44 results about "Tongue scrapers" patented technology

A device and a method for delivering UVA light to the mouth in which a photocatalytic agent is distributed in the mouth and a UVA light source is located contiguously to the head of the device so that the photocatalytic agent distributed in the mouth is efficiently activated by UVA light produced by the device. The UVA light delivery device of the invention may be, inter alia, a toothbrush, a tongue scraper, an interdental toothbrush, a denture brush, a flossing device, a dental hand tool, or a wand adapted exclusively to applying UVA light to photocatalyst coated surfaces.

This invention discloses an oral care cleaning system with a handle with an adapter at one end with a means to accept different oral hygiene instruments. The instruments are configured such that they attach to the adapter contained in the handle. The handle contains a means to vibrate, oscillate, pulsate, slowly rotate or more rapidly rotate / spin the adapter. The adapter is driven by a motor. The device has a selection of oral hygiene instruments that connect to the adapter. Each instrument is preferably dedicated to a single use but can have multiple uses. These instruments include but are no limited to, a toothbrush, flosser, gum massager, tooth pick, whitener / polisher, mirror, tongue scraper, sonic cleaner, fixed toothbrush, pick wand, and water discharge nozzle connected to a water source. These instruments can be either manually operated or motorized, and they can be permanent or single service use.

A dental apparatus includes a substantially longitudinal housing having a distal end, a proximal end having a tooth brush attached to it, and a tongue scraper attached to the housing. The tongue scraper can be attached to the inside or the outside of the housing. It can be fully extended during storage or in a roll form. The tooth brush can be an electric tooth brush. The tooth brush may also include a light source.The housing may also include vents along a portion thereon so that the tongue scraper may be cleaned and air dried during storage. The tongue scraper may extend outwardly from the distal end of the housing, perpendicular to the housing, or in a manner resembling a bow.

A combination toothbrush, floss dispenser and tongue scraper apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an elongated member having a first end with a brush head and having an opposite second end with a tongue scraper and having an inner cavity with a floss dispenser disposed within the member between the brush head and the tongue scraper. A lid is hinged at a substantially central section of the elongated member for enclosing or providing access to the inner cavity by movement between open and closed positions relative to the inner cavity.

The present invention relates to a dental implement such as tongue scraper that is disposable and is adapted for prophylactic and / or therapeutic action for the oral cavity. The dental implement may include a tongue scraper, a dental floss, a toothpick, a toothbrush or combinations thereof. The dental implement may include a strip having a longitudinal dimension that is longer than its traverse dimension. The strip may be coated with a coating of a mixture including at least one medicament and a water soluble or erodible carrier. In one embodiment, the coating may be present on at least one of the longitudinal edges, for example, of a tongue scraper, toothpick or a dental floss. In another embodiment, the coating may be present on at least one of the traverse edges, for example, of a tooth pick or the bristles of a toothbrush. In a further embodiment, the coating may be present on a combination of edges. The integrity of the implement, such as a scraper and / or its edge or edges may be reinforced by the coating of substance or agent for sufficient integrity, and the scraper or its edge and / or the coating, for example, are adapted to degrade or break down as the substance or agent are released during use and / or upon contact with water and / or saliva. The dental implement may be exposed for use, and is appropriately stored prior to use.

Devices for cleaning the human tongue and methods for making such devices are disclosed. The tongue cleaner may include a tongue brush and a tongue scraper. The tongue cleaner may be of unitary injection molded construction. The tongue cleaner bristles may be tapered to a point for cleaning crevices of a human tongue, and the bristles may be angled or curved. The tongue scraper contains at least one blade for removal of undesirable material from the tongue by a scraping action. The tongue brush and tongue scraper may be combined into one unit or may be made and used separately.

A multiple ridge tongue scraper the width of the tongue is pivotally attached to a recessed portion on an end of a toothbrush opposite the brush end. A pair of protrusions are positioned on the bottom of the tongue scraper with one on each side of the pivot pin. The pair of tongue scraper protrusions snap into a pair of mating lateral dents, one on each lateral side of the pivot pin to lock the tongue scraper at a right angle to the handle for use as a tongue scraper. The pair of tongue scraper protrusions snap into a pair of mating longitudinal dents, one on each longitudinal side of the pivot pin to lock the tongue scraper into alignment with the handle for use as a toothbrush.

