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US 5,704,379 AGranted
Disposable flossing and debrider device
OwnerRichard T. Krynickiinventor
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Abstract
A dental hygiene device for removing plaque from the surface of teeth, both above and below and gumline. The disposable flossing device has an angled molded frame designed with a flossing end and a debrider end. The flossing end holds a tensioned strand of dental floss for cleaning around all teeth and specifically the molars. The debrider end utilizes a narrow debrider implement for the sub-gingival tracing around the teeth. The debrider implement optionally includes debriding grooves to assist in the tracing process.
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A disposable dental hygiene device for flossing and tracing around teeth, comprising:
- (a) a linear frame having a flossing end, a debrider end, and a linear base edge extending between said debrider end and said floss end;
- (b) a control pad extending from the linear frame in a co-planer manner;
- (c) a debrider implement formed at the debrider end of said frame;
- (d) a flossing head formed at the flossing end of said frame;
- (e) an inner periphery of said flossing head and said control pad forming a flossing arch;
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- (f) floss extending from an outer edge of said control pad to an outer edge of said flossing head across said flossing arch, a first acute angle of 28-32 degrees is formed at the intersection of the base edge extended and the floss line extended, a second acute angle is formed at the intersection of the floss and the inner periphery of said flossing head, said second acute angle is greater than the first acute angle, said second acute angle creating a brake with the inner periphery of said flossing head to prevent direct impingement of said floss onto the gums during insertion of said floss between teeth, said floss and said debrider implement manipulated around teeth through the fingertip control of said control pad.
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A disposable dental hygiene device for flossing and tracing around teeth, comprising:
- (a) a linear frame having a base edge, a flossing end, and a debrider end;
- (b) a control pad extending from the linear frame in a co-planer manner;
- (c) a debrider implement formed at the debrider end of said frame, said debrider implement having an upper and a lower edge and an end point, said upper and lower edge each having debriding grooves extending along each edge to the end point of said tracing implement;
- (d) a flossing head formed at the flossing end of said frame;
- (e) an inner periphery of said flossing head and said control pad forming a flossing arch;
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- (f) floss extending from an outer edge of said control pad to an outer edge of said flossing head across said flossing arch, a first acute angle of 28-32 degrees is formed at the intersection of the base edge extended and the floss line extended, a second acute angle is formed at the intersection of the floss and the inner periphery of said flossing head, said second acute angle is greater than the first acute angle, said second acute angle creating a brake with the inner periphery of said flossing head to prevent direct impingement of said floss onto the gums during insertion of said floss between teeth, said floss and said debrider implement manipulated around teeth through the fingertip control of said control pad.
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A disposable dental hygiene device for flossing and tracing around teeth, comprising:
- (a) a linear frame having a flossing end, a debrider end, and a linear base edge extending between said debrider end and said floss end;
- (b) a control pad extending from the linear frame in a co-planer manner;
- (c) a debrider implement formed at the debrider end of said frame, the debrider implement having an upper and a lower edge and an end point, said upper and lower edge each having debriding grooves extending along each edge to the end point of the debrider implement;
- (d) a flossing head formed at the flossing end of said frame;
- (e) an inner periphery of said flossing head and said control pad forming a flossing arch;
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- (f) floss extending from an outer edge of said control pad to an outer edge of said flossing head across said flossing arch, a first acute angle is formed at the intersection of the base edge extended and the floss line extended, a second acute angle is formed at the intersection of the floss and the inner periphery of said flossing head, said second acute angle is greater than the first acute angle, said second acute angle creating a brake with the inner periphery of said flossing head to prevent direct impingement of said floss onto the gums during insertion of said floss between teeth, said floss and said debrider implement manipulated around teeth through the fingertip control of said control pad.
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