Dental apparatus for flossing teeth

A dental apparatus for manipulating dental floss comprising:

• (a) a hand tool with a handle and two spaced apart extensions,
• (b) a third section for flossing teeth and having two end portions,
• (c) tool connecting means affixed to each of the end portions for connecting the thread section between the extensions of the tool, the tool connecting means being greater in width than the thread section, and
• (d) spacing means for disposing each of the tool connecting means in a spaced apart relation and in an accessible position for the extensions, the tool connecting means being removably joined to the spacing means so that the tool connecting means and thread section are removable from the spacing means for the flossing of teeth, the spacing means including a card with a pair of opposing guide edges and a pair of connection edges, one of the tool connecting means being integrally affixed to each of the connection edges, each of the guide edges leading into one of the connection edges, the distance between the guide edges being less than the distance between the tool extensions, the distance between the connection edges being less than the distance between the tool extensions and greater than the distance between the guide edges such that the tool extensions snap outwardly from the guide edges to the tool connecting means.

A dental apparatus for manipulating dental floss comprising:

• (a) a hand tool with a handle and two spaced apart extensions,
• (b) a thread section for flossing teeth and having two end portions,
• (c) tool connecting mean affixed to each of the end portions for connecting the thread section between the extensions of the tool, the tool connecting means being greater in width than the thread section,
• (d) spacing means for disposing each of the tool connecting means in a spaced apart relation and in an accessible position for the extensions, the tool connecting means being removably joined to the spacing means, and
• (e) drawing means engagable with the spacing means for drawing the tool extensions toward each other and between the tool connecting means for cooperating with the tool connecting means, the drawing means including a pair of spaced apart side members, each of the side members comprising an angled face converging toward the angled face of the other side member and defining a plane of convergence, the plane of convergence being offset relative to the thread section such that the tool extensions move out of the plane of convergence to engage the thread section whereby the thread section and tool connecting means are removable from the spacing means for the flossing of teeth.

A dental apparatus for manipulating dental floss comprising

• (a) a hand tool with a handle and two spaced apart extensions,
• (b) a thread section for flossing teeth and having two end portions,
• (c) tool connecting means affixed to each of the end portions for connecting the thread section between the extensions of the tool, the tool connecting means being greater in width than the thread section,
• (d) spacing means for disposing each of the tool connecting means in a spaced apart relation and in an accessible position for the extensions, the tool connecting means being removably joined to the spacing means so that the tool connecting means and thread section are removable from the spacing means for the flossing of teeth, and
• (e) discarding means including storage means engagable with the spacing means for removing the thread section from the tool for discarding and storing the thread section.