Hi kcombs and welcome to this forum.
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Originally Posted by kcombs100
I use a water pick since floss gets stuck in between my teeth.
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Great that you're using a water pick to clean around your teeth and the brackets. It's still important for you to floss, as a water pick will not do that job. Floss slides up and down the sides of the tooth that are just below the gum line. This is an area where plaque can gather and will not come off without flossing. If the plaque is left there, gum disease may result, and then the expensive (and often painful) process of deep cleaning, deep scaling and planing has to be done. Often bone is lost and this is permanent, and also gum recession due to not flossing.
Good luck with flossing and good luck with your treatment coming to an end soon!
18 it's great you can use both the regular floss and oral b. I find using my regular floss (well it was my regular floss nearly three years ago) is way to slow, and for teeth where the small stiff end of the oral b floss has difficutly getting between, I find the stiffened end threads under the archwires ... fast and easy.