INTERDENTAL CLEANER

• Main Author: YOSHIKAWA YU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 31.10.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; BRUSHES; BRUSHWARE; DENTISTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

To provide an interdental cleaner capable of effectively capturing staining substances raked from the oral tissues forming interdental spaces.SOLUTION: An interdental cleaner comprises a base part including a shaft part extended in a prescribed axial direction toward an insertion end part to be inserted into interdental spaces, and a cleaning part capable of cleaning interdental spaces. The cleaning part has a cleaning part body covering the shaft part, and a plurality of raking pieces having raking surfaces projecting outward from the outer peripheral surface of the cleaning part body, and aligned in an axial direction on the outer peripheral surface of the cleaning part body. Among the plurality of raking pieces, a part has a first outer peripheral surface forming an outer peripheral shape which becomes thin from the raking surface to the insertion end part, and among the plurality of raking pieces, the other part has a second outer peripheral surface forming an outer peripheral shape which becomes thick from a position separated from the insertion end part than the raking surface to the raking surface. The raking piece having the first outer peripheral surface and the raking piece having the second outer peripheral surface are alternately aligned at intervals.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】歯間を形成する口腔組織から掻き取られた汚れ物質を効果的に捕捉することができる歯間清掃具を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】本出願は、歯間に挿入される挿入端部に向けて所定の軸方向に延設された軸部を含む基部と、歯間を清掃可能な清掃部と、を備える歯間清掃具を開示する。清掃部は軸部を被覆した清掃部本体と、清掃部本体の外周面から外向きに突出した掻取面を有するとともに清掃部本体の外周面上で軸方向に配列された複数の掻取片と、を含む。複数の掻取片のうち一部は掻取面から前記挿入端部に向けて細くなる外周形状を形成している第１外周面を有する一方で、複数の掻取片のうち他の一部は掻取面よりも挿入端部から離れた位置から掻取面に向けて太くなる外周形状を形成している第２外周面を有する。第１外周面を有する掻取片及び第２外周面を有する掻取片は間隔を空けて交互に配列されている。【選択図】図１