Dental floss and method of making it

Details Dental floss and method of making it Dental floss and method of making it

1991-11-12

1993-06-22

Mancene, Gene

Toilet

Toothpick

A61C 1500

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052209326

ABSTRACT:
A dental floss comprises a monofilament ribbon of oriented non-porous PTFE having a tensile strength of at least 200 MPa, preferably 200-600 MPa, and a coating of wax. Optionally, the wax contains an additive. The wax is applied to the ribbon from a bath of molten wax to a lick roller, whose surface moves relatively to the ribbon at the contact region.

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