Patent · US Expired

Dental hygiene apparatus having a plurality of rotating brushes

US4538315A · kind A · utility

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3References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 17, 1983
Grant dateSep 3, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 17, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C17/30
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dental hygiene apparatus having five incurvated, flexible, rotating brushes mounted in a H-shaped arrangement on a housing which comprises an open brush holder portion matching with two opposed half dental arches and consists of an outer cheek-guard and an inner tongue-guard, and a closed biting portion provided with a pair of opposite restrictions for receiving the incisor teeth of the other two half dental arches.

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