I recently went to a new hygienist at my dentist’s office where I promptly got busted (politely) for not flossing. After getting my teeth all nice and clean and de-tartarized <\/a><\/strong>(yes I just made that word up), I came home and started flossing (I said I would at least try<\/em> to floss more than just when I eat corn on the cob). A couple of nights ago I was looking at my little sample container of dental floss (I have tons of them from my dentist visits) and was surprised at what I found.<\/p>\n

Dental floss has an expiration date! What!? Does floss quit working? Is it safe to use? Can I only use it to cut sheet cake<\/a><\/strong> after it expires? Is using expired dental floss as bad as eating cookie dough<\/a><\/strong>? Is it like out of date Neosporin<\/a><\/strong> that works better than nothing but isn’t as effective? How does a piece of nylon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0expire?\u00a0What does this mean<\/strong><\/em>?<\/p>\n

What else expires that I didn’t know<\/a><\/strong> about? We always give my mother-in-law a bad time about keeping non-food items waaay past their expiration date – but maybe I’m doing the same thing!<\/p>\n

My life might never be the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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