So, my dentist changed my mind about flossing last Tuesday

He said people who floss daily often miss the back molars, and honestly, he showed me on the model that I was doing it wrong for 20 years... now I'm rethinking if any of those 'experts' actually check their own work. Has anyone else had a professional tell you they were full of it about something basic?

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the_diana20d ago

Honestly, I gotta push back on this one a little. My dentist showed me the same thing a few years back, and yeah, I was missing my back molars too, but that doesn't mean the whole flossing routine is fake. It just means the technique matters, not that the daily habit is wrong. I think it's like anything else, you learn the right way once and then it's fine. The real issue is that nobody ever taught us proper form in the first place, which is a legit problem, but that's on the education, not the floss itself. So yeah, one visit changed your method, but saying experts are full of it is a stretch when the core advice still stands.