| abstract |
The device and method employ a pair of spaced jaws (286) which in use are straddled about a row of teeth, transverse thereof, and translated along the row opposite the inside and outside faces of the teeth. Cams (112), (114) enable the user to count on the device itself to provide the "dynamics" with which we commonly use a conventional "tooth brush" when we manipulate it in our mouths from a point thereoutside. Flexible arms (216) and slide (254) enable the user to program or predetermine the "grip" of the device, transverse of the row. A flossing adaptation (40) enables the user to clean the interstices between pairs of teeth. |