Therapeutic toothpick
OwnerWilliam H. Lichfieldinventor
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Abstract
A toothpick for cleaning teeth and for gingival stimulation consists of a four-sided sheet of thin polymeric material curled back upon itself to form a hollow body having a forwardly tapering layered front end with spiraling ridges and either an enlarged central and rear portion or an enlarged central portion and a backwardly tapered layered rear end portion.
Claims17
A toothpick for cleaning teeth and gingival stimulation comprising a thin sheet of flexible plastic material capable of maintaining a configuration that is tightly curled back upon itself and rolled to form a layered body having a hollow central core, said body having a pointed forwardly tapered front portion containing spiraling ridges formed from one side edge of the curled material and with each outer layer of plastic material forming the layered body being movable over an inner layer.
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