{"id":47,"date":"2026-10-01T04:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/cleaning-between-your-teeth-floss-picks-or-brushes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:18:37","slug":"cleaning-between-your-teeth-floss-picks-or-brushes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/cleaning-between-your-teeth-floss-picks-or-brushes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning between your teeth: floss, picks or brushes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brushing alone misses the sides of the teeth where they touch, and that is where gum disease and much decay begin. Clean between them once a day.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small interdental brushes are the easiest for most adults with gaps. Floss works better where the teeth are tight. Water flossers help people with braces or bridges.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little bleeding in the first week is common and usually settles as the gums get healthier. If it does not, tell your hygienist.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A toothbrush cleans three sides of a tooth. Here is how to reach the other two (sample).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}