Dental floss threading device

A method of threading dental floss between dental structures for cleaning therebetween comprising the steps of:

• integrally forming a tube having a handle portion and a threading tip portion having a tip aperture therethrough;
• inserting a charge of a predetermined length of dental floss inside of said tube;
• extending a lead portion of said charge of floss through said tip aperture formed through said tip portion;
• inserting said lead portion of said floss and said tip portion of said tube between dental structures from a first side of said dental structures;
• and grasping said lead portion on a second side of said dental structures and extracting a portion of said charge of floss from said tube and between said dental structures.

A method of making a threading device for threading dental floss between dental structures comprising the steps of:

• providing a tube formed of a material having a first melting temperature;
• inserting a charge of dental floss into said tube with a lead portion of said floss extending from one end of said tube, said dental floss being formed of a material having a second melting temperature greater than said first melting temperature;
• heating a portion of said tube to said first melting temperature;
• drawing at least a portion of said heated portion of said tube into a blade-like portion retaining said lead portion extending therefrom;
• cooling said heated portion to retain the shape of the blade-like portion formed therein.