is preferably constructed of a polymeric material which is strong and flexible so that it may be manipulated between the teeth of a user for example nylon has been found suitable although any flexible polymeric material may be used within the purview of the present invention other flexible polymeric materials and laminations may be used to create the dental cleaning strips i e polyesters polypropylene polyethylene and plastic materials used in the medical and packaging fields and the like 0033 fig3 is a sectional view showing the raised edge 18 and the peripheral ridge 17 about the aperture 16 with respect to the relative thickness of the strip body 11 fig4 is another embodiment of edge 14 wherein the thickened or raised edge portion 44 is shown to extend from one surface of strip body 11 it is within the purview of this invention to provide dental cleaning strips having raised edges 18 and or peripheral ridges 17 which extend from one or both sides of the strip body 11 thus the strip body may have only raised edges 18 only peripheral ridges 17 or both and having the edges 18 and ridges 17 either extending from one or both sides of the strip body 11 or with any combination thereof 0034 fig5 shows that the strip body may be constructed of two or more laminated materials i e.