Dental brush holding device

A holding device comprising a handle and a holding section for exchangeably arresting a dental cleaning brush with a wire stem, the holding section having a longitudinal recess having a free end and defining an internal wall and a longitudinal axis and a bore (6) extending substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of the holding section, said bore approximately corresponding to the diameter of the wire stem of the brush and into which the stem of the brush can be inserted, a displaceable locking member having a longitudinal slot being provided to arrest the stem within the longitudinal slot after said wire stem is bent by 90.degree., wherein the bore (6) communicates with the longitudinal recess (9) at said free end of the holding section (3), and wherein when a free end of the locking member (11) is inserted into the longitudinal recess (9), the stem (27) of the brush (4) is bent over by the insertion of the locking member (11) into the longitudinal recess in the axial direction and is arrested both between the longitudinal slot (19) of the locking member (11) and said internal wall of the longitudinal recess (9) and in the bore (6),

• wherein the free end of the locking member (11) seen in the direction of insertion (arrow 28) into the longitudinal recess has a wedge portion (14) biased in relation to the longitudinal axis (8) for the purpose of initially bending the stem (27) of the brush (4),
• wherein the wedge portion (14) is biased in relation to a transverse axis of the holding section (3) for the purpose of initially bending the stem (27) of the brush (4).