摘要 |
A process for preparing a flattened, twisted dental cleaning article, and the article as made from this process, wherein the process comprises coating a plurality of filaments formed into a twisted thread with a liquid or semi-solid wax composition which solid at temperatures below 50 DEG C; cooling the coating to a temperature at which the coating is solid; and flattening the thread to form a flattened thread having a width to thickness ratio of at least 2:1, and wherein the article comprises a plurality of filaments of a substrate material formed into a twisted thread, coated with a solid waxy composition which is a solid at temperatures below 50 DEG C, and flattened to form a flattened thread having a width to thickness ratio of at least 2:1. |