[Distribution of oral hygiene aids on air flights].

The question as to which dental care aids airlines offered their passengers to assist their oral hygiene during their flight was to be answered with the assistance of a questionnaire. 56 replies showed large differences existed varying with the different airlines, the flight time and the passenger class. Toothpicks were offered by almost 90% of the companies. Toothbrushes, toothpaste and mouth hygiene sets were distributed more rarely, primarily in the higher passenger classes and on long haul flights. The use of the aids was estimated by 24 companies as frequent, 12 estimated that the distributed aids were rarely used or mainly had a souvenir value.