Patent ID: 7281541

Claim:
A dental floss apparatus comprising: a flexible planar substrate having a first surface and a second surface; at least one aperture formed in said planar substrate communicating between said first surface and said second surface; at least one first side portion formed of edible substrate having a top side, and bottom side, and a perimeter edge, said first side portion positioned on said first surface over said aperture; said perimeter of said first side portion dimensioned to form a first lip portion extending over at least one side edge of said aperture; at least one second side portion formed of edible substrate having a top side, and bottom side, and a perimeter edge, said second side portion positioned on said second surface over said aperture; said perimeter of said second side portion dimensioned to form a second lip portion extending over said at least one side edge of said aperture; means to engage said bottom side of said first portion to said bottom side of said second portion to each other through said aperture thereby forming an engaged edible substrate component; said first lip portion and said second lip portion, extending over said side edge thereby forming a recess, said recess providing a removable engagement of said side edge of said planar substrate to said edible substrate component; and said aperture deformable during a tensioning of said planar substrate around a tooth thereby providing a release of said side edge from said recess resulting in a dislodgement of said edible substrate component, from said planar substrate, into the mouth of a user.