Search form

  • About Us
  • Directory
  • Alumni & Friends
  • News
  • Give
  • Education

    • Education Overview
      • DDS Program
        • 4-Year Program
        • PPID (2-Year Program)
        • Pre-Dental
        • Volunteer Opportunities
        • Observer & Externships
    • Post DDS
      • Postgraduate Training
      • Advanced Education
        • Adv. Clinical Training
        • Preceptorships
        • Regulations
    • Continuing Education
      • Courses
      • Instructors
      • Custom Group Courses
      • Registration
      • Directions
      • Policies
    • Graduate
      • MS in Oral Biology
      • PhD in Oral Biology
      • Dental Specialty-PhD
    • Concurrent Degrees
      • DDS/PhD Program
    • Innovative Digital Dentistry
  • Patient Care

    • Patient Care Overview
      • Current Patients
        • Make/Change Appt.
        • Payment & Billing
        • Dental Records
        • Specialized Clinics
    • How to Become a Patient
      • New Patient Registration
      • Levels of Care
      • Specialized Clinics
      • Grateful Patients
      • FAQs
    • Services We Offer
      • General Dentistry
      • Specialized Services
      • Special Needs Patients
      • Emergency Services
    • Faculty Group Practice
    • Directions & Parking
    • Clinic Hours
  • Research

    • Research Overview
      • Research Centers
        • COOR
        • Clinical Research Center
        • Weintraub Center
    • Centers of Excellence
      • Bioengineering
      • Bone Biology
      • Cancer Biology
      • Health Services
      • Molecular Microbiology
      • Salivary Diagnostics
    • Training Opportunities
      • T90 Grant Program
      • R90 Grant Program
      • News & Accolades
    • Clinical Trials
      • Student Research
  • Service

    • Service Overview
      • Community Partnerships
        • First 5 LA
        • Upward Bound House
      • Outreach Events
    • Career Prep
      • Post-Baccalaureate
      • Basic Dental Principles
    • Alumni Association
      • President's Message
      • Alumni Events
      • Alumni of the Year
      • Career Opportunities
    • Ways to Get Involved
      • Ways to Give
      • Apollonian Society
      • Make a Gift Now
      • Fundraising Priorities

You are here

Home > Current News > Should you still floss?

News

  • Current News
  • Dean's eNewsletters
  • Spring 2020 Magazine
  • Summer 2019 Magazine
  • Winter 2019 Magazine
  • Spring 2018 Magazine
  • Summer 2017 Magazine
  • Archived News

News

  • Current News
  • Dean's eNewsletters
  • Spring 2020 Magazine
  • Summer 2019 Magazine
  • Winter 2019 Magazine
  • Spring 2018 Magazine
  • Summer 2017 Magazine
  • Archived News

Should you still floss?

Posted on: Thursday, 08/11/2016

An investigative reporter for the Associated Press wrote an article on the lack of medical evidence that regular flossing is beneficial to one's oral health. In response to this reporter's claims, the UCLA School of Dentistry was quoted several times in the news media. 

  • Dr. Paulo Camargo, professor of periodontics, on KQED Radio

  • Dr. Joan Otomo-Corgel, part-time lecturer in the Section of Periodontics on NPR

  • Dr. Edmond Hewlett, professor of restorative dentistry, quoted in a New York Times article

  • Dr. Paulo Camargo on the UCLA Newsroom

  • Dr. Edmond Hewlett on livescience.com

Resources

Resources

  • Resources Home
  • For Students
  • For Faculty
  • For Staff
  • For Alumni & Friends
  • Resources Home
  • For Students
  • For Faculty
  • For Staff
  • For Alumni & Friends

UCLA

UCLA

  • Campus Directory
  • Directions & Parking
  • University of California
  • Campus Directory
  • Directions & Parking
  • University of California

Internal Tools

Internal Tools

  • Facilities
  • Health & Safety
  • Help Desk Ticket
  • Media Center
  • Room Reservations
  • Facilities
  • Health & Safety
  • Help Desk Ticket
  • Media Center
  • Room Reservations

Patient Care

Patient Care

  • Find a Clinic
  • Parking at UCLA
  • New Patient Registration
  • Directions
  • Billing & Records
  • Find a Clinic
  • Parking at UCLA
  • New Patient Registration
  • Directions
  • Billing & Records
UCLA School of Dentistry, 10833 Le Conte, CHS - Box 951668, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668
  • © 2021 UC Regents
  • Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
  • Staff Login