Patent ID: 8176925

Claim:
A dental floss tool comprising: a head having a first end and a second end, the first end able to secure a length of floss; and a handle having a curved portion and a grip portion, a first end of the curved portion attached to the second end of the head and extending away from the head to form an open aperture, the grip portion connected to a second end of the curved portion, the head intersecting a line extending along an axis of the grip portion, the open aperture having a shape to allow the head to be positioned within a mouth of a user and apply floss to a tooth of the user while the grip portion of the handle is positioned directly outside the mouth and underneath a jaw of the user, the tooth and the jaw of the user intersecting the line extending along the axis of the grip portion, the head configured to displace the length of floss between the teeth of the user in a first direction when a pulling force is applied to the grip portion parallel to the line extending along the axis of the grip portion.