Dental flossing device

A dental flossing device for use with a length of dental floss having a free end, the dental flossing device comprising:

• a) a first body circumscribing a void adapted to receive one or more fingers of a user, the first body having an outward-facing surface opposite from the void;
• b) at least one pair of cleats, disposed on a first segment of the outward-facing surface, the at least one pair of cleats defining a circumferential groove for receiving and carrying one or more revolutions of said length of dental floss formed by wrapping said length of dental floss along the circumferential groove between the pair of cleats;
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• c) a fastener, disposed on a second segment of said outward-facing surface, the fastener comprising a depression in said outward-facing surface, a crown having a base wall and a niche in the base wall, said fastener further comprising a pedestal that connects the base wall of the crown to a floor of the depression;
• d) wherein the dimensions of the base wall, the niche in the base wall and the pedestal are configured to provide a space between the floor of the depression and the base wall of the crown, the space being of sufficient size to receive and secure a section of the free end of the dental floss wound in a loop about the pedestal before passing through the niche in the base wall;
• e) whereby the base wall, the pedestal, the space between the base wall and the pedestal, the niche and the loop are arranged to secure the section of the free end of the dental floss to the fastener.