I brush and floss all around it like crazy. no matter what, when i put a piece of floss between in this one spot, it always smells horrible what is wrong? what can I do? no dental coverage

Does your husband have bad breath? How do I deal with it?

I asked a question yesterday about the pain I was having and it might be TMJ.

a traumatic injury to the mouth when I was hit with a 2×6 months ago when the clicking started, the pain on the left side of the jaw just started the other day.

to try to change my appointment that I have in 2 weeks to get in sooner at the dentist but can not find out till Monday.

can I do to help relieve the pain in the meantime? I am already on Ibuprofen for my ankle injury, but still have pain in both the ankle and jaw area. Anything else I can do besides pain med? Not worried about the ankle, I can deal with that pain, only worried about the jaw pain as I am having a hard time just opening and closing my mouth right now.. Just finished a course of oral cortisone for the ankle.

My husband bought two kinds of floss and I have one upstairs and one downstairs so I use both regularly.

one upstairs is really thick (I think it's Oral B) and it doesn't hurt as much as the one downstairs (Boots brand) which is regular floss and sometimes makes my gums hurt if I am not careful. I wonder if the thick one does the same job as the thin one? Is there anything else I should know about floss, to get the most out of my daily routine?