# And now for something completely boring - Dental Floss **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2000, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219 "2000-06-13T11:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/21 "2000-06-14T04:41:28Z")
Satin floss, and make mine mint! It is flat like glide floss but better. It is a bit sweet as well as minty. The sweetner on it seems to provide a bit of texture and it helps get the bits of stuff from out from between the teeth better than glide floss. I am addicted, I now floss daily sometimes twice daily. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/22 "2000-06-14T14:43:56Z")
Oh Good Heavens Above, there IS a thread on “wanker sauce!” Jesus, I thought Arnold was making a witticism! “Wanker sauce!” I’m goin’ back to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/23 "2000-06-15T05:05:27Z")
Ultrafloss. It looks like yarn out of the container, all loose and springy. Pull it tight and you can get it between the tightest teeth–much better than the waxed and tape flosses. Once it’s between and in the looser area by your gums, release it and pul it through with one hand. This stuff will remove crap your hygenist leaves behind! And it tickles, too! Beats pain. Then there’s my hygenist. Blonde, willowy,… ---
**Author:** ![Alpha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Alpha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/24 "2000-06-15T06:47:29Z")
I can’t get the unwaxed kind between my teeth. And I can’t take flavorings in the morning. I use a non-mint, non-menthol, non-cinnamon toothpaste, which is hard to find. I don’t like any of the above flavors with my morning coffee. Now if they had hazelnut floss, I migh try it. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/25 "2000-06-16T03:09:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Dental floss is a crock. > \*\* YUCK!! J&J’s Gentle floss with flouride (\* probably ALSO a crock \*) I even put the Sensodyne toothpaste ON the floss, and reapply a dab every few teeth. Brush, Listerine and Act for extra flouride finishes the whole deal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lost\_in\_Space-Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lost\_in\_Space-Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost_in_Space-Time)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/26 "2000-06-18T03:15:05Z")
This has to be the dumbest idea for a thread on the whole board. Excuse me, but it just is. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/27 "2000-06-18T03:19:05Z")
And you felt somehow compelled to inform of us of that, how kind of you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/28 "2000-06-19T00:18:46Z")
Ultrafloss is great; otherwise Glide, waxed, plain. My teeth are set together very tightly, so it’s hard to squiggle unwaxed floss between them. I don’t care much one way or the other about flavor, save I _hate_ the taste of cinnamon. Hey, Unc, don’t sweat it. Elsewhere aha is giving step by step details of his bathing routine. So buck up, big guy. What’s the best beer to gargle with? Veb ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/29 "2000-06-19T01:40:55Z")
Speaking of gargling with beer and dental habits… (HIJACK/) Setting: I am a younger tyke (25-ish) and unfamiliar with many flavourings and spices, I engage in a bender at a friend’s house that centers first around ouzo, then flaming samboucas. Mistakes are made. By 2:00 AM it becomes apparent that I shant return to my own home that night due to an overindulgence and frankly I feel very very queasy. I can no longer BEAR the sight, smell, or concept of ouzo, anise, etc. However, being truly anal retentive about my dental hygiene, regardless of my state I MUST always brush my teeth before bed (and also due to this I pack my own toothbrush to such events). So I stagger up to the house bathroom and search for toothpaste. Of course I innocently find (drum roll) in this progressive household only Tom’s of Maine FENNEL toothpaste and proceed. . . (/HIJACK) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/30 "2000-06-19T02:42:34Z")
First person to come up with 10 _other_ uses for dental floss gets knighted. Extra points for originality! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/31 "2000-06-19T03:02:30Z")
1. Medevial Torture Device 2. Cooking Twine 3. Cartoon Character 4. Flea Circus Equipment 5. Sex Toy 6. College Snack (flavored only) 7. Fishing Line 8. X-mas Tinsel 9. Survivalist Equipment 10. Women’s Lingerie Me, I never floss, I hate it and I have never had a cavity. Dentist never mentions I should start. I think its a total crock, if it makes you bleed, you probably shouldn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/32 "2000-06-19T03:59:09Z")
Actually dental floss is the absolute best thing to re-string pearls, etc. and if unflavored can be used quite effectivley to bind poultry before cooking. And in a pinch, it can be used to sew stuff when you’re camping and you don’t really want to fray out the hem of your flannel shirt for thread. Just thought I’d mention that, Veb ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/33 "2000-06-19T04:22:18Z")
I dub thee _Sir Omniscient_, Defender of the IMHO! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/34 "2000-06-19T05:20:15Z")
If you break a shoelace and don’t have a replacement, dental floss can be used temporarily. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/35 "2000-06-19T16:16:16Z")
Apparently it can be used to bore the trolls, too. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/36 "2000-06-23T04:31:59Z")
Dental floss gets really exciting when one wraps it around another person’s neck, hold both ends in a cross-armed and then pull back real hard. Or when it is used instead of a g-string. See, I found non-boring uses for it. Not that I advocate it though. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/37 "2000-06-23T07:30:48Z")
We kids here at culinary school found a new use for unflavored, unwaxed dental floss. It cuts cheesecake like you wouldn’t believe. Wonder how a restaurant cuts their cheesecake slices perfectly, but when you go home, it always sticks to your knife? You take a length of floss, pull it taut, and press it through the cake. Once you get down to the crust, let go of one end, and drag it through. Amazing. I’m paying $30K to cut cheesecake. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/38 "2000-06-23T07:45:14Z")
Actually, I use a straight pubic hair… ---
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219/39 "2000-06-24T21:45:34Z")
Is it important to rotate the part of the floss that actually goes between each tooth? The dental hygenist sometimes flosses my teeth, and she always unwinds a little from one finger and winds it around the other one, so a fresh section of floss actually takes the plunge. I also had a girlfriend who said that it was important to do this, or you’d move bacteria from one tooth-gap to the next. On the other hand, in a spitty environment like your mouth, it seems like bacteria would move around pretty freely. How about those little “sabre” things, where it’s a plastic toothpick with a little section of loss on the hook end? Are you supposed a different sabre for each tooth-gap? Help! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-boring-dental-floss/22219.md?page=1)