Sometimes we become accustomed to finding a personal hygiene product at our local drugstore or grocery store. Then one day it disappears. Did they stop making it, we wonder? Or has this particular store just stopped carrying it for some reason? We wait, we ask around, and finally we realize that even though the manufacturer still makes the product, all the local retailers have stopped carrying it.
What do we do then? We go and look for that product online. That’s what happened to me and to thousands of other shoppers with regard to the Johnson & Johnson Reach Gentle Gum Care Dental Floss. Once readily available and recommended to us by our dentists, it has become a hard-to-find item.
Don’t feel bad if this has happened to you. Not everyone who uses the woven dental floss made by Johnson & Johnson called Reach and labeled “Gentle Gum Care” has bad gums. Some use it for many other reasons. Here is what one Amazon customer has to say:
I went to replenish my stash of the woven floss, and I couldn’t find it anywhere in stores or online. I waited a few weeks and tried again, and still nothing. I panicked and called J&J, and they assured me the product hasn’t been discontinued. Whew! There was some sort of production disruption a few months ago, and it’s still not back in production. They claim they should be shipping soon, but don’t have a date. They’d better ship soon – I only have one package left. I am a twice a day flosser, and would be miserable if I couldn’t get this any more. It’s the best. You’d think that a woven floss would just be for people with space between their teeth, but this is the best floss for tightly packed teeth. ALL other flosses shred or get stuck between my teeth (unwaxed, waxed, Glide, Ultraclean, etc – I’ve tried them all). I wouldn’t have picked up this one on my own, since my gums are in great shape, but my dentist recommended it for my super-tight teeth, and I’m amazed at how pleasant it is to use. I’ve been using it for years, and can’t wait to buy it again.
We all deserve to have the very best products available to help maintain our health and personal hygiene. It does not matter whether the local store carries them or not. Thankfully the woven floss manufactured by Johnson & Johnson under the Reach trademark and sold for Gentle Gum Care is still available and all is right with the world!
