"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 05:49:33 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/9/2014 11:23 PM, sf wrote:
>> > On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 19:55:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> My teeth are not far apart at all. They're very close together. This
>> >> is
>> >> also why I will not bite into a whole apple. Always get peel there
>> >> and
>> >> particularly between the two front ones where my retainer is.
>> >
>> You still wear a retainer?
>>
>> > Interesting. My teeth are very close together too, but I have no
>> > problem eating corn on the cob.
>> >
>> I have no problem flossing. In fact, I do it every night before I
>> brush my teeth.
>>
> My teeth are so close together that I *do* have trouble flossing. I
> use the finest type (waxed) and it ends up frayed anyway. I told my
> dentist to stop lecturing me about flossing, because I'm not going to
> do it. I still only see him twice a year and still have "no cavities,
> Ma". Of his clients, my family has the best teeth. Nobody has
> cavities, ever. (knock on wood)

I don't floss every day but I do try to do it more than I did. I hate it
when bits of floss stick in there. Soooo painful!