Is Dental Floss Necessary?

There is a common expression in the dental field- you only have to clean the teeth you want to keep. Let me begin to describe what happens if one does not clean one’s teeth regularly. First, you will not have many friends. But to the point, all of us have “germs” or bacteria that live in our mouths. This is natural and not all bad. There are many kinds of bacteria- some that live on the surfaces of our teeth others that live deep under our gums near the teeth. Some bacteria when given carbohydrates to feed on (left-overs from…