Interdental brush for cleaning interdental spaces and/or dental implants

Abstract

An interdental brush (10) for cleaning gaps between teeth and / or dental implants includes a brush head (11, 19, 22) which has a longitudinal bristle carrier (13, 20) and a plurality of bristles (16, 23). The bristles (16, 23) extend away from the bristle carrier (13, 10) in a radially outward manner. To ease cleaning of the gaps between teeth and / or a dental implant, in particular to reduce the risk of injury when using an interdental brush (10), the brush head (11, 19, 22) of the interdental brush (10) is embodied as a single-component injection molded part.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a United States National Phase Application of International Application PCT / EP2015 / 052447 filed Feb. 5, 2015 and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Applications 10 2014 001 502.5 filed Feb. 6, 2014 and 10 2014 001 503.3 filed Feb. 6, 2014 the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention pertains to an interdental brush for cleaning interdental spaces and / or dental implants, with a brush head, which has an elongated bristle carrier and a plurality of bristles, wherein the bristles extend away from the bristle carrier in a radially outward manner.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Such an interdental brush is known from US 2009 / 0235477 A1. The bristle carrier is configured in this prior-art interdental brush as a metal wire or as a metal core.[0004]It is disadvantageous in this case that the metallic bristle carrier or the metal c...

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Benefits of technology

The invention is a new interdental brush that aims to make cleaning the interdental space and implant easier, while reducing the risk of injury and damage during use.

Problems solved by technology

It is disadvantageous in this case that the metallic bristle carrier or the metal core may cause injuries to the gums and / or the dental enamel, for example, due to cuts or punctures.

Furthermore, there is a risk that dental implants will be scratched because of the metallic bristle carrier.

Injuries in the oral region lead to the risk of colonization with microorganisms and inflammations, which may lead, for example, even to peri-implantitis, bone loss and / or loss of tooth, especially the loss of an implant as a consequence.

However, such an intensive training is not carried out, as a rule, for time and cost reasons, for example, in a dental practice.

Moreover, interdental brushes are often used several times. This implies the risk of spreading microorganisms, especially because of a surface having pronounced hollow spaces in case of usual metal cores.

In addition, there is a risk that a metal core, especially also a coated metal core, will undergo oxidation and / or rusting because of storage and / or cleaning in a solution, especially a chlorhexidine solution.

As a result, the manufacturing process is complicated, which leads to increased costs.

Moreover, it is disadvantageous in the case of the prior-art toothpick that it has only a small number of laterally projecting elevations and in only a small number of different directions.

Further, it is disadvantageous that the cleaning area is limited in an interdental space, especially in a region of the neck of a tooth, due to the predefined wedge shape of the toothpick.

In addition, the length of the toothpick does not usually make it possible to use it from the lingual and / or palatine area in the buccal direction.

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