# Floss, rinse, brush...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floss-rinse-brush/92818>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floss-rinse-brush/92818 "2001-11-11T22:41:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floss-rinse-brush/92818/1 "2001-11-11T22:41:42Z")

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This may sound like a stupid question, but it has been bothering me for months.

In what order are you supposed to floss, use mouthwash, and brush? I figure that brushing should always be last, but a friend of mine was aghast, saying that you are supposed to rinse floss and then brush, or else all sorts of nastiness remains stuck.

Well, in what order?

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**Author:** ![spheric\_thor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@spheric\_thor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spheric_thor)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floss-rinse-brush/92818/2 "2001-11-11T22:48:43Z")

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I floss first , than brush and rinse.I figure flossing gets the really nasty stuff.Than brushing cleans everything up for the rinse.

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floss-rinse-brush/92818/3 "2001-11-11T23:07:20Z")

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