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Abstract

An orthodontic toothbrush cleans braces and teeth effectively, including braces which have brackets protruding from tooth surfaces, wherein the brackets are connected by a spanning archwire. The orthodontic toothbrush has a longitudinally extending handle for manual use, or an optional plastic electric battery operated body, attached to a toothbrush head. The bristle head includes rows of bristles, which contact and clean both the orthodontic appliances attached to the surfaces of the teeth and underlying teeth. The height of the shortest group of bristles in the middle of all the bristle rows, represents an average protrusive depth of a typical bracket or band protruding from a tooth's surface. An intermediate row of bristles, bilaterally, is used to assist in cleaning the incisal/occlusal (top) and gingival (bottom) portions of a tooth's crown and orthodontic bracket or band. Adjacent to the intermediate heighted bristles are rows of pairs of tufts of taller bristles that split apart, bilaterally to reach between surfaces. The tallest bristles are located at the distal end of the toothbrush head.

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