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This page is floss a practice can stock or hand to a patient. It is a construction and pack guide. The rows are waxed twisted nylon (REACH), a ribbed single filament (Listerine ULTRACLEAN), two PTFE Glide SKUs (Deep Clean and Pro-Health), a waxed bonded 200-yard refill (Patterson), pre-cut three-part strands (SuperFloss), a mint refill the comparison table calls Teflon-like (Patterson Floss Plus), a woven cool-mint floss (Listerine), woven ButlerWeave (GUM), and individually wrapped singles. Threaders, flossers, and water flossers are the floss aids list. Brushes and soft picks are the interdental cleaners list.

Patient recommendations follow the listing’s own “ideal for” lines: regular spacing, tight contacts, or appliances and wide spaces. Percentages, “clinically proven,” and ADA lines stay the listing’s claims. Star counts, review totals, and shelf prices are omitted. The numbers below follow this catalog’s order.

Buying criteria that change the spool

• Construction the listing names — REACH: air-entangled twisted nylon, waxed. ULTRACLEAN: single filament with MICRO-GROOVES. Both Glide rows: PTFE in the spec block, with a light wax coating. Patterson refill: waxed, bonded, standard thickness, thread. SuperFloss: stiffened end, spongy floss, and regular floss. Patterson Floss Plus: the table says the same base materials as Teflon. Listerine Cool Mint and ButlerWeave: woven. Singles: waxed nylon in the written block.
• Who the listing says it fits — REACH: regularly spaced teeth. ULTRACLEAN and both Glide rows: tight contacts. SuperFloss: crowns, bridges, orthodontic appliances, implants, or large spaces. The others are daily floss without a spacing rule, plus singles for a one-packet handout.
• Pack you can count — Patterson refill: 200 yards. Patterson Floss Plus photo: 100 yd mint refill. Glide photos: mint, 72/pkg, and the spec blocks say 40 meters (43.7 yards). SuperFloss: about 5 inches, 50 strands. Listerine Cool Mint photo: 5 yd, 144/pkg, while the spec says length varies. ULTRACLEAN: 5-yard trial, 30-yard, and 72-count cases. Singles photo: 180/pkg; the written block says 20 inches per packet. REACH: quantity “varies by distributor.”
• A pasted block that is the wrong product — The old Patterson Floss Plus write-up described disposable mirrors, a mirror box count, and a dealer price. That text is dropped. The photo and the comparison table are the floss row.

Product	What the row is	Construction the listing names	Pack the listing prints	Watch-out
REACH Waxed	Waxed nylon floss	Air-entangled twisted nylon	Quantity not fixed	LG H&H. Listing says regularly spaced teeth.
Listerine ULTRACLEAN	Ribbed single filament	MICRO-GROOVES, mint	5 yd, 30 yd, or 72-count cases	LG H&H. Shred-resistance is the listing’s line.
Glide Deep Clean	PTFE floss, mint	PTFE, light natural wax; “up to 90% more” surface than Crest Glide Original	Photo 72/pkg; spec 40 m (43.7 yd)	Procter & Gamble. ADA accepted is the listing’s line.
Patterson refill	Waxed thread refill	Bonded, standard thickness, mint	200 yd spool	Patterson private label.
Glide Pro-Health	PTFE floss, mint	PTFE, light wax; “up to 50% more easily” in tight spaces	Photo 72/pkg; spec 40 m (43.7 yd)	Different SKU from Deep Clean. Gingivitis line is the listing’s.
SuperFloss	Pre-cut three-part strand	Stiff end, spongy floss, regular floss, mint	About 5 in, 50 per box	Procter & Gamble. Appliances and wide spaces.
Patterson Floss Plus	Mint refill the table calls Teflon-like	Table: shred-resistant, same base materials as Teflon	Photo: 100 yd	Mirror paste is removed. No yardage beyond the photo.
Listerine Cool Mint	Woven mint floss	Table: soft woven; “up to 61% more plaque”	Photo 5 yd, 144/pkg; spec says length varies	Spec names Johnson & Johnson. The 61% line is the table’s.
ButlerWeave	Woven floss	Interlaced, mint wax coating	Length “varies”; 200 yards is an example	Sunstar. Gingival-health line is the listing’s.
Floss Singles	One strand per packet	Written block: waxed nylon, mint	Photo 180/pkg; block says 20 in	Table says unbranded; block says Single Use Dental, Inc.

1. REACH Waxed Floss — LG H&H

REACH Waxed Floss from LG H&H is twisted nylon with a wax coating. The listing says air-entangled multi-filament construction that resists shredding, and that the floss is for regularly spaced teeth. Flavor is not specified. Package quantity is printed as varying by distributor.

Who it is for: A waxed nylon spool to recommend when the patient’s contacts are the “regularly spaced” case the listing names, and a PTFE or woven floss is not the request.

Tradeoff: Yardage is not on the page, so none is added. “Resists shredding” is the listing’s durability line, not a score against Glide.

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2. Listerine ULTRACLEAN — mint

Listerine ULTRACLEAN Mint Floss, also LG H&H, is a single filament with MICRO-GROOVES: ribs the listing says increase surface area. It says the floss stretches, flexes, and resists shredding between tight contacts and dental work. Flavor: mint. Packs printed: 5-yard trial, 30-yard standard, and 72-count cases.

Who it is for: A mint single-filament floss to stock for patients whose complaint is a tight contact, in a trial yardage or a 30-yard dispenser.

Tradeoff: “Superior plaque removal” is the listing’s phrase. No percent is printed on this row, so the 61% line from the other Listerine row is not copied here.

