| 摘要 |
A dental hygiene apparatus (10) for enabling a flossing of teeth. The apparatus includes a dispensing member (12) in the form of an annular dispensing ring with an aperture for receiving a finger of a user, and an accumulating member (14), which can also include an aperture for receiving a finger of a user. Activating switches (18, 20, 254) can selectively enable a dispensing of dental floss from the dispensing member and a retraction of dental floss relative to the accumulating member. A bobbin (38) within the accumulating member can be rotated by a coil spring (32) that can be rewound. The apertures in the rings can be varied. A floss retaining member (12, 14, 250) can alternatively be retained by a ring (260), an opposed hook arrangement (268), or any other arrangement coupled to the dispensing member. Dental floss can be dispensed from a distal end of a post (266). The dental hygiene apparatus can further include as part of a unified system a finger shield arrangement (150), which can comprise first and second tubular members (152, 154).
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