toothpicks instead if you really can't go without and insist that flossing is the only way.

I also mentioned copious use of toothpicking in my original post, though mostly as a replacement for some of the brushing.


So you think that tooth picking cleans your teeth but somehow flossing does nothing? Flossing cleans for the same reason that tooth picking does.




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