Benefits Of Flosing Gigi And How To Do It Properly From Experts

Flossing teeth. (Pexels/Sora Shimazaki)

JAKARTA - In maintaining dental health, it is not enough just to brush your teeth. You also need to freeze your teeth, so that your teeth are cleaner and healthier.

Flosing teeth is an activity to clean between teeth using dental threads to remove food and plaque residues that are not reached by dental brushes.

"Brushing the surface of your teeth. However, your dental hair cannot effectively reach between teeth," said Head of the Department of Periodontology at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Natalie Jeong, quoted from Huffpost, Monday, November 24, 2025.

"Brushing without using a floating thread like just washing the front (tooth) and back, but not washing the sides," he added.

If you float and smell an unpleasant odor in the thread, it means bacteria or food residue left in your mouth. This indicates that you need to regularly freeze your teeth so that they are completely clean.

To do floating is recommended once a day. Night is the best time to do it, especially when going to sleep because there is no activity to eat anymore.

Jeong recommends using an 18-inch thread around your middle finger, leave one or two inches to be between your teeth, and drop below your gum line.

Make sure to use the clean threads on each tooth. If you can't use floating every day, it's recommended at least three times a week.

"Even three times a week is better than never using floating," concluded Jeong.