Dental implement with comfit grip
OwnerEugene C. Wagnerinventor
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Abstract
A dental implement includes an elongate body having a dental tool at one or both ends and a comfit grip which is attached to the body and employed for manipulating the tools. The comfit grip includes an oral hygiene enhancement constituent carried in an electuary. The comfit grip may be removed from the implement body and placed in the user's oral cavity for release of the oral hygiene enhancement constituent through contact with saliva and/or by chewing. The oral hygiene enhancement constituent may comprise an anticaries agent, a malodor inhibitor, a tooth whitener, a plaque inhibitor or other constituents known to have oral hygiene enhancement properties.
Claims20
A dental implement for enhanced oral hygiene practices, the implement comprising an elongate body, the body having a length, a width and a thickness, the body including a dental tool at one end thereof and a comfit grip attached to the body, the comfit grip being graspable between a user's thumb and forefinger for manipulating the dental tool in the user's oral cavity, the comfit grip including a pair of broad faces spaced apart a distance greater than the thickness of the body and having a width at least three times the width of the body, the comfit grip carrying an oral hygiene enhancement constituent, the constituent being dispensed into the oral cavity of the user through contact with saliva.
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