The 1995 Ig Nobel Prize for dentistry was awarded to Robert H. Beaumont, of Shoreview, Minnesota, for his incisive study “Patient Preference for Waxed or Unwaxed Dental Floss.” The study appeared in the Journal of Periodontology, vol. 61, no. 2, Feb. 1990, pp. 123-5. The study says: “The purpose of this study was to discover patient preference […]
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Thin Findings: Waxed vs. Unwaxed Dental Floss
Which do people prefer – dental floss that is waxed or dental floss that is unwaxed? A study called Patient Preference for Waxed or Unwaxed Dental Floss explores the question to a depth that was unprecedented in 1990, when it appeared in the Journal of Periodontology. Twenty-two years later, the report’s findings remain largely unchallenged. Manufacturers of […]