A 35-year-old member asked:
How are dental floss and dental tape different?
3 doctor answers • 12 doctors weighed in
Dr. Gary Sandleranswered
Dentistry 56 years experience
Floss - Tape: Dental tape is wider than dental floss. Otherwise they are basically the same.
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Dr. Don Millneranswered
Dentistry - Cosmetic 45 years experience
Just a little.: The purpose of floss is to disrupt plaque residing on the hidden walls between the teeth. You dont have to remove plaque, just disrupt the plaque "colony" . Having said that waxed floss binds the fibers and doesn't show as much plaque when looking at it once removed from the mouth. Like ear wax on a q-tip, i like to see my plaque and floss again if the first time was "productive" floss daily!
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Dr. Gregori Kurtzmananswered
Dentistry 37 years experience
All in the shape: The difference is the cross section of the material floss is basically a string that is round in cross shape whereas tape is a ribbon and flat in cross shape.
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Last updated Jun 8, 2017
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