perfect for people who want something other than floss [SEP] i have been purchasing these brush picks for several years and recently i was unable to find them in our local pharmacy fortunately amazon carried these picks and i like them so much i ordered a dozenthey are really great picks i do not like to floss it to me is messy and if i use the unwaxed floss it gets caught in my teeth i will use it from time to time but mainly i use these after every meal and they work perfectly to remove plaque and other build up my dental hygienist even remarked at how little work she has to do to remove plaque at my month check ups and i really believe that it is due to proper brushing of course but these brushpicks as well my dentist and the hygienist always ask me how often i floss and my same response is that i use the brushpicks and not floss i am not sure they believe meboth of us in the house keep a pack in our respective cars to have them handy they are a very good product