What's the word for “tiny pieces of food stuck in between teeth”?

Question

Is there a word that describes the tiny pieces of food that gets stuck in between your teeth after eating, and that you get rid of by brushing?

Answer 1

According to Mosby's Dental Dictionary and as suggested by Jim in the comments, the term is food debris:

Particles of food remaining in the mouth after eating which collect in tooth crevices and between the teeth and may contribute to the formation of dental caries.

Answer 2

A proper answer (food debris) has already been given; not right, but related, and suitable for extreme circumstances, is gobbet:

1. a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch
2. a lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat

Answer 3

In informal use, I believe there is not a specific word for this. Most people would just say "I/you have something stuck between your teeth."

Answer 4

This is a case where a specific word i.e. spinach is a better substitute because we really don't want to know what the gunk or glop really is. Typically language prefers the specific but in this case, the general is aesthetically superior.

Answer 5

The following single words are also frequently used to describe food that is stuck between the teeth.

Remnant:

a usually small part, member, or trace remaining

Residue:

something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process

Remains:

a remaining part or trace —usually used in plural