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US 5,393,229 AGranted
Dental cleaning implement including toothpick, and method of cleaning teeth therewith
OwnerZeev Raminventor
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Abstract
A dental cleaning implement includes a handpiece graspable at one end by a user, an electrical oscillating drive within the handpiece for oscillating the handpiece at a frequency of at least 5 Khz, a head at the opposite end of the handpiece including attaching apparatus for releasably attaching a toothpick or toothbrush thereto, and a spray nozzle for discharging a liquid spray in the region of the toothpick or toothbrush when attached to the head.
Claims17
A dental cleaning implement, comprising:
- a handpiece graspable at one end by a user;
- an electrical oscillating drive within the handpiece for oscillating the handpiece at a frequency of at least 5 Khz;
- a head at the opposite end of the handpiece for releasably attaching a toothpick thereto;
- and a wooden toothpick removably attached to said head.
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A method cleaning teeth, comprising:
- grasping a dental implement including a handpiece, and an electrical oscillating drive within the handpiece for oscillating the handpiece at a frequency of at least 5 Khz, a head at an end of the handpiece for releasably attaching a wooden toothpick thereto, and a toothpick releasably attached to said head;
- and applying said wooden toothpick to the space between the teeth, and also to the space between the teeth and gums, while oscillating the toothpick at a frequency of at least 5 Khz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.