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Page 1: Flossing You must floss to clean between the teeth How to floss: – Take about 18 inches of dental floss and wrap one end around each of your middle fingers

Flossing • You must floss to clean between the teeth• How to floss:– Take about 18 inches of dental floss and wrap one end around

each of your middle fingers – Use your thumbs and index fingers to gently slide the floss

between two teeth, using an up and down motion – Once at the gum line, pull both ends of the floss in the same

direction to form a C shape against one tooth. Pull the floss tightly and move it up and down against one tooth

– Pull the floss against the other tooth and repeat the motion – Do this for all of your teeth

Page 2: Flossing You must floss to clean between the teeth How to floss: – Take about 18 inches of dental floss and wrap one end around each of your middle fingers

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Page 3: Flossing You must floss to clean between the teeth How to floss: – Take about 18 inches of dental floss and wrap one end around each of your middle fingers

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Page 4: Flossing You must floss to clean between the teeth How to floss: – Take about 18 inches of dental floss and wrap one end around each of your middle fingers

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Page 5: Flossing You must floss to clean between the teeth How to floss: – Take about 18 inches of dental floss and wrap one end around each of your middle fingers

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