The present invention is a tongue cleaning device that reduces or eliminates the gag reflex during use comprising, a body having a first end and a second end. The first end forming an elongated handle having a contour for ease of handling and use and a gripping means. The second end forming a head having two or more elongated apertures forming at least two parallel ridges perpendicular to the handle. The head being flat and narrow in width and the body being narrow in thickness thereby eliminating or reducing the gag reflex during use.

Devices for cleaning the human tongue and methods for making such devices are disclosed. The tongue cleaning device may include a tongue scraper and a tongue scraper guide. The guide may be a in a fixed position or it may be a movable drum roller guide. The surface of the scraper guide may be smooth or it may have protrusions, indentations or bristles. The tongue cleaning device may also consist of a tongue scraper, tongue scraper guide, and tongue brush.

Apparatuses and methods clean and / or scrape bacterial build-up and other undesirable material from the surface of the tongue via an ultrasonic tongue scraper. The ultrasonic tongue scraper can provide manual scraping as well as mechanical vibration and ultrasound to assist the manual scraping.

A dental hygiene device formed of a toothbrush component having an elongated handle and bristles extending from a first surface and a scraper component with a scraping edge positioned on a first side a body portion. The scraper component is employable in an as-used position to scrape the tongue surface of a user and engageable in a cavity in the toothbrush handle to a stored position. In the stored position, the scraping edge is positioned away from possible contact with the user's hand or storage surfaces which the device may occupy to prevent contamination by germs and bacteria.

A oral hygiene tool has a tongue scraper and a toothbrush with an elongate toothbrush body. The tongue scraper is telescopically engaged with the elongate toothbrush body of the toothbrush, so that the tongue scraper can move between a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration relative to the toothbrush. A locking system may be included for locking the tongue scraper with the toothbrush so that relative movement is prohibited, and a resilient wall may cover and seal each of the locking apertures.

A tongue treatment device including a handle, a gripping portion and a working end for scraping a tongue and applying a treatment material to the tongue surface. The working end is configured as a closed loop defining an opening. On a first or upper side of an outer portion of the working end is an undulated toothed surface for cleaning and scraping the tongue surface to remove debris and bacteria. A bridge element with an acupressure beaded first surface interconnects opposed lateral sides of the closed loop. The bridge is configured to include at an opposite second surface a reservoir for temporarily holding treatment material. Along the edges of the reservoir are provided rows of massaging teeth for effectively applying the material to the tongue surface. A removable cover is provided to protect against cross contamination and may be positioned over or around the working end while not in use.

A tongue cleaning device includes a sponge-like tip that is fluidically connected to a refillable reservoir that will contain mouthwash or the like. A scraper is located adjacent to the tip and a check valve in the reservoir prevents fluid from flowing away from the tip in the event the orientation of the device is suddenly changed.

An oral hygiene tool has a tongue scraper with an elongate scraper body having an elongate upper edge forming a scraping surface for the tongue, and an elongate connector body connected to the elongate scraper body. There oral hygiene tool also has a toothbrush with an elongate toothbrush body and a plurality of brushes. The elongate connector body of the tongue scraper is telescopingly engaged with the elongate toothbrush body of the toothbrush, so that the tongue scraper can move between a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration relative to the toothbrush.

A tongue scraper toothbrush system for cleaning teeth and tongue of a user is provided. The tongue scraper toothbrush system comprises a handle having a first end and a second end. A brush head is mounted to the first end of the handle. A tongue scraping device is mounted to the handle. The brush head and the tongue scraping device are alternatingly usable to clean the teeth and tongue of the user.

A combined dental floss and tongue scraper which comprises: a body portion having an end formed with a notch; a dental floss mounted across said notch; a holding portion being a recess formed on said body portion; and a scraper being a raised edge extending outwardly from another end of said body portion; whereby said dental floss can be used for cleaning spaces between teeth and said scraper for cleaning papillae of a tongue, thereby rendering it easy to carry and keep oral hygiene and cleanliness.

