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As I eluded to in my last post, flossing your teeth is the most effective method to avoid early gum disease. No matter how often you brush your teeth, it is the cleaing of and eliminating the bacteria between your teeth that realy makes the differece. You need to continue brushing, but brushing alone is most often not enough.

Flossing is tough and a hard habit to get into. My suggestion is to start with your upper front teeth only. They are easy to access and easy to floss. Do this for a week or a month until you feel confident about it. Then add one or two teeth at time as you become comfortable. This allows you to figure out how to manipulate the floss aroud one/two teeth at a time and avoid the frustration that comes if you try to do your whole mouth in the beginning. Before long you will be flossing your whole mouth in approximately one minute.