Stringing Along

I floss about five days a week, but took a recess on my trip to New York. This morning I got back into the routine. Gums are pretty sensitive, no? In younger days I thought the main purpose of flossing was to scrape plaque from the teeth, and it's definitely helped to dislodge a food remnant or three. But nowadays it's about healthy pink expanses and the tingling of massage that improves blood flow (too much so this morning - let's not overdo it). The dentist tells me that some people have great teeth, others great gums. So I'm on track to be the envy of my cheerful toothless grinning nursing home pals some day.