The invention provides a toothbrush. The toothbrush comprises a brush holder and a brush head with bristles, wherein the brush head is fan-shaped, the bristles are arranged on one side of the brush head, a tongue scraper is arranged on the other side of the brush head, thus, the toothbrush and the tongue scraper are integrated into a body, and convenience in use is realized. The end of the brush holder is movably connected with a storage box, and the end in the storage box opposite to the connecting end of the brush holder is movably connected with a sealing cover. When the toothbrush is not used, the brush holder and the brush head can be stored in the storage box and sealed via the sealing cover, thus, the toothbrush is not only convenient to carry but also hygienic. A timer is arranged at the position on the brush holder near the connecting end of the brush holder and the storage box, and via the timer, tooth brushing time is controlled not to be less than three minutes.

A oral hygiene tool has a tongue scraper and a toothbrush with an elongate toothbrush body. The tongue scraper is telescopically engaged with the elongate toothbrush body of the toothbrush, so that the tongue scraper can move between a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration relative to the toothbrush. A locking system may be included for locking the tongue scraper with the toothbrush so that relative movement is prohibited, and a resilient wall may cover and seal each of the locking apertures.

The invention relates to a knife-shaped tongue scraper and a preparation method for mouthwash of the knife-shaped tongue scraper. The method includes the steps of (a) designing the tongue scraper, wherein several groups of knife edges and scraping brushes are arranged on a knife head to form a scraping and brushing line, dirty greasy residues of coated tongue are scraped off through the transverse knife edges, the scraping brushes on the left and right of the knife edges assist in collecting the coated tongue, the lingual surface is swept in a swing mode and stroked through the scraping brushes, the disgusting phenomenon is not prone to occurring, and the mouth is rinsed with the mouthwash to maintain the lingual surface after cleaning is finished; (b) preparing the mouthwash, wherein liquorice, cloves and the like are selected for supercritical extraction to obtain extracting solutions, and the extracting solutions, chlorine dioxide, salt, distilled water and the like are mixed and subjected to filling, so that the mouthwash is prepared.

A tongue brush includes bristles that emanate from a front surface of the head of the tongue brush and a tongue scraper that emanates from the opposing rear surface of the head of the tongue brush. These bristles can include tongue brush bristles as well as tufted bristles. The tongue brush bristles may be arranged in a first region of the front surface separately from the tufted bristles. The tongue scraper can extend in an opposite direction and from an opposing surface from the bristles.

An oral hygiene tool has a tongue scraper with an elongate scraper body having an elongate upper edge forming a scraping surface for the tongue, and an elongate connector body connected to the elongate scraper body. There oral hygiene tool also has a toothbrush with an elongate toothbrush body and a plurality of brushes. The elongate connector body of the tongue scraper is telescopingly engaged with the elongate toothbrush body of the toothbrush, so that the tongue scraper can move between a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration relative to the toothbrush.

An oral hygiene device includes an anti-microbial compound which is applied to tissues in the mouth to freshen breath or otherwise inhibit the growth of bacteria. In one embodiment, the anti-microbial compound is combined with a tongue scraper to remove bacteria and other contaminants from the tongue prior to application of the anti-microbial compound. The anti-microbial compound typically includes a anti-microbial agent and a binding and tactifying agent, and can have flavoring, sweeteners, and abrasives added.

Disclosed is a portable multifunctional oral cavity cleaner which includes a tongue scraper, a material storage bottle, a material spraying device and a detachable housing; the tongue scraper can be changed into a contracted state from a stretched state via bending, rotating or folding, so as to reduce the volume of the oral cavity cleaner; an oral cavity cleaner body including the tongue scraper in the contracted state is housed in an inner cavity of the housing; and the housing can be reversely combined at the bottom of the oral cavity cleaner after being detached and used as a handle for prolonging the length of the oral cavity cleaner. The present application, featured with small size, light weight and portability, ensures hygiene in the carrying process and realizes multiple functions such as tongue coating removal, oral spray sterilization and interdental cleaning at one time.

