Interdental brush for cleaning interdental spaces and/or dental implants

a technology for interdental spaces and dental implants, applied in the field of interdental brush for cleaning interdental spaces and/or dental implants, can solve the problems of inability to clean the risk of dental implants being scratched, and the risk of colonization with microorganisms, so as to facilitate the cleaning of the interdental space and/or implant, and the risk of injury and/or damage during the use of an interdental brush is reduced

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-06-22
PHENEO
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[0006]A basic object of the present invention is to perfect an interdental brush of the type mentioned in the introduction such that cleaning of the in

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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

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[0032]Referring to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a perspective side view of an interdental brush 10 according to the present invention. The interdental brush 10 has a brush head 11 and a grip part 12. The brush head 11 has an elongated bristle carrier 13, which has an essentially rod-shaped configuration. The bristle carrier 13 has an exposed tip 14 in this exemplary embodiment. Furthermore, the tip 14 has a hemispherical configuration in this exemplary embodiment. In an alternative embodiment, bristles, not shown more specifically here, may extend from the outer circumference of the hemispherical tip 14 in a radially outward manner and away from the hemispherical surface of the tip 14. The hemispherical tip 14 has a maximum diameter and the bristle carrier 13 has a minimum diameter of 0.9 mm in this exemplary embodiment. An end of the bristle carrier 13 facing away from the tip 14 passes over into the essentially cylindrical grip part 12. An aligning segment 15 is arranged between the...

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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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IPC IPC(8): A46B9/02A46D3/00A46B5/02A46B1/00
CPCA46B9/026A46B1/00A46B2200/108A46B5/026A46D3/00A46B9/028A61C3/005
Inventor HABIBI-NAINI, SASANESSLER, MICHAEL
Owner PHENEO
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