Brands of Dental Floss

To thoroughly clean between your teeth and around your gums, use dental floss along with your regular brushing regimen. There are a number of dental floss brands -- some offer a range of floss types with varied flavors and textures. You might try a number of brands and floss types until you find one that suits you. The initial expenditure will pay off when your regular flossing habit makes more invasive dental procedures unnecessary.

Oral-B

Oral-B manufactures more than 10 different kinds of dental floss. The brand includes floss picks, which consist of small handles, shaped and sized like toothpicks, with branched heads that support short lengths of floss. Oral-B also produces rolls of traditional dental floss and ribbon-shaped dental tape. To encourage children to floss, the brand has a line of easy-to-use "flossers" that use popular cartoon character themes.

Crest Glide

Crest Glide manufactures a range of dental flosses, either unflavored or with minty flavors. If flossing tends to hurt your gums, you might select Crest Glide Comfort. If you suffer from yellowing, select Crest Glide with Whitening and Scope mouthwash flavoring. The brand's Pro Health floss is designed for the most sensitive of gums. If you find that dental floss often breaks, you can try the Crest Glide floss with Shred Guard protection. As an alternative to traditional rolls of dental floss, the brand also produces floss picks, which are easy to grip.

GUM Butler

GUM Butler produces a range of flosses including rolls of dental floss, flossers and accessories such as floss handles and floss threaders. You may select from either waxed or unwaxed flosses, and from minty or unflavored varieties. GUM Bulter even produces a specially-designed "expanding" floss to effectively clean oddly-shaped gaps between teeth. You can also select from the traditional floss recipient or a more compact container, designed for traveling. If you prefer handled flossers, with angled plastic handles and short lengths of floss, you may select from a number of designs. The easy-to-hold "advancing flosser" has a large handle and lets you reuse it, feeding new string by depressing a small lever. Small disposable flossers come with either unflavored or mint-flavored string. GUM Butler also makes "Crayola"-themed flossers in primary colors, designed to appeal to children.

Eco-Dent

The Eco-Dent brand produces a range of dental hygiene and health products from environmentally-friendly and all-natural materials. If you follow a vegan diet, you may opt for Eco-Dent's GentleFloss, which uses beeswax instead of animal products. Flavored floss uses cinnamon instead of mint oils, making it appropriate for those using homeopathic treatment. All of Eco-Dent's flosses use a combination of 14 natural essential oils to maintain dental health.