Patent ID: 8061372
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An orthodontic flossing implement for facilitating positioning and manipulating a portion of a length of dental floss into the interdental space between adjacent teeth and proximate to an orthodontic wire which defines an arch extending between adjacent orthodontic brackets on the teeth, said implement comprising: an elongated, substantially straight handle; an elongated, slender shaft having a first end thereof connected to and formed as a unit with, and extending from a proximal end of said handle; said shaft being substantially smaller in thickness than that of said handle and having a first acute angle bend therein proximate said handle and a second acute angle bend proximate to a distal tip of said shaft; said distal tip having a closed aperture formed therethrough, said aperture being sized to just receive a length of dental floss passing therethrough and to pass beneath an arch of the orthodontic wire while carrying the dental floss therewith to floss the interdental space.