Eco-DenT GentleFloss is the most economical floss, with many benefits, such as being vegan waxed and made with a blend of natural essential oils and enzymes to reduce plaque and help you maintain healthy teeth and gums. Eco-Dent packages their floss in a cardboard carton rather than a plastic case to cut down on ecological damage. Good for you, good for the environment.*

According to the FDA Consumer Magazine, “flossing is the only effective way to clean between the teeth”. Floss is intended to remove plaque and food particles from between the teeth to reduce tooth decay.” The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends daily flossing as an essential part of everyone’s oral hygiene program due to its ability to reduce the formation of plaque between the teeth.*

Fourteen essential oils and lacto-peroxidase enzymes make GentleFloss different from any other floss on the market. While many brands of floss have a flavoring oil, or provide tea tree oil, Eco-DenT has created a blend of natural plant waxes, 14 carefully chosen essential oils and a naturally-derived lacto-peroxidase enzyme system to create the optimum flossing benefit for everyone. Natural mint flavor makes it a refreshing taste in your mouth.*

• Vegan waxed using rice bran – lighter and smoother to glide more easily between teeth*
• Nylon, not silk – silk production involves chemical sterilization*
• Refreshing, long-lasting clean mint taste
• Economical – 100 yards per package, up to 300% more floss per package than other brands
• Ecological – plastic-free, paper-fiber packaging is recyclable and bio-degradable
• Just double it up and use as dental tape – same action, less costly

GentleFloss is the first and the only dental floss to utilize natural enzymes for their antibacterial potential! Enzymes are organic catalysts, and some are strongly antibacterial. They promote and accelerate the biological reactions that kill bacteria, but — unlike essential oils — they’re not used up in those reactions, so even in minute concentrations enzymes can be very effective germ killers! Also, enzymatic activity is very specific. The lactoperoxidase enzyme system in GentleFloss has been proven to preferentially kill Gram negative bacteria: more harmful oral bacteria are Gram-negative, while more benign oral bacteria are Gram-positive. Potentially, GentleFloss’ natural enzymes could be that mythical “silver bullet” for optimal oral health!*

In higher concentrations, tea tree oil and GentleFloss’ essential oils are both proven bacteria-fighters — but in floss their principal “benefit” is merely flavor. In contrast, only a minute quantity of our lactoperoxidase enzyme system is required for effective antibacterial action—a quantity that could be transferred from GentleFloss to your teeth during flossing. Thus, only GentleFloss offers any real potential as an effective antibacterial floss.*