A dental cleaning kit having a container internally holding a plurality of pieces or roll of dental floss is provided. The floss has a combination of tiny soft and stiff bristles formed thereto. The soft bristles are coated with a dried toothpaste, available in a variety of intense flavors. The kit container has a tongue scraper removably attached to the container's external surface. The floss is colored to correspond to a desired flavor. The container is colored to match the color of the floss contained therein.

The invention discloses an oral care device. The oral care device comprises a mounting frame plate, wherein a tongue brush plate is connected in the mounting frame plate, one end of the mounting frameplate is connected with an upper jaw clearing part for scraping an upper jaw, the other end of the mounting frame plate is connected with a treating part, a cavity is formed in the tongue brush plate, one end of the treating part is connected in the cavity, the tongue brush plate is provided with multiple clearing brushes, and protecting parts for protecting a tongue are connected to two sides ofthe mounting frame plate. The tongue is cleared by the arranged tongue brush plate, the tongue is convenient to clear, the upper jaw part of a user is cleared, the user adds a cleaning medicine liquid at the treating part through a medicine adding part to convey the medicine liquid to the tongue brush plate, concentrated collection and treatment of clearing sewage is realized through an arrangedrecovery part, the trouble that the user pulls a tongue scraping device repeatedly to add the clearing medicine liquid is reduced, meanwhile, the oral upper jaw is cleared, and the risk of tongue bitecaused by retching in the tongue clearing process is reduced.

The invention discloses a reciprocating electric and manual combined dental tool (a toothbrush, a tooth wiper and a tongue scraper), relates to the technical field of combined dental tools, and is based on the background technology that the conventional toothbrush cannot brush along the teeth, wipe the teeth or scrape the tongue, and cannot brush the insides and gaps of the teeth. The invention provides a dental tool combining the toothbrush, the tooth wiper, the tongue scraper, an electric body and a handle body. Referring to the attached figures 1 to 5 of the specifications, the toothbrush and a tooth wiper body 2 are arranged at the upper end of the handle body 3 or the upper end of the electric body 1 to form the reciprocating manual or electric toothbrush and tooth wiper. The moving direction of a brush head is vertically reciprocating, during brushing and wiping along the teeth, the toothbrush head 2-1 or the tongue scraper 4 on the back of the toothbrush head 2-1 is opened to scrape the tongue. A short shaft 2-2 which is inserted into 2-3 can rotationally adjust the direction of the brush head for 360 degrees, and a connected shaft sleeve 2-4 can rotationally adjust the angle of the brush head for 360 degrees. Brushing and wiping can be manually and electrically carried out along the teeth, so the dental tool can effectively clean stains inside and outside the teeth and in the gaps.

The invention discloses a portable tongue pressing and scraping dual-purpose integral device for clinical use in a pediatric department and relates to the field of oral equipment. The device comprisesdouble-sided adhesive paper, wherein the double-sided adhesive paper is adhered to and fixed on the left side of a control switch; a pressing plate is adhered to the upper surface of the double-sidedadhesive paper; a water storage groove is formed in the right surface of the connecting plate; a connecting rod is arranged inside the water storage groove; a connecting part is fixed at the left endof the connecting rod; a rubber plug is adhered to and fixed on the left surface of the connecting part; mounting plates are symmetrically fixed on the lower surface of the connecting plate; sleevesare fixed at ends, close to each other, of the mounting plates; springs are fixed in the sleeves; square rods are fixed at ends, close to the mounting plates, of the springs; vertical plates are arranged on sides, far away from the sleeves, of the mounting plates; ends, far away from each other, of the square rods, penetrate through the mounting plates and the vertical plates and extend outside the vertical plates; a tongue scraper is fixed between the vertical plates. Due to detachable designing of a tongue pressing plate and the tongue scraper, the tongue pressing plate and the tongue scraper can be replaced and repeatedly used, resource waste can be avoided, and a tongue can be wetted, so that the tongue can be prevented from injury.