{"id":85663,"date":"2016-08-03T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=85663"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:07:27","slug":"flossing-not-effective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/flossing-not-effective\/","title":{"rendered":"What?! Flossing Might Not Actually Be Effective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything we ever knew about flossing has been completely shattered.<\/p>\n<p>Flossing daily has always been pushed as a preventative measure to fight\u00a0cavities and gum disease by dentists, the federal government, and in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. However,\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/f7e66079d9ba4b4985d7af350619a9e3\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press did some digging<\/a>\u00a0and found out\u00a0that there\u00a0isn&#8217;t actually enough proof to support this statement.<\/p>\n<p>But get this &#8212;\u00a0flossing wasn&#8217;t include in the most recent dietary guidelines and\u00a0the federal government issued a letter to AP stating that they\u00a0never researched the effectiveness of flossing&#8230;which is required. AP also did an extensive research on previous studies on floss and discovered that\u00a0using floss is &#8220;weak, very unreliable.&#8221; Studies failed to prove that floss is effective in plaque removal.<\/p>\n<p>The American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Academy of Periodontology argue that other studies prove the benefits\u00a0of floss and how it &#8220;prevents buildup of gunk known as plaque, early gum inflammation called gingivitis, and tooth decay.&#8221; However,\u00a0AP noted these studies on floss weren&#8217;t effectively carried out.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the little to no scientific evidence, Wayne Aldredge, president of the American Academy of Periodontology, still recommends people to floss daily to avoid gum disease.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Everything we ever knew about flossing has been completely shattered. Flossing daily has always been ...","author":422344,"featured_media":85672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,185],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/03110248\/shutterstock_227995888.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/03110248\/shutterstock_227995888.jpg","formated_date":"August 3, 2016","category_name":"Health","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"Monica Chang","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#f9864d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/422344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}