Oral care device

Abstract

A handle assembly has an upper main and lower brush head handles. The main brush handle has upper and lower surfaces. The brush head handle has upper and lower surfaces. The handle assembly has forward and rearward ends. A brush head is formed of a plurality of bristles for brushing teeth. The bristles depending downwardly from the lower surface of the brush head handle adjacent to the forward end. A soft elastomeric pad coupled to the upper surface of the main brush handle and a pair of tongue cleaner extensions are fabricated with projections for wiping clean tongue and tissue. The projections extending upwardly from the upper surface of the main brush handle adjacent to the forward end.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates to a hygienic, handy, and ergonomic oral care device which can be used universally by all of the population for the purpose of personal oral hygiene for combined brushing of teeth and safe scraping of the tongue and other tissues to remove debris. It is meant for safe and effective cleaning of teeth from food particles, stains, and plaques without undue damage to teeth, gums, and oral tissues. Almost equally important in oral hygiene is cleaning of the tongue coating which is accumulated and which harbors microorganisms contributing to bad breath, uneasy sensation, and reduction of taste perception.[0002]Along with the traditional benefits of a tongue cleaner and scraper mounted on top of a toothbrush, the present invention features an expandable tongue cleaning device with combined cleaning and sweeping of tongue debris for a more efficient and safe tongue surface cleaning. Also, the system is more...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]In view of the disadvantages inherent in the known types of oral care devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved oral care device and safe keeping system. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved oral care for better brushing of teeth and safe, effective, and comfortable tongue cleaning, and for the hygienic safe keeping of the device. The present invention has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.

Problems solved by technology

Tongue coating is a major source of bad breath in healthy people.

The bladed tongue scrapers used in the past were simple devices but were traumatic causing considerable damage to papillary projections of the tongue causing bleeding, pain, and loss of taste.

Moreover, these prior devices are inadequate in respect to their effectiveness on the soft tissue surface of the tongue with numerous papillae with limited ability to reach between papillae where the bacteria and micro debris collect.

But, the combined tooth brush with tongue cleaner has limited surface area needed to clean the relatively large surface area in an effective way.

The tongue cleaning surface cannot be increased on regular tooth brushes as it would require widening the toothbrush tip where cleaning bristles are located causing considerable discomfort while brushing and injury to the gums and oral mucosa.

Another important disadvantage of the usual toothbrushs with tongue cleaner is that when the toothbrush tip is flipped down and used as a tongue cleaner, the usually tall bristles brushes the palate.

This causes considerable irritation provoking gagging, retching, nausea, reflux, and vomiting.

This problem is very severe in those with exaggerated gag reflux, esophageal reflux, nausea, vomiting tendency, or morning sickness.

Moreover, reflux itself is a cause for excess tongue coating and also for halitosis.

While these systems and devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned methods, systems, and devices do not describe the retractable toothbrush with expandable tongue cleaner that allows safe, convenient tooth brushing and safe, effective gag-free scraping of tongue surface.

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