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As a dental hygienist in general practice for 18 years, I've spent many hours sitting on my stool trying to think of new ways to motivate patients, especially those troublesome ones I've seen for years but whose compliance with oral hygiene advice is sporadic to say the least!
One February, I was giving one of my patients a common spiel….” just try it for a month, if you can make yourself do it for a month you will see and feel a difference…just do it for the whole of February” I looked at my nurse and giggled “Flossuary!!”
This idea amused me (if only for the fact that I'd invented a new word!) and I began mentioning Flossuary to a few other patients, mainly as a way of trying to motivate them. This also gave me a great platform to start talking to patients about reasons to clean between their teeth that they may not be aware of.
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