The importance of flossing your teeth and why your teeth bleeds when you do it.
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Plaque tends to build up on teeth. Plaque is made of bacteria and some other stuff in a thin layer that’s difficult to remove with brushing alone. Flossing breaks it up more effectively.
If your gums bleed, it could be because your gums are inflamed from the buildup of bacteria (regular flossing should help reduce that).
And/or you might be flossing aggressively (back and forth?) and cutting your gums — try to gently work the floss just below the gumline, with a focus on scraping the sides of your teeth rather than getting the floss down too far.
Edit: Wait! You can sometimes floss quite far below the gumline where the gums are just sitting in front of the tooth, just don’t force the floss updown too hard.
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