Toothbrush with both soft and hard bristles

A toothbrush comprising:

• a.) an elongated handle having an elongated head attached to an end thereof and which is in alignment with said handle:
• b.) a plurality of bristles extending from a surface of said head, said plurality of bristles including:
• i.) a plurality of first bristles having a first length and a first diameter and which are disposed on said head in a plurality of parallel rows spaced along the length of the head wherein the rows are transverse with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle;
• ii.) a plurality of second bristles having a second length which is less than said first length, said plurality of second bristles being disposed on said head in a plurality of parallel rows spaced along the length of the head wherein the rows are transverse with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle, the rows of second bristles being located between adjacent rows of the first bristles, said second bristles including a first group of second bristles, which have a diameter greater than said first diameter and a second group of second bristles which have a diameter less than the diameter of the bristles of the first group, the bristles of the second group being located at opposite end portions of the rows of second bristles;
• c.) whereby said first bristles are adapted to clean the teeth when ordinary pressure is applied and wherein they are adapted to bend when greater pressure is applied to permit the second bristles to contact the teeth, the second group of second bristles are adapted to prevent the first group of second bristles from bending outward towards side portions of said head so as to permit the second group of second bristles to clean the space between the teeth.