{"id":31010,"date":"2020-07-22T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-have-to-floss-every-time-you-eat-or-just-before-brushing-your-teeth\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:56:32","slug":"do-you-have-to-floss-every-time-you-eat-or-just-before-brushing-your-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-have-to-floss-every-time-you-eat-or-just-before-brushing-your-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have to floss every time you eat or just before brushing your teeth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Martha W.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I would avoid flossing prior to eating, given the potential for food bacteria to gain foothold if the flossing had any bleeding associated. _Prior_ to eating, I might to a non-toothpasted brushing to just get any gunk accrual off, but: no toothpaste (to avoid affecting flavor) and no flossing (to avoid potential infection). _After_ dining, however, flossing and mouthwashing it clean, followed by a toothpasted brushing would be ok.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-2530930787\"><div id=\"thefa-294092572\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Your new life awaits<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Tiger P.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I floss in the morning and night when I brush my teeth and sometimes midday if my teeth need it. 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I would avoid flossing prior to eating, given the potential for food bacteria to gain foothold if the flossing had any bleeding associated. _Prior_ to eating, I might to a non-toothpasted brushing to just get any gunk accrual off, but: no toothpaste (to avoid affecting flavor) and no flossing (to avoid potential infection). _After_ dining, however, flossing and mouthwashing it clean, followed by&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-have-to-floss-every-time-you-eat-or-just-before-brushing-your-teeth\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do you have to floss every time you eat or just before brushing your teeth? | Fabulous Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you have to floss every time you eat or just before brushing your teeth? 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