As Tang notes, flossing picks are not the most effective method of cleaning teeth at the gum level. Its small, straight piece of floss cannot form to the curves of teeth to clean them thoroughly.

Dentist clinic Rotdem Dental Care says that while “it’s better to floss with a floss pick than to not floss at all, it’s important to note that floss picks can only clean a part of the tooth ...

Enter the mighty floss pick, which seems like a happy medium. Floss picks are really easy to use, somewhat inexpensive, and seem to get the job done, even if they're not string floss.

Is string floss more effective than floss picks? We asked dentists and recommended the best options from Oral-B, DenTek, Cocolab, Reach and Quip.

Researchers at Boston’s Tufts University say they’ve designed a floss pick system that could one day be used to track a wide range of conditions, including stress – and cancer. The device ...