Abstract: The invention is a dental flossing device comprising a segment or strand of dental floss with two gripping means or grippers secured to the segment and spaced apart approximately three and a half inches. Preferably the grippers are small, flat tablet-like elements, having dimensions suitable to be gripped between two fingers of a user's hand; such grippers may be injection molded directly around or onto the floss. In manufacture, very long strands of dental floss will have such grippers secured along their length at selected intervals, and then packaged in a dispenser which allows removal from the long strand, of a single segment with two spaced grippers.

Abstract: A disposable device for removing plaque and food debris from tooth surfaces, has a handle portion and a bow portion across which a length of dental floss is maintained, the floss, bow, and handle being an integral unit; and the method of manufacturing this complete device in essentially a single operation whereby the handle and bow are molded with the ends of the length of floss disposed and secured in ends of the bow during molding.