Interdental cleaning tool

Abstract

Provided is an interdental cleaning tool that can reduce at least one of a resistance against insertion in an interdental space and a resistance against withdrawal from an interdental space, and has a high capability of scraping out deposit from an interdental space. The interdental cleaning tool includes a base portion including a shaft portion (20) and a cleaning portion (40). The cleaning portion (40) includes a cleaning portion body (50) and a plurality of bristles (60). The plurality of bristles (60) include at least one of a type of top end-oriented bristles and a type of base end-oriented bristles. The top end-oriented bristle has a shape titling to a top end side of the shaft portion (20) as advancing away from an outer circumferential surface of the cleaning portion body (50). The base end-oriented bristle has a shape tilting to a base end side of the shall portion (20) as advancing away from the outer circumferential surface of the cleaning portion body (50).

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