article_snippet: he advises taking a piece of wax dental floss and winding a piece of wax dental floss up with the index fingers, but not so tightly that a piece of wax dental floss hurts.
article_snippet: When flossing the upper row of teeth, put the thumbs around an inch apart from each other on the floss.
article_snippet: The way to control it is to use your thumbs for your upper teeth and middle fingers for your lower teeth.
article_snippet: Put that amount of floss between these fingers so you can manipulate that amount of floss between these fingers easily from one side to the next.’
article_snippet: Then, put the floss between two teeth and floss in and up and down motion along the teeth, rather than a sawing motion from side to side.
article_snippet: Take a piece of wax dental floss and put each thumb about and inch apart .
article_snippet: Keeping the back thumb stationary, move the front thumb up and down to floss the tooth .
article_snippet: Do not floss in a 'sawing motion' - back and forth - but up and down, rubbing the floss up and down the tooth .
article_snippet: Repeat using the middle fingers for the bottom teeth .
article_snippet: One thumb should stay stationary while the other thumb is moved up and down, creating the flossing motion.
article_snippet: Similarly, when flossing the lower teeth, one middle finger should stay stationary while the other is moved, one middle finger in order to manipulate the floss so one middle finger rubs up and down against the inside of the tooth.
article_snippet: Dr Meulener advises using two thumbs for the upper teeth, or two middle fingers for the lower teeth, and flossing in an 'up and down' motion rather than 'sawing' from side to side .
highlights_snippet: Advises flossing using an up and down motion rather than back and forth .
  