{"id":7970,"date":"2019-03-06T01:05:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T01:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stop-yourself-from-gagging-while-flossing\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:09:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:09:21","slug":"how-do-you-stop-yourself-from-gagging-while-flossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stop-yourself-from-gagging-while-flossing\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you stop yourself from gagging while flossing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Matthew U.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Use a flosser that has a U curved bend, much easier to get in the back than regular string floss or usual flossers. Also breathe through your nose and out through your mouth slowly, I hear salt on the gums help too.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-2455507842\"><div id=\"thefa-1475641154\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Start living your best life<\/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>Try now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Jeff Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I&#39;m sorry that I don&#39;t have a good answer for that. Flossing has been a habit of mine for years and I don&#39;t remember a time that I gagged while flossing. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Emma F.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I don&#39;t seem to have a problem with gagging while I&#39;m flossing &#8230; I&#39;m sorry if that&#39;s what happens for you. : (  I usually use floss picks, you could try that if you haven&#39;t already &#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Lauren Y.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I prefer to use floss picks instead of string floss. Although my dentist told me string floss is ideal the floss picks are better than not flossing at all due to gagging. Another way to go is a water pick. My kid\u2019s orthodontist highly recommends the water pick. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew U. Use a flosser that has a U curved bend, much easier to get in the back than regular string floss or usual flossers. Also breathe through your nose and out through your mouth slowly, I hear salt on the gums help too. Jeff Z. I&#39;m sorry that I don&#39;t have a good answer for that. Flossing has been a habit of mine for&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stop-yourself-from-gagging-while-flossing\/\">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>How do you stop yourself from gagging while flossing? | Fabulous Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How do you stop yourself from gagging while flossing? 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