RA Connor - US Patent 7,975,707, 2011 - freepatentsonline.com This invention is dental floss or dental tape whose cross-sectional size can be adjusted after it is inserted into the proximal space. This is accomplished by making floss or tape with two or more members, wherein longitudinally pulling a subset of those members relative to the ... Related articles - Cached
A Wolff, M Pritsch, C Dörfer… - Clinical Oral Investigations, 2011 - Springer Abstract This study determined the mechanical properties of 19 dental floss holders. Eight single-use holders and 11 reusable ones were tested. An in vitro model with dental proximal contact strength of 8 N was created. Every device had to pass the proximal contact 30 ... Related articles - All 2 versions
F Nakamura, Y Hirayama, I Morita… - Community dental …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to clarify to what extent Japanese dentists recommend dental floss and what factors influence dentists in encouraging their patients to use dental floss. PARTICIPANTS: The subjects in this study were 291 dentists who were directors of ...
MN White - US Patent 20,110,132,393, 2011 - freepatentsonline.com An arrangement for dispensing dental floss consisting of a container and a cocoon of wound dental floss therein. The cocoon is unwound from an aperture though the centre thereof and the arrangement therefore does not need a hub formed within the container to rotatably ... Cached
R Hardy - US Patent 20,110,203,609, 2011 - freepatentsonline.com A dental floss holder. The dental floss holder includes a body having a spool case for holding a length of dental floss, a cover for the spool case, a neck extending from the spool case along a first axis, and first and second fingers extending outward from said neck at an arcuate ... Cached