Dental cleaning mouthpiece with different bristle sectins for different dental regions
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorJelte Steur
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Abstract
The mouthpiece carrier assembly (12) is adapted and configured to receive the upper and lower teeth of the user. The mouthpiece carrier assembly is driven such that the bristles mounted on the teeth-facing surfaces of the mouthpiece assembly contact said surfaces and provide a cleaning effect therefor. A plurality of bristle sections (30, 32, 34, 41, 44) are secured to the teeth-facing portions of the mouthpiece assembly, wherein the bristle sections each have bristles which have a particular configuration and are otherwise adapted to provide effective cleaning for an associated dental region.
Claims15
A mouthpiece for cleaning teeth, comprising:
- a mouthpiece carrier assembly (12) adapted and configured to receive the upper and lower teeth of the user;
- a system (14) for driving the mouthpiece carrier assembly such that bristles mounted on teeth-facing surfaces of the mouthpiece assembly contact said surfaces and provide a cleaning effect therefor;
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- a plurality of bristle sections secured to the teeth-facing portions of the mouthpiece carrier assembly, wherein different regions of the teeth require different cleaning, the bristle sections including bristles having characteristics adapted for cleaning of teeth in said different teeth regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.