Handbrush for cleaning protheses, particularly tooth prostheses

A handbrush for cleaning a prosthesis, comprising a bristle support provided with a plurality of bristles projecting from a first surface thereof;

• a hand gripping part connected to said bristle support;
• said bristle support, said bristles and said hand gripping part being recyclable as a whole and composed of sterilizable and food-stuff suitable synthetic plastic materials;
• said bristles being integrally formed with said bristle support;
• an arresting coupling part which releasably connects said bristle support with said hand gripping part, said arresting coupling part having a plate-shaped end which is subdivided into two plate halves turnable relative to one another about a notch formed in said arresting coupling part and provided with projecting coupling web halves which are located on opposite sides of said notch and abut one another when said plate halves are in alignment with one another, said coupling web halves cooperate to form a coupling web, said hand gripping part having an opening in which said coupling web is engageable and said two plate halves further having portions thereof which are adapted to engage a groove formed in a second surface of said bristle support which is opposite said first surface.