Dental Lace Refillable Clean Dental Flosser Handle - Stainless Steel Reusable Dental Floss Pick Version 2.0

Excellent A little bit awkward at first but perseverance and time has helped - I would buy again (but I don’t expect I will need too) Much more environmentally friendly than most toothpicks

I have looked literally for years for this tool. I have a similar 20YO plastic model (no longer made) that's broken and unusable. I have searched Amazon and other sites and found nothing similar, just the cheap plastic throwaways we see discarded everywhere. I hate those tiny things and can't use them. Recently I got lucky and this popped up on Amazon, I couldn't believe my eyes. And stainless steel, no less! It just arrived today, and I couldn't wait to try it. This tool is wonderful for we who have smaller mouths and tight teeth. I like it so much, I am going to order a few extra to give to friends. No more plastic flossers for me! Unlike other reviewers, I did not find any excessively sharp edges, nothing to touch up with a jeweler's file. Of course, one has to be careful sticking a small, sharp metal tool inside their mouth. Used with ordinary care, I see no worries that way. In the picture I use Glide Pro Health floss, which my dentist recommends. Also I tie a tight loop into the end of the floss to slip over the screw (left side) and secure the right side with about 3 turns, then tighten the screw firmly. I've just always done it that way, less to come loose, and it works very well on this one too. I am going to show this tool to my dentist in case he's not seen it. Thank you, Amazon!

Unbreakable stainless steel, what's not to love - right? Well, it's so rigid that you can't get sustained tension on the floss... Even worse, the manufacturing process left sharp edges that cut the floss as you start moving it about in your mouth !??! (talk about undermining its own purpose) Going back to breakable plastic !!!

1. ENSURE THE KNURLED KNOB IS TIGHTLY SCREWED INTO THE BODY OF THE FLOSS HOLDER. 2. Wrap one end of a piece of suitable length floss tightly around the knurled knob a few times. 3. Lay the floss in the grooves of the prongs and across the gap between them. 4. Pull the unsecured end of the floss to make it taut and wrap it tightly several times around the knurled knob before wrapping it tightly several times around the handle above the knurled knob. 5. Hold the floss holder with the fingers of your dominant hand as near to the tips of the prongs as is possible whilst still allowing you to floss your rearmost teeth. 6. Once the floss holder is correctly positioned upon a gap between teeth touch the fingers of your non-dominant hand to the fingers of your dominant hand and brace your hands. THIS WILL STABILISE THE FLOSS HOLDER IN USE SO YOU DO NOT NEEDLESSLY IMPACT YOUR TEETH WITH THIS METAL INSTRUMENT.

I love this tool so much. Flossing normally (sticking my fingers in my mouth and getting the gunk, spit, etc on my fingers) is really difficult for me because of the overwhelming textures. I am so happy there is a tool that isn't just a single use throw away, this is exactly what I needed and it works spectacularly well. Cons: -The wheel screw is a bit short, it's trying to be flush on the other side but if you screw out too far it will fall out/off and that is a little scary if over a sink with an open drain. -I also wish the wheel was a bit wider and again not trying to be flush on the sides, it makes it a little hard to turn it and becomes almost completely inaccessible with wet fingers. The grooves for the wheel could be deeper and spaced a bit more, the wheel needs to be larger, and the screw needs to be longer with something to hold it on the other side so it doesn't fall apart so easily while still able to dissemble to clean it. Still, I love this product, the two flosses that came with it were a nice touch, not needed in my opinion with just how much floss I have saved up from all my dental visits, but it was interesting. The black floss was thinner and would be good for people with teeth that are very close together. The white floss is more fiber-y and bigger which is just generally okay. The packaging was wonderfully eco friendly as well. The overall experience for day 1 made me feel very justified in a very easy, very cheap purchase. I'm definitely going to recommend my dentist look into this for other patients that struggle with texture issues like me.