Help for Your New Year's Resolution to FLOSS MORE!

We know flossing more will help keep our teeth and gums clean and healthy, our breath fresh, and the general level of inflammation in our bodies lower - all good things! The problem for a lot of people is just getting themselves to do it.

At night, before bed, and after your last meal or snack, is the best time to floss. Having said that, what if your routine is to fall asleep in front of the television and then crawl into bed? Think you will stop and floss on the way to your head hitting the pillow? I think not!

So, for those of you who "lack the time" to floss at night before bed, here are some suggestions for finding extra time in your day to floss:

1. Floss after breakfast or lunch;
2. Floss in the car at traffic stops;
3. Floss at commercial breaks on television;
4. Floss at school or work;
5. Floss at the gym; or
6. Floss while surfing the web.

If these hints result in flossing more than once in a day, your bonus will be a dazzling smile in 2010!