Oral care implement

An oral care implement comprising:

• a handle;
• a head connected to the handle and having a longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from a front surface of the head;
• the head formed by a plurality of spaced-apart segments, the plurality of segments including a cruciform segment integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the handle, a first pair of segments located on opposite sides of a longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, a second pair of segments located on opposite sides of the longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, and a distal segment located at a distal end of the longitudinal section of the cruciform segment, the first pair of segments located on an opposite side of a transverse portion of the cruciform segment from the second pair of segments;
• and
• wherein the distal segment and the segments of the first and second pairs are flexibly connected to the cruciform segment.

An oral care implement comprising:

• a handle;
• a head connected to the handle and having a longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from a front surface of the head;
• the head formed by a plurality of spaced-apart segments, the plurality of segments including a cruciform segment integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the handle, a first pair of segments located on opposite sides of a longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, and a second pair of segments located on opposite sides of the longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, the first pair of segments located on an opposite side of a transverse portion of the cruciform segment from the second pair of segments;
• and
• wherein the segments of the first and second pairs are flexibly connected to the cruciform segment.