Dental cleaning mouthpiece with different bristle sectins for different dental regions

摘要

The mouthpiece carrier assembly (12) is adapted and configured to receive the upper and lower teeth of the user. The mouthpiece carrier assembly is driven such that the bristles mounted on the teeth-facing surfaces of the mouthpiece assembly contact said surfaces and provide a cleaning effect therefor. A plurality of bristle sections (30, 32, 34, 41, 44) are secured to the teeth-facing portions of the mouthpiece assembly, wherein the bristle sections each have bristles which have a particular configuration and are otherwise adapted to provide effective cleaning for an associated dental region.

主权项

1. A mouthpiece for cleaning teeth surfaces of teeth, comprising:
a mouthpiece carrier assembly having upper and lower channels formed by side walls separated by an intermediate member and configured to receive upper and lower teeth of a user; a system for driving the mouthpiece carrier assembly such that bristles mounted on teeth-facing surfaces of the mouthpiece carrier assembly contact said teeth surfaces and provide a cleaning effect therefor; and a plurality of bristle sections secured to the teeth-facing surfaces of the mouthpiece carrier assembly, wherein different regions of the teeth require different cleaning, the plurality of bristle sections including said bristles which have bristle characteristics adapted for cleaning of the teeth in said different teeth regions, wherein a first set of bristles of a first section of the plurality of bristle sections has different characteristics than a second set of bristles of a second section of the plurality of bristle sections, and wherein the intermediate member between the side walls comprises the first section and the second section.