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A dental flosser design utilizes the shape of the handle, the positioning of one or more floss strands and the shape and materials of the floss strands to increase the ease of use for the consumer. In one embodiment, the flosser combines the advantages of an F-shaped flosser for flossing the front teeth with the advantages of a Y-shaped flosser for flossing the rear teeth by providing a flosser with a handle having first and second longitudinal ends, with a first flosser head extending from the first longitudinal end and the second flosser head extending from the second longitudinal end. The first flosser head may form an F-shaped flosser at the first end of the handle, wherein the flosser head is generally aligned in the same plane as the gripping surfaces of the handle, the with the flosser arms extending at an angle to the longitudinal length of the handle. The second flosser head may form a Y-shaped flosser at the second end of the handle, with the arms of the flosser head extending generally parallel to the longitudinal length of the handle. Thus, a user can manipulate a single flosser device, using a single handle, with the benefits of both an F-shaped flosser and a Y-shaped flosser.

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