Dear all,

Thanks for reading my post.  We all know that flossing just isn’t fun
– especially for a child.  This was the problem that I faced with my
four year-old daughter after dinner and before bed. The fact is, one
can spend all day explaining the benefits of flossing to a child but
we all know that a young child just doesn’t have the cognitive horse-
power to understand the long-term benefits of flossing.  A child lives
in a world of experiments to learn and to discover which elements of
life provide pleasure and resist those that do not.  Humans, just like
most animals, have a tendency to do more of things that are fulfilling
and pleasurable. Of course, this is why most dentists offer some kind
of goodies to children (candy lollipop, etc.) after a visit to simply
make the whole dental visit more pleasurable.

With that understanding, I asked myself, what can I do to motivate my
daughter to floss without being told to do so?  What can I change
about flossing so that my daughter feels good about it?  What is the
best way to make my daughter feel comfortable with the whole concept
of having a piece of string in the mouth (never mind the actual
flossing for now)?

Friends, I truly believe that I found the answer for all those
questions and perhaps a little more than I bargained for.  I decided
to fight fire with fire.  I created Flosspop™ - a thin delicious
lollipop in different flavors that both kids and adult love to have
after a meal.  To simply put, Flosspop™ is a small and thin lollipop
having a flosspick for a stick.  Flosspop™ combines a toothpick, floss
and a delicious candy all in one easy-to-use package for after a meal
or a snack.   As mentioned, Flosspop™ comes in a variety of flavors
(chocolate, strawberry, mint, etc.)  and soon we will be offering a
sugar-free version of it to the public.

With patent-pending Flosspop™, children and adults forget about that
they are flossing!  Flosspop™ starts off as a delicious thin candy and
before the user knows it, what they have in their mouth is the floss
portion of the flosspick.  I testify under oath that every since the
introduction of Flosspop™ to my family, my daughter asks for it by
name after dinner.  The other night I didn’t have any Flosspops™ to
give to my daughter but I did offer her a plain floss-pick *without*
the candy.  She happily took it out of my hand and started flossing
since she already knew what to do.  Flosspop™ is a true positive
reinforcement for both children and adults.

As mentioned above, most dentists offer some kind of candy or lollipop
to children after a visit.  Imagine that you offer them Flosspop™ with
your name, logo and practice on the Flosspop™ packaging.  Imagine that
Flosspop™ is offered by all the restaurants to their customers after a
meal.  After all, most restaurants already offer toothpicks and candy
by the cash-register.  Please see below for more details about how you
can order Flosspop™ at a great price.

Folks, I have a couple of reporters interested in doing a short piece
on Flosspop™ in San Francisco Bay Area local newspaper and TV station.
I am also talking to the local TV station in Seattle area and other
parts of US.  Please read on below and visit the website and iIf you
are a dentist in any area in USA and would like to be part of this
reporting to express your view about Flosspop™, please send me a note
to the email address below.  What’s in it for you? Exposure!  Your
name, logo and practice can be mentioned in your local newspaper and
TV station.

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions about Flosspop™

Q) What is Flosspop™?

A) Flosspop™ is an after-a-meal toothpick, floss and a delicious
candy, rolled up all in one easy-to-use package for refreshing oral
feeling after a meal or a snack.  Flosspop™ comes in chocolate, mint
and strawberry flavors (sugar-free is also available).  Flosspop™
makes flossing fun (yes, FUN!) for young and adult while promoting
better oral-health.

Q) What is the minimum age to use Flosspop™?

A) If a parent feels comfortable about his or her child having a
regular lollipop, then Flosspop™ is a good choice to have the child
gets use to flossing and to gain the necessary dexterity to maneuver
the floss portion of the Flosspop™ between his or her teeth.

Q) Is it really a good idea to give sugar-covered floss to children?

A) With the mass amount of sugar and sugary-snacks that children
consume every year (please take a look at some of the desserts that
are on the restaurants menus these days), we believe that the benefits
of having children pick up a good habit of flossing on regular bases
outweighs the consumption of a thin layer of delicious candy that we
put on the flosspick.

Q) Where can I get Flosspop™?

A).Please visit us at http://www.Flosspop.com for more information.

Thank you
Mark
Email:   Mark{at}Flosspop{dot}com  (replace the {at} with @ and {dot}
with .)