DENTAL FLOSS AND INTERDENTAL CLEANING TOOL

摘要

A dental floss having excellent tensile strength, impact strength, water resistance, creep resistance and use feeling and composed of a drawn multifilament of an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyolefin having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 5 dl/g or an ultrahigh-molecular-weight ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer containing an alpha-olefin having at least 3 carbon atoms in an amount of 0.1 to 20 on an average per 1000 carbon atoms. An interdental cleaning tool comprising the dental floss stretched taut between protruding portions of the tool is also provided.