Dental implant floss construction - Dental Patent Articles

Dental implant floss construction
United States Patent 6644323
Publication Date: November 11, 2003
Inventors: Clark; Kenneth E. (13961 Sand Hill Crane Dr., South Jacksonville, FL 32224)
Assignee:
Application Number: 91696
Filing Date: March 6, 2002
Abstract:
An improved dental floss construction (10) for removing plaque and food particles from the periphery of the metal support posts (101) for a dental implant (100) wherein the construction (10) includes a pair of deformable end units (11) wherein each end unit (11) has a very thin strand of wire (20) encapsulated in a very thin layer of plastic; wherein, each strand of wire (20) has an inboard end (21).In addition, the construction (10) further includes an intermediate flossing unit (12) having a length of flossing material (30) such as plastic yarn whose opposite ends are supported by the inboard ends (24) of each strand of wire (20).