Dental instrument with shade guide

摘要

The present invention is directed to dental apparatus comprising a toothbrush and a shade guide. The toothbrush comprises a handle portion and a brush portion, wherein the shade guide is operably coupled to the handle portion. The shade guide comprises one or more distinct color shade specimens, wherein the one or more color shade specimens are associated with one or more respective tooth colors. The shade guide may comprise an appliqué coupled to the handle portion, or one or more objects associated with the handle portion. The dental apparatus may further comprise an optical amplification device integrated therewith, wherein the optical amplification device is operable to magnify an image of an object for comparison with the one or more color shade specimens.