The Chronic Consumer

Earlier this year, I made the decision to get braces on again for the second time in my life. I had them as a teenager, but because I didn’t wear my retainers the way I was supposed to, my teeth started moving again and were starting to get as bad as they were before I had braces in the first place. So I’ve got them again, and it’s every bit as inconvenient and annoying as I remember from the first time!

The only thing that has gotten easier has been flossing. I remember having to use an implement that looked like a sewing needle in order to floss my teeth back in high school. I would first thread the floss through the needle-like thing, then thread that under my archwires when flossing. It was both time-consuming and tedious.

These days, however, I’m able to use a product called Crest Glide Threader Floss. What you get is a single, sealed packet containing a long piece of floss. The floss has a built-in threader tip on one end, which is to say that one end is hardened so that it is stiff and easy to push under or over archwires, dental bridges, etc. You can get your flossing done without having to use a threader.

I really like this product because of how easy and convenient flossing with braces now is. I’m more prone to floss when I know I can zip right through the process than when I was in high school and had to spend 10-15 minutes fiddling with the threader and everything. Plus, the single-use packets makes it easy to pack floss when heading off to work, school, vacations, etc, and that’s definitely a good thing.

I paid $29.99 + $7.49 shipping and handling for a box of 150 from www.dentakit.com, which comes out to about $.25 for each packet. That’s pretty expensive if you ask me, but I think the convenience makes up for it. At any rate, I do like this product a lot and recommend that you use it if you have braces or dental bridges!