A Basic Device for Water Flossing

The subject invention comprises methods and an apparatus for making a non-electric dental water flosser. It connects a water flosser tip to a household faucet. The water flosser tip is an outlet for pressurized water to floss teeth. The flosser comprises only eight major parts: a water flosser tip (10), a quick connect fitting (20), a flexible plastic tubing (30), a faucet diverter valve (40), a faucet adapter (50), a supplement tubing (60), a water flosser tip rest holder (70), and an U-shaped shim (80).The uniqueness of this flosser is its simplicity. All of its parts are commercially available in many hardware or online stores, and each part has many vendors. The parts are inexpensive, easy to assemble, easy to fix/replace, and it does not use electricity. For consumers, it costs less to own and to operate. If it breaks, there are multiple vendors for replacement parts.