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Why Are Braces So Painful?

We can't deny that oral healthcare isn't always the most comfortable process — think about the trouble with string floss. But man, do things get worse when you add braces...

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What’s the Point of Baby Teeth?

Whether you’re reliving the process of losing baby teeth with your own child or simply reflecting on your days of youth, it seems odd to think we go through two...

December Update: Combating Online Misinformation

At the moment, there’s nothing particularly interesting to report for the manufacturing side of Instafloss. Which is good news! Things are going according to plan. We’re starting to validate parts...

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How We’re Making Instafloss an Environmentally Friendly Floss

What are the qualifications of an environmentally-friendly floss? These days, the floss market is becoming increasingly saturated with products marketed as “sustainable,” “green,” and “environmentally friendly.” Yet, even the Federal...

November Manufacturing Update: Rod Fix and Footage of Manufacturing

November Manufacturing Update: Rod Fix and Footage of Manufacturing

Because many of you are wondering how things are going, we wanted to share this short video of Instafloss parts in production. As you can see, lots and lots of...

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Getting the Best Floss Possible - Every Method Compared

Why floss without getting the best floss possible? Flossing, an important but widely disliked aspect of dental hygiene, is a way to clean oral bacteria that a toothbrush can’t reach....

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Healthy vs. Unhealthy Gums: A Visual Guide

Knowing the difference between healthy gums vs. unhealthy gums is highly essential to making your oral care decisions. Our gums protect the roots of our teeth and our jawbones from...

October Manufacturing Update: Pilot Product Run Progress

Below you’ll find a progress report compiled after our pilot production run, but before we dive into that, we wanted to share a video of one of the units we’ve...

September Manufacturing Update: Sneak Peek at the Quick Start Guide

Hi Friends,    Let’s kick things off with an update on the woes regarding the cylinder liner. We shared that we were having issues with the cylinder liner way back...

August Manufacturing Update: Still on Track for November, Mold Revisions Looking Good

Our manufacturing continues to move forwards according to plan, with newly molded parts looking great. Take a look at some of the revised parts fresh off the molds below. Here’s...

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Woven Dental Floss: What’s the Hype?

Some dental hygiene enthusiasts prefer woven dental floss the way some readers prefer paperbacks: more flexibility, softer on the fingertips, easier to hold at awkward angles. Even so, woven floss...

July Manufacturing Update: Poll Winner + Things are on Track

As of right now, we have no major news to share in regards to manufacturing - but no news is good news! It just means everything is moving forward according...

June Manufacturing Update: Logo Size and Positioning Poll

We’ve continued to work hard since the last update, making progress on the issues we mentioned in our last update, but we also have another exciting development we’d like your...

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GUM® FLOSBRUSH Automatic Flosser VS Instafloss: A product comparison

Before we had the idea to create Instafloss, we searched far and wide for an automatic flosser. Because string was painful and tedious, we often found ourselves neglecting to floss...

Instafloss Water Flosser Mold

May Manufacturing Update: Breaking the Mold

When we set out to create Instafloss, we knew we wanted to break the mold… unfortunately we’ve broken the wrong mold. We just got back from our trip to the...

April Manufacturing Update: We’re in the Factory :)

April Manufacturing Update: We’re in the Factory :)

Exciting stuff: We’re updating you directly out of the manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. We are currently going over every aspect of – not machined prototypes – but actual molded...