ORAL B Glide Pro-Health Floss vs Ultraclean Ultrablast Cool Mint Dental Floss 30 YDS: which is safer?

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

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

Reach Ultraclean Ultrablast Cool Mint Dental Floss 30 YDS

Reach

Ultraclean Ultrablast Cool Mint Dental Floss 30 YDS

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

nylon or similar synthetic fiber

Confidence

72%

PossibleNylon fiber fragmentation and microplastic

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Nylon microplastics from fragmentation and Gum trauma from improper use on the Oral-B and not on the Reach.
  • We flag Nylon fiber fragmentation and microplastic on the Reach and not on the Oral-B.
  • The Oral-B is nylon monofilament where the Reach is nylon or similar synthetic fiber, 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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