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3. Oral-B Glide Deep Clean — mint

Oral-B Glide Pro-Health Deep Clean, from Procter & Gamble, is PTFE floss with a light coating of natural wax. The listing says a broader fiber delivers up to 90% more microtextured surface area than Crest Glide Original, and that a coolant leaves a cooling sensation. Flavor: cool mint. The photo is mint, 72/pkg. The spec says 40 meters (43.7 yards) per pack. “ADA accepted” is printed on this row.

Who it is for: A 72-count mint PTFE when the surface-area line versus Crest Glide Original is the claim you are willing to repeat as the manufacturer’s, and the patient wants glide in a tight contact.

Tradeoff: The 90% figure is the listing’s comparison with one named floss, not a result against the other rows here. This is a different SKU from Glide Pro-Health below.

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4. Patterson Floss — 200 yd refill

Patterson Floss refill is a 200-yard spool: mint, waxed, bonded, standard thickness, thread. The listing says the coating is for smooth sliding and that the spool fits most standard dispensers, for the operatory or for home.

Who it is for: A private-label waxed refill when 200 yards in one spool is the inventory unit, and you are not buying a named PTFE or woven brand.

Tradeoff: The page does not say this is REACH or Glide under a Patterson label. It prints waxed, bonded, standard, thread, mint, and 200 yards.

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5. Oral-B Glide Pro-Health — mint

Oral-B Glide Pro-Health is the other Procter & Gamble PTFE row: shred-resistant, a light wax coating, mint, and a photo that is also mint, 72/pkg, with the same 40 meter (43.7 yard) spec. The listing says it slides up to 50% more easily in tight spaces, is designed for patients with mild to moderate gingivitis, and is clinically proven to reduce gingivitis. “ADA accepted” is printed here too. It also says the floss fights cavities and bad breath.

Who it is for: The Pro-Health SKU when the gingivitis wording is the line you want on a patient recommendation, still as PTFE with a light wax coat.

Tradeoff: “Clinically proven” and the 50% glide line are the listing’s claims. They are not a new trial, and they do not make this the same SKU as Deep Clean. The 90% surface line is not on this block.

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6. Oral-B SuperFloss — pre-cut strands

Oral-B SuperFloss, Procter & Gamble, is pre-cut mint floss in three parts: a stiffened end for threading, spongy floss for a wide space, and regular floss. The listing names crowns, bridges, orthodontic appliances, implants, and large interproximal spaces. Length printed: about 5 inches. Count: 50 strands per box.

Who it is for: A handout for a patient who cannot pass ordinary floss under a bridge, a retainer, or a wide embrasure, when you want the threader already on the strand.

Tradeoff: This is not a spool and not a PTFE yardage claim. The 5-inch and 50-count figures are the listing’s. A water flosser or a handled flosser is the floss-aid catalog, not this box.

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7. Patterson Floss Plus — 100 yd mint refill

The photo is Patterson Floss Plus, a 100 yd mint refill spool. The comparison table says shred-resistant fiber made of the same base materials as Teflon, for tight contacts, from Patterson Dental. The old product essay under this heading described disposable mirrors, a mirror box count, and a dealer price. That essay is not this floss and is not used.

Who it is for: A Patterson mint refill when the table’s Teflon-like line is the construction you are buying, and the spool in the photo is 100 yards rather than the 200-yard waxed thread above.

Tradeoff: The written spec block never actually described this floss. Yardage beyond the photo, a PTFE percentage, and a flavor note beyond “mint” in the photo are not invented. It is not labeled as the same spool as the 200-yard Patterson refill.

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8. Listerine Cool Mint — woven

Listerine Dental Floss, Cool Mint, is the woven row. The comparison table says a soft woven floss for the gum line and “removes up to 61% more plaque than competitors.” The photo is 5 yd, 144/pkg. The spec block names Johnson & Johnson and says length varies by packaging. The body also says cool mint, shred-resistant, and easy glide in tight contacts.

Who it is for: A cool-mint woven floss in the 5-yard, 144-count photo pack when a short dispenser is the handout, and the 61% line is one you will attribute to the table.

Tradeoff: Pack size disagrees with itself: the photo fixes 5 yards and 144 per package, and the spec says length varies. The 61% comparison does not name the other floss. This is not the ULTRACLEAN MICRO-GROOVES row.

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9. GUM ButlerWeave — Sunstar

GUM ButlerWeave, from Sunstar Americas, is woven floss: interlaced fibers, a mint wax coating, and a listing line that it is clinically proven to improve gingival health and to reduce gingivitis and bleeding. The block says waxed, mint, and unflavored formats exist. Length is “varies by packaging,” with 200 yards given as an example.

Who it is for: A woven mint floss when the gingival-health sentence is the manufacturer line you will pass on, and you still need to confirm which length the box in your hand actually is.

Tradeoff: “Clinically proven” is the listing’s claim. The 200-yard figure is an example, not a single SKU, so this guide does not treat every ButlerWeave box as 200 yards. Shelf prices are omitted.

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10. Floss Singles — mint waxed packets

Floss Singles are individually wrapped mint waxed floss. The comparison table says unbranded or various makers, one floss per packet, for travel or a giveaway. The written block says Single Use Dental, Inc., 20 inches of waxed nylon, and a dentist-developed single-use packet. The photo says 180/pkg.

Who it is for: A one-strand packet for the front desk, a travel kit, or a hospitality amenity, when the hygiene point is a fresh piece per person.

Tradeoff: Three labels disagree: the table says unbranded, the block names Single Use Dental, Inc., and only the block prints 20 inches. The 180-count is the photo. No one of those is upgraded into a spec the others do not print.