A few good things to do with floss?

When you visit Maureen or myself for your hygiene visit, I expect at one point or another we have told you about the importance of flossing or using bottle brushes to clean away the sticky bacterial plaque from in between your teeth!

But here are a few more ideas of what you can use that floss for…

• To help with the washing: for when we get terrible weather tie the floss between two chairs and hang light weight items like socks over the floss to dry
• For a day out: since the summer is coming (eventually) when you head off to the seaside take your floss, some bait and one of the nets that you put the clothes washing tablets in and head out crabbing.
• For the garden: uses floss to tie up your climbing plants to the bean poles and trellises
• For the Kitchen: If your stuffing a joint of meat you can use unwaxed unflavoured dental floss to tie the joint.
• For a saving a life: by using the floss to clean in between your teeth, you help to remove the sticky bacterial plaque that can cause gum disease. We know that having gum disease can increase the risk of other health problems such as heart disease, strokes and diabetes!

Rachael