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dental floss

cord of thin filaments used to clean teeth
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dental floss

Summary

dental floss ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (655 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dental floss is a type of string[2].
  • dental floss is a type of personal hygiene item[3].
  • dental floss is used for dental care[4].
  • dental floss's Commons category is recorded as Dental floss[5].
  • dental floss's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/floss[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include string[2] and personal hygiene item[3].

Use and Application

dental floss is used for dental care[4].

Why It Matters

dental floss ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (655 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Oral-B

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dental floss. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dental-floss
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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → dental care
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → string, personal hygiene item
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548136005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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