Toothbrush comprising asymmetrically oriented tufts of bristles

A toothbrush comprising:

• a handle and a bristle-carrying head part, which are connected to each other by a neck part;
• the head part having a multiplicity of tufts of bristles that make up all of the tufts of bristles in the head part, each tuft of bristles of the multiplicity of tufts of bristles being comprised of bristles;
• and
• each tuft of bristles of the multiplicity of tufts of bristles forming two bristle tuft halves and being fastened in the head part by an anchor;
• wherein:
• all of the tufts of bristles of the multiplicity of tufts of bristles have the anchor oriented at least approximately at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the toothbrush;
• at least two tufts of bristles of the multiplicity of tufts of bristles have a bristle tuft half with bristle ends standing up higher in relation to the bristle ends of the other bristle tuft half;
• the bristles of the at least two tufts of bristles are comprised of polyester, have a constant diameter over a region of their length, and one end of the bristles is a pointed end and an other end opposite the pointed end is cylindrical and rounded;
• and
• only the pointed end of the bristles is colored from the pointed end to a length that is 2 mm to 10 mm from the pointed end.