Dental finishing strips

Claim 1

A dental finishing strip for smoothing and finishing dental work to the level of external tooth structure comprising: a. an elongated flexible plastic strip, having oppositely disposed ends, a thickness to fit between adjacent teeth, a width to extend between a gum line and a contact point between adjacent teeth, and a length between said oppositely disposed ends for manual holding and pulling back and forth by said ends between adjacent teeth; and b. abrasive grit coating means in two different grades fixed on a side of said flexible plastic strip and respectively extending in a different grade longitudinally and diagonally from each of said oppositely disposed ends toward the center thereof to define tapering and longitudinally opposed grit coated areas, tapering and transversely opposed grit coated and uncoated areas, and an uncoated center area therebetween, for inserting said flexible plastic strip between adjacent teeth and manually pulling said strip in a back and forth motion between said center and an end in sequence, the grit covered areas in sequence removing surplus and smoothing the rest of said dental work without ridging.