Flossing supposedly helps fight gum disease, halitosis (by removing some of the gunk stuck between the teeth that toothbrushes can't get at) and other mouth aff

Flossing supposedly helps fight gum disease, halitosis (by removing some of the gunk stuck between the teeth that toothbrushes can't get at) and other mouth afflictions. How much of that "research" and "science" is actually funded by Colgate, Johnson and Johnson and the like I don't know though...