Oral care implement

An oral care implement comprising:

• a head comprising a front surface, a rear surface, an outer edge extending between the front and rear surfaces, a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
• a central bristle tuft extending from the front surface of the head;
• and
• a plurality of perimetric bristle tufts extending from the front surface of the head and arranged to circumferentially surround the central bristle tuft, wherein each of the plurality of perimetric bristle tufts comprises:
• an inner sidewall that is adjacent to the central bristle tuft;
• an outer sidewall that is adjacent to the outer edge of the head;
• a first-side sidewall extending between the inner and outer sidewalls, the first-side sidewall being convex;
• and
• a second-side sidewall extending between the inner and outer sidewalls, the second-side sidewall being concave, each of the plurality of perimetric bristle tufts having a bristle tuft width measured between the first-side sidewall and the second-side sidewall;
• and
• wherein adjacent ones of the perimetric bristle tufts are spaced apart by a gap having a gap width measured between the first-side and second-side sidewalls of the adjacent ones of the perimetric bristle tufts, and wherein the bristle tuft width of each of the plurality of perimetric bristle tufts is greater than the gap width of each of the gaps, and wherein the bristle tuft width increases with distance from the central bristle tuft;
• wherein the central bristle tuft has a first height and wherein each of the plurality of perimetric bristle tufts has a second height measured along the inner sidewall and a third height measured along the outer sidewall, and wherein the first height is greater than the second height and less than the third height;
• and
• wherein the longitudinal axis intersects the second-side sidewall and the outer sidewall of two of the perimetric bristle tufts without intersecting the first-side sidewall and the inner sidewall of the two of the perimetric bristle tufts.