Toothbrush

A toothbrush comprising a handle having a brush at one end, a slot in the body of said handle having an open end and a closed end and partially defining said handle with two opposing handle portions and a hinge portion wherein one of said handle portions is directly joined with the rest of said handle in a cantilevered manner, the other handle portion is joined with the rest of said handle in an elastically hinged manner via said hinge portion, said handle portions have oppositely facing straight sides and are structured to maintain their shape during their operation, said hinge portion normally supports said other handle portion such that said sides define a preset space there between for freely receiving a collapsed portion of a collapsible tube of toothpaste provided the collapsed tube portion has a thickness not exceeding the width of said preset space, said hinge portion has a compliance allowing said other handle portion to be swung outwardly of said handle by forced sideways movement there against of a collapsed tube portion having a thickness larger than the width of said preset space to thereby allow reception of this collapsed tube portion between said sides, and the compliance of said hinge portion allows said other handle portion to be urged to swing inwardly of said handle as necessary with a force manually applied to said other handle portion to a position pressing said sides fully against a collapsed tube portion however received there between and then be maintained in this condition with the applied force while said handle is moved along the associated tube in the direction of its dispensing end to thereby progressively collapse the associated tube with said sides and force toothpaste toward the dispensing end.