Patent ID: 8381742

Claim:
A dental floss apparatus for cleaning the gap between two adjacent teeth in the mouth of a user, comprising: a plurality of strands of flossing substrate extending between engagements with respective first ends of a pair of handles; said handles configured for engagement with the fingers of a user thereby providing means for said user to maintain said flossing substrate tensioned and extending within an opening formed between said respective first ends of said handles; said plurality of strands of flossing substrate while tensioned being spaced from each other a distance defining a void there between, and running substantially parallel; a dissolvable substrate positioned within said opening through an engagement with one of said handles or said flossing substrate; said dissolvable substrate formed of two substrate pieces each of said pieces extending from a respective said engagement, to respective distal ends; said distal ends defining opposing sides of a central gap sized smaller than said opening and positioned centrally in said opening; said dental floss apparatus having an as-used position, with said flossing substrate extending within said opening and concurrently positioned within said gap between two adjacent teeth; translation of said dental floss apparatus in said as-used position providing a respective translating contact of each of said plurality of strands of said flossing substrate with respective surfaces of said teeth; and a dissolving of said dissolvable substrate with said dental floss apparatus in said as-used position, depositing a residue on surface areas of said teeth and the surrounding mouth of said user.