Mouthpiece for a dental cleaning device, method of brushing teeth, and dental cleaning device comprising the mouthpiece
AssigneeDental Robotics Group B.V.
InventorJoppe Gideon Van Dijk
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Abstract
A mouthpiece for a dental cleaning device comprises a supporting structure configured to encompass a plurality of teeth of a dental arch. The supporting structure has an inner surface facing a tooth surface. At least one brushing chamber is provided at the inner surface side. The brushing chamber comprises a flexible wall part being deformable by pressurizing or depressurizing the brushing chamber. Bristles extend externally from the flexible wall part. In a method of brushing teeth, a plurality of teeth is encompassed by the mouthpiece, and the at least one brushing chamber is alternatingly pressurized and depressurized.
Claims2
A mouthpiece for brushing teeth, the mouthpiece comprising:
- a support structure configured to receive a plurality of teeth of a dental arch, the support structure comprising a first inner surface facing the plurality of teeth;
- a first positioning chamber located between the first brushing chamber and the first inner surface of the support structure, coupled to the first inner surface of the support structure, configured to pressurized and depressurized;
- a first brushing chamber coupled to the first positioning chamber, the first brushing chamber comprising a flexible wall part, the flexible wall part having an outer side opposite the first inner surface of the support structure;
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- a plurality of bristles extending from the outer side of the flexible wall part of the first brushing chamber;
- wherein the flexible wall part of the first brushing chamber is configured to be deformed by alternately pressurizing and depressurizing a fluid in the first brushing chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.