Just flossed my teeth, resulted in blood - is oral safe now?

i wouldn't recommend it.

 

I definitely wouldn't. Disease can get in through open wounds. It's not worth the risk.

It's past the time of your going out, but I hope you chose not to take the risk.

 

If you or the other person has a disease, then no, I wouldn't risk it.

But bleeding from gums after flossing is fairly common, it tends to happen to people who only floss infrequently, whereas people who floss every day seem to get used to it. But I don't floss, even though I have an electric flosser, exactly because of the problem with bleeding and irritating my gums every time I flossed.

I switched to using a water flosser (also known as a mouth irrigator or water pick), Waterpik is the main brand though the one I have is made by Panasonic. Basically it shoots out a narrow stream of water than you can use to clean in between your teeth and along your gum line. It's not a perfect replacement for flossing, but it seems to accomplish the job of cleaning out whatever is stuck in between your teeth. And since it's just a stream of water rather than a hard piece of string that hits into your gums, it doesn't make them bleed. (You can even put antiseptic mouthwash like Listerine into the water pick to give you a stream of cleansing mouthwash in between your teeth and along your gumline.) So if bleeding from flossing is a frequent problem, I would suggest maybe giving a water flosser a try.

 

Nooooooooo

 

Not necessarily. I HAD gingivitis for real last year, my gums were clearly inflamed and they would bleed every time just from brushing my teeth, I was scared I was going to end up with periodontitis and end up losing teeh. I completely transformed my oral hygiene routine, first I eliminated the sources of my gum decay, then I began brushing after every meal, began rinsing with Crest clinical antigingitivitis rinse, began using the water flosser every day, went to the dentist and got an antibiotic injection. Gingitivis is definitely something you notice, the inflammation and the excessive bleeding are definitely noticeable.

My gums previously were and currently are entirely healthy, I got a compliment from the dentist at my last visit last month telling me what a good job I've been doing. But my gums did and still do bleed when flossing, some of us just have sensitive gums that's can't handle being hit by a hard piece of floss. It's hard to get the floss in between my teeth without forcing it, and then it hits my gums and they bleed. So I think some of us just have naturally sensitive gums that don't respond well flossing, resulting in bleeding. Which is why I recommend a water flosser as the next best thing if you don't like making your gums bleed.

 

Same as what everyone else said but I also recommend seeing a dentist maybe there might be a reason for your bleeding gums :I