Dental Floss Fresh Mint vs ORAL B Glide Pro-Health Floss: which is safer?

ORAL B Glide Pro-Health Floss is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Gum Dental Floss Fresh Mint

GUM

Dental Floss Fresh Mint

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

nylon filament, mint flavoring

Confidence

72%

PossibleFragrance/flavor allergens

Why this gradeBuy

Our pick

ORAL B Glide Pro-Health Floss

Oral-B

ORAL B Glide Pro-Health Floss

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 92/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

nylon monofilament

Confidence

78%

PossibleNylon microplastics from fragmentation

PossibleGum trauma from improper use

Why this gradeBuy

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fragrance/flavor allergens on the GUM and not on the Oral-B.
  • We flag Nylon microplastics from fragmentation and Gum trauma from improper use on the Oral-B and not on the GUM.
  • The GUM is nylon filament, mint flavoring where the Oral-B is nylon monofilament, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Oral-B is the one to buy.

Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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