Implement to facilitate removing bacterial coating from the interstitial areas of adjacent teeth and cleaning the crevices therebetween

摘要

An implement for removal of bacterial coating from the interstitial areas of adjacent teeth and for cleaning the crevices between such teeth comprises a handle arranged to be securely held by the hand of the user. A toothpick or the like is preferably tapered and of triangular cross section and is frictionally held at substantially right angles to the plane of the handle in a bushing mounted in a hole through one end of the handle so as to permit the rotation of the toothpick and thereby facilitate its entry between adjacent teeth for cleaning. A bent-up portion of the handle at its opposite end facilitates firm holding and guiding of the implement. Conveniently the bent-up portion is fork-shaped and cooperates with a fastening device on the adjacent portion of the handle for supporting a dental floss tensioned between the ends of the tines of the fork for interdental cleaning supplementary to the use of the toothpick.