Feeling guilty about not flossing? Maybe there's no need

Published August 2, 2016 This content is archived.

An article in The New York Times about Tuesday’s announcement that daily flossing may not prevent cavities and gum disease interviews Sebastian Ciancio, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and chair of the Department of Periodontology in the UB School of Dental Medicine. “Gum inflammation progresses to periodontitis, which is bone loss, so the logic is if we can reduce gingivitis, we’ll reduce the progression to bone loss,” he said. Article also appeared in The Irish Times, Malay Mail and Oregon’s Bend Bulletin. Ciancio also was interviewed for a story on Time Warner Cable News, and a story on WIVB-TV, which appeared on station affiliates around the nation, including KRON-TV in San Francisco, WSLS-TV in Virginia, WRBL-TV in Georgia, KSNT-TV in Kansas and WBAY-TV in Wisconsin.