| Known issues with POH dental floss |
We produce POH dental floss with one goal in mind. Disrupting and disorganizing bacterial plaque. It is a multi-filament product, which most people today are unfamiliar with. Even though we have been around for almost fifty years. Maybe there is a better design out there that will not require changing the properties of the floss. Believe us, we have looked. Because of the nature of our floss, its construction and design, these issues are the main ones that cause frustration.
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Spaghetti Effect
This is what we call it when our floss sneaks back into the container. Rarely happens to bath counter floss. Usually only happens when the container is jostled in such a manner that the spools inertia causes the retreat. LONG time ago, we decided to make our floss labels tacky, not permanent, to allow one to peel it back, pop the top and re-thread. A hassle? Maybe, but since we do not design the floss to be packaged efficiently and cheaply, but to clean teeth, we feel that in the event of this happening, popping the top is the reasonable course of action.
| Cap Smash
This issue occurs when the container is compressed, either in shipping, or being knocked against something. Truly a bummer. When confronted with this issue, one has the choice of simply prying up the lance (without hurting yourself or anyone else in the room) to allow the floss to be inserted or complain. We do earnestly endeavor to make sure that we do not allow floss out of our hands with this situation.
| Lock Up
As the name implies, the floss refuses to come out of the container. Pulling on it will only stress it beyond its tensile strength. This issue usually occurs, once again, to motile floss that is carried about through the day. Sometimes setting it down on the counter hard will do it. Does not usually occur to LiteWax floss. Due to the nature of NoWax, the nylon has nothing on it to cause it to stick to another strand, which in turn allows the floss to slip off the spool, knotting. Even the static electricity around can cause this issue, as the fibers repel each other. Maybe. In any case, pop the top.
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Shredding, cutting or breaking of POH floss
Without going into the gory details, and without practicing dentistry online (if that is possible), we submit that the issue of our floss shredding is a long standing issue. WE have always felt that your teeth shred our floss. Healthy teeth usually do not shred our floss. Teeth with calculus, poor/degraded restorations or active disease do shred our floss. Most dentists we know call that "Diagnostic", meaning it is telling you about a problem. It is also one more reason dentists (especially esthetic/cosmetic Docs) use our floss, to check the fit and finish of any work they do. It tells them a story.
If our floss shreds on your teeth, keep using it. If it is something on the enamel that can be affected by flossing, it will. Over time and effort, the shredding cause is cleaned away. Most people do not understand POH floss because they are used to the commercial stuff on the market. If the shredding cause does NOT go away, get thee to a dentist.
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| Never, ever, ever do any of these: |
- Never pull one end of the floss with one hand, letting it pay out with the other while the floss is between the teeth. This is a sawing motion, it does nothing to clean teeth. This causes the floss to pull along its long axis, which separates the filaments. Whoever taught you to floss your teeth by pulling the floss back and forth between your teeth was wrong. Period.
- Never force the floss between your teeth. Slip it gently.
- Never have a gap of more than a half inch between your fingers as you floss. You must control and manipulate this floss carefully, and holding the floss with hands more than half an inch apart does not allow this.
- Never snap the floss into your gums. Once again, manipulate dental floss with care.
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