length of floss 12 the drops of adhesive 15 are preferably a hot melt adhesive that has fda approval other adhesives may be used such as ultraviolet curable adhesive which will be cured by exposure to an ultraviolet lamp alternatively the floss length 12 may be bonded to the handle 11 by non adhesive means preferably ultrasonic swaging when the sheet 13 contains the alignment holes 18 during ultrasonic swaging some plastic material is forced into the holes 18 which also forces a section of floss 12 around the holes to deform and partially enter the holes 18 this mechanical deformation of the floss 12 creates a 34 mechanical lock 34 between the floss 12 and the handle 11 in addition to the adhesive bond first using a steel rule die preferably a progressive or rotary type a sheet 13 is cut to produce cutouts 16 that define the selected working length of the floss 12 in each pick 1 these cutouts 16 are preferably semicircular or u shaped this cutting operation also produces small holes 18 as an aid in aligning the lengths of floss 12 and in securing the floss 12 to the handle 11 the alignment holes 18 may be omitted second lengths of floss 12 are placed across the cutouts 16 if there are alignment holes 18 the floss 12 is aligned across the holes 18 preferably one continuous.