Platypus orthodontic flosser

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When I go to the orthodontist, most patients are middle school and high school students. Some are a little older, back home from college.

However, a relatively high percentage consists of adults, who, like the kids above, used to have braces. I am one such example. So much time has elapsed since high school, that our teeth have shifted, and we need to do braces all over again.

Moreover, there are adults, for whom this is their first time getting braces. They had to wait this long, because they previously could not afford these expensive treatments.

Look; I'm old school, and prefer threaded dental floss.

But a really popular (albeit expensive) flosser is from a brand called Platypus.

In the photo above, the Platypus flosser is on your left. Note that one of its legs is very thin. This is so that it will fit between your arch wire and teeth.

Note that the tip of the Platypus flosser has bristles. These can fit between some of your teeth, but can also be used to clean the brackets, which are glued to your teeth.

The other two standard-type flossers have thick legs, which will not fit behind arch wires.

Braces can be quite sharp, rough, and pokey. With braces, the simple acts of blowing, chewing, smiling, swallowing, and talking are a challenge, and always a potential for cuts and scrapes.

-Lummy The Loch Monster

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Topic - Platypus orthodontic flosser - Luminator 11:02:58 07/6/24 (3)

I use a Waterpik battery operated flosser. - srdavis2000 18:17:01 07/7/24 (0)

When I saw your subject line... - ghost of olddude55 11:09:52 07/6/24 (1)

Nah, it was "Late-Night Lummy" - Luminator 13:33:29 07/6/24 (0)

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