Abstract: A dental floss container and dispenser having first and second sections, the first section being designed to hold a floss spool and having floss guide means to guide the floss from the floss spool to exteriorly thereof, the first section also selectively permitting and preventing the dispensing of floss from the floss spool, and the second section being designed to cut the floss and grip the floss. Preferably, both sections are ergonomically configured and sized to fit within a user's hand with each section having an ergonomic design to accept the last three fingers of the user's hand to thereby encourage use of a user's index fingers to guide the floss.