Interdental Brushes - The New Way to Floss!

I wish the dentists would suggest this more. My daughter dkesn.t like flossing .. we trued the water pick too. She does not like it.

I added a water pik and interproximal brushes and my gums are the healthiest they have ever been. I’ve had bleeding gums forever. No more. Get a waterpik and use these brushes.

I tried these 1 times and never again did it since I ended up getting gingivitis. Got my mouth cleaned and also because I was smoking and drinking on damaged gums. Stoped drinking and smoking and healed and now I want to try it again

I tried these years ago, but found them useless because they would not fit between my teeth. However, I may try these again as I’m looking for alternatives for post-rotator cuff surgery when I will only be able to use one hand for a while.

Christopher Walken as a dentist

None of them fit. So now what?

most of these burshes are ment for cleaning between molars yes? also i cant seem to get a brushpick inbetween my molars

IB cannot clean between teeth thoroughly besides the gaps. 😕

Thanks for the video. I have watched a bunch from this channel today. Amazing content!
I was wondering how many times per day should we use Interdental Brushes 🤔

Are you THE JOE NEMETH ?

I've been flossing for 7 years (since around late 2014), but I've been flossing better for around 4 years (late 2017). From my own experience and my own oral health, flossing is excellent and I benefit from doing it 2x a week. However it feels like I'm simply scraping the sides of my teeth to remove the plaque (which is good).
I recently started using interdental brushes, and it feel like I'm really giving the sides of my teeth a deep, well-needed scrub that flossing alone just doesn't do. They give that well-needed massage and tissue stimulation too. Of course I bled so much after using these brushes at first, meaning that flossing alone probably wasn't optimal at managing my potential gum inflammation.
I used plaque disclosing tablets and noticed that flossing does get rid of some plaque between my teeth, but using both floss and interdental brushes got rid of a good chunk of that plaque.
I'll be using both from now on. For reference, I use the GUM ultra-tight brushes (the yellow ones). I would not recommend the micro-tight ones (the smallest ones that are purple) as the wire is so flimsy and bends and breaks off often.

Love ur stuff Doc..😄😆😎question...can i reuse these brushes...i mean like clean them..and use them again???

I’ve just started flossing. Do you recommend I use interdental brush instead??

I have crooked teeth and these don't go through all the way. Due to crowding, my gums are blocking it fom behind. What do you recommend? I use the plastic skinny ones btw

These brushes are nice

Dr Nemeth I have a question. So what interdental brush can I use for tight spaces, like the spaces between the teeth that aren't straight?

Wow! Great and informative video. Keep it up :)

What is the m.m of that G.U.M advanced one?! Coz am trying to find an eco alternative till then am ganna still use these.

NO to fluoride toothpaste or any toothpaste at all!!! I don’t use toothpaste! Why? Fluoride and SLS (sodium laurel sulfate). SLS dries out your whole mouth! Dry mouth, dry gums. Very Dry gums do not hold your teeth in your mouth. We need to have an alkaline mouth to have healthy teeth and gums. I use a tooth powder consisting of baking soda, pink Himalayan salt, and essential oils. And I do not rinse after brushing. If I do, that’ll just throw the pH balance off again. I never get dry mouth after brushing with my tooth powder.

I have used toothpaste that contain no SLS and I still get dry mouth. SLS is the stuff that makes toothpaste foamy. So if a toothpaste does not contain SLS, it’s got to contain something else that makes the toothpaste foam up. You don’t need your toothpaste to foam up in order to clean your teeth. It’s like you’re brushing your teeth with soap. Disgusting. And I definitely never use mouthwash. That is also very drying to your mouth. Tooth powder is all I need to brush my teeth. I use that same tooth powder in a small glass, then I add hot water to it and then I gargle and rinse with that before brushing and then after I brush I do not rinse or drink water I wait a few minutes and then I drink warm water. Don’t worry, the water is not boiling hot, lol. I just like it hot enough to get all the phlegm from the back of my throat but not hot enough to burn. Warm water just doesn’t cut it for me. I use those same Butler pics that this dentist uses and also Gloss floss. I then use a tongue scraper to scrape my tongue. Then I brush my teeth, my tongue, and the roof of my mouth. It’s a lot to do before sleep but it’s worth it for me.

I’m getting major Christopher walken vibes from this homie, I can’t stop watching

Nasty scarf GO GREEN! 😉

Can I use those for bridges??

Never thought I'd see the day that a dentist recommends you not floss

It seems to me like this would make the gap between the gum and tooth wider and put more pressure on your gums because of the thickness of the instrument

Floss is still better since these interproximal cleaners do not wrap around the tooth and get under the gum line.

there's no way those things fit between my teeth. i don't get it

I just discovered interndental brushes and proximal brushes, after my last cleaning which was with the ultrasonic dental planing. You can get them super thin ( proximals) which massage your gums and get what you can not see or feel. Or you can get the interndentals which are generally a bit bigger and for larger gaps. Either way, they both are AMAZING and put floss to shame. Hated flossing, what a chore and a bore.

This is new to me! Question?
How long is the duration for one interdental brush?
Once you start to use it, do you keep the brush inside the cover or do you put it in some sort of deinsfect liguid before reusing it a second time?

I tried the doctor pick a long time ago, and they couldn't get in between the teeth very well. Have they changed? It seems like you're saying they are the best for narrow spaces

I find that these brushes bend easily so after one use you can’t use them again because they don’t bend back to their place

Can these damage the papillae?

Why don’t you work on that

What about the tongue

I can’t get those cleaners between my tight spaced teeth. So I still floss.

Tooth paste with fluoride ?! Absolutely not! Fluoride is a poison!

What are about the problem for a fixtured tongue, it takes me so long to clean it every day and night which makes me so angry because it takes time. Can you please make a video of how to solve a fixtured tongue or try to come up with a solution please. Would really appreciate it thanks.