It happens every day. A patient comes in for a regular check up. Immediately she sheepishly confesses, wracked with guilt, "I know I need to floss more." It seems the patients understand that flossing is good for their oral health, yet very few people do it. So do you really need to floss? Last year an article was published by the Associated Press that raised a lot of eyebrows entitled "Medical Benefits of Flossing Unproven." The article looked at the available research on fl