Reach Total Care floss with Listerine Fresh Flavors 30-Yard, (Pack of 6)

Reach Total Care floss is the latest in floss technology. According to their own marketing, it slides like Glide but works better, is shred resistant, and is equipped with "microgrooves" to remove more plaque. This particular version is flavored with Listerine.
Historically, floss has evolved from silk, then nylon, to multi-thickness nylon, to resin coated nylon, to Gore-Tex (Glide). Dental professionals usually have no complaints about any of them; their biggest complaint is those of us that don't use them. So choosing a floss really boils down to personal preference. Do any of them really work better than the rest?
Reach Total Care makes the claim that it removes 2x more plaque than Glide. This is based on "consumer acceptance and perceived benefit of two floss technologies." While it might not be scientific evidence, if twice as many people think it works better, that seems significant in its own way.
This floss is nylon with "microgrooves" and is designed...Read more

Everyone's heard the lectures from the dentists and hygenists over and over. You have to floss routinely in addition to brushing to keep plaque from building up, forming tartar, and causing gum disease, etc.

For years, the choice was simple. Get Johnson & Johnson "string" floss in wax or no wax. Now, however, there are all kinds of flosses popping up. Oral-B, Crest with a "ribbon floss," and Johnson & Johnson/Reach with this Total Care stuff.

I took to the ribbon type flosses quickly because they were generally easier to get between all my teeth, even those with barely any gap between them. However, some of the ribbon flosses (looking at you, Crest) didn't seem to remove as much plaque as the older "string" flosses did.

This Total Care floss does a much better job. Perhaps that's attributable to the so-called "micro groove" technology. (I can actually feel the floss drag against the surface of my teeth, which I don't feel with the Crest...Read more

This is definitely different than any other type of floss I've used. It's thin and rubbery and feels like flossing with a very thin rubber band. The first time I used it I was afraid it would snap at some point, but it's surprisingly tough. It makes flossing a lot easier and you don't need as much floss to do the job. It's also got some kind of Listerine coating so that after you floss your mouth feels fresher. I'd give it five stars except that it just feels weird to floss with something so rubbery when you're used to normal floss. But overall it's a great product and I like it more than any other floss I've used as far as the amount needed to floss, the freshness in your mouth afterward, and the strength of the floss (the fact that it doesn't break or get caught in your teeth).