I have a hard time putting it between my back teeth too. I love the clean feeling I get but with my teeth being so tight I use too many of the flossers. I only get maybe 2 uses for each cartridge. That makes it very expensive floss. I only use it a few times a week and regular floss in-between.
Try holding it up closer to the head. Did it get any easier with practice? Did you try in front of a mirror where you can see what you are doing? Thanks for your honesty in the review. Very valuable feedback. Cheers.
I ordered the Flaus electric flosser from indogogo last year and I finally got a shipping notification today. The Flaus seems better designed to get to the back teeth. I will update once I receive mine.
AS Keegan B indicated you should always floss infront of a mirror so you can see what you are doing, you can mentally tick off each tooth and each inbetween surface of each tooth so you don't miss any. As well looking in the mirror should help you to slide the floss between your back teeth. However, sometimes it is hard to find the gap between 2 teeth, if this is the case, I teach my patients to angle the floss at about 45 degrees to the corner between the occlusal or biting surface and the outside or cheek surfaces, this way they can slide the floss along the outside surfaces at an angle and feel each tooth and the gap between adjacent teeth, then it is easier to slide at an angle between the teeth, then straighten up once you are inbetween. It pays to use 2 hands and brace against your face. You ease the floss with a sawing motion though the contact between the teeth, you will feel it click through and if you are bracing against your face you will able to stop the floss from suddenly snapping through the contact and traumatising your gum. Once through the contact you can ease the floss down the side of one of the teeth gently into position just below the gumline and angled toward the tongue side of the tooth but taking care not to trap the gum between the floss and the tooth. You commence moving the floss up and down against the tooth suface and gradually rotating the floss in overlapping strokes until you have covered that inbetween surface. You should always start on the lingual(tongue) side and finish on the buccal(cheek side) of the inbetween surface. Then you lift the floss gently up and over the papilla( piece of gum tissue between the teeth) and position the floss inclined to the lingual side of the adjacent inbetween tooth surface and proceed to clean that surface with overlapping strokes of the floss. The aim is to clean well out( a few mm) on to the lingual and the buccal surfaces so as to overlap the the flossing with the areas reached by the tooth brush. It also pays to use an additional end-tufted brush to clean plaque from the suffaces of each tooth near the gumline and I also reccommend sweeping the end-tufted brush as far betweeen the teeth as it can go to overalp with the floss. in my opinion toothpaste is not required on the end-tufted brush.
I have a hard time putting it between my back teeth too. I love the clean feeling I get but with my teeth being so tight I use too many of the flossers. I only get maybe 2 uses for each cartridge. That makes it very expensive floss. I only use it a few times a week and regular floss in-between.
Thank you for this very good review !
Try holding it up closer to the head. Did it get any easier with practice? Did you try in front of a mirror where you can see what you are doing? Thanks for your honesty in the review. Very valuable feedback. Cheers.
I ordered the Flaus electric flosser from indogogo last year and I finally got a shipping notification today. The Flaus seems better designed to get to the back teeth. I will update once I receive mine.
Any update?!
update??
what material is the floss made from for the Flaus and the slate?
AS Keegan B indicated you should always floss infront of a mirror so you can see what you are doing, you can mentally tick off each tooth and each inbetween surface of each tooth so you don't miss any. As well looking in the mirror should help you to slide the floss between your back teeth. However, sometimes it is hard to find the gap between 2 teeth, if this is the case, I teach my patients to angle the floss at about 45 degrees to the corner between the occlusal or biting surface and the outside or cheek surfaces, this way they can slide the floss along the outside surfaces at an angle and feel each tooth and the gap between adjacent teeth, then it is easier to slide at an angle between the teeth, then straighten up once you are inbetween. It pays to use 2 hands and brace against your face. You ease the floss with a sawing motion though the contact between the teeth, you will feel it click through and if you are bracing against your face you will able to stop the floss from suddenly snapping through the contact and traumatising your gum. Once through the contact you can ease the floss down the side of one of the teeth gently into position just below the gumline and angled toward the tongue side of the tooth but taking care not to trap the gum between the floss and the tooth. You commence moving the floss up and down against the tooth suface and gradually rotating the floss in overlapping strokes until you have covered that inbetween surface. You should always start on the lingual(tongue) side and finish on the buccal(cheek side) of the inbetween surface. Then you lift the floss gently up and over the papilla( piece of gum tissue between the teeth) and position the floss inclined to the lingual side of the adjacent inbetween tooth surface and proceed to clean that surface with overlapping strokes of the floss. The aim is to clean well out( a few mm) on to the lingual and the buccal surfaces so as to overlap the the flossing with the areas reached by the tooth brush. It also pays to use an additional end-tufted brush to clean plaque from the suffaces of each tooth near the gumline and I also reccommend sweeping the end-tufted brush as far betweeen the teeth as it can go to overalp with the floss. in my opinion toothpaste is not required on the end-tufted brush.
I bought a mirror
The head on it looks like its to big
First turn it off when inserting between tight teeth.
I was thinking the same thing.
Why $59.00? No way.
Use a mirror duh