Improved flavored dental floss

摘要

A flavored interproximal dental cleaning article comprising a substrate material formed into a thread or tape having a flavored coating, the flavoring in the coating consisting essentially of flavoring oil and xylitol. Optionally this article has an outer coating comprising a major amount of polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight at least 7000 daltons and including an amount of a further substance sufficient to provide a coating composition having a metal temperature within the temperature range of from 50 to 65 DEG C and which is solid at a temperature below 50 DEG C.