Electric toothbrush with integrated water flosser

A handheld electric toothbrush with water flosser comprising:

• a handle forming at least one internal cavity;
• a brush head extending from the handle and having a plurality of bristles configured for brushing teeth and a liquid spray nozzle configured for spraying a high-pressure stream of liquid between the teeth and gums;
• a liquid reservoir located within the internal cavity and configured to hold liquid;
• a liquid passage extending from the liquid reservoir to the liquid spray nozzle;
• a liquid pump located within the internal cavity;
• a motor located within the internal cavity and having at least one rotatable drive shaft operatively connected to the brush head to selectively move the bristles to brush the teeth and operatively connected to the liquid pump to selectively operate the liquid pump to supply liquid through the liquid passage from the liquid reservoir to the liquid spray nozzle;
• an electric power source located within the internal cavity and operatively connected to the motor to selectively rotate the drive shaft;
• and
• at least one manually-actuated switch operatively connected to the motor for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation including:
• (a) both moving the bristles and spraying the pulsating high-pressure stream of liquid from the liquid spray nozzle;
• (b) moving the bristles but not spraying any liquid from the liquid spray nozzle;
• and
• (c) spraying the pulsating high-pressure stream of liquid to the liquid spray nozzle but not moving the bristles.

An electric toothbrush with water flosser comprising:

• a base unit configured to be supported on a horizontal support surface and including:
• a liquid reservoir located within the base unit and configured to hold liquid;
• and
• a handheld unit operably connected to the base unit and including:
• a handle forming at least one internal cavity;
• a brush head extending from the handle and having a plurality of bristles configured for brushing teeth and a liquid spray nozzle configured for spraying a high-pressure stream of liquid between the teeth and gums;
• a liquid passage extending from the liquid reservoir to the liquid spray nozzle;
• a liquid pump located within the internal cavity;
• a motor located within the internal cavity and having at least one rotatable drive shaft operatively connected to the brush head to selectively move the bristles to brush the teeth and operatively connected to the liquid pump to selectively operate the liquid pump to supply liquid through the liquid passage from the liquid reservoir to the liquid spray nozzle;
• and
• at least one manually-actuated switch operatively connected to the motor for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation including:
• (a) both moving the bristles and spraying the pulsating high-pressure stream of liquid from the liquid spray nozzle;
• (b) moving the bristles but not spraying any liquid from the liquid spray nozzle;
• and
• (c) spraying the pulsating high-pressure stream of liquid from the liquid spray nozzle but not moving the bristles.