An electric toothbrush comprising: a head portion and a handle portion; wherein said handle portion comprise an electric motor, a first drive shaft being attachable to a head portion axle of a head portion of the electric toothbrush; a second drive shaft being attachable to a housing of the head portion; a drive (4, 13) comprising a first drive section and a second drive section, wherein the first drive section is located between the electric motor and one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, wherein the first drive section is arranged to convert a rotational motion of the electric motor into an oscillating pivoting of one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, and wherein the second drive section is located between the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, wherein the second drive section is arranged to transfer an oscillating pivoting of the first drive shaft or the second drive shaft to the respective other drive shaft; wherein the head portion comprises a housing being attached to the second drive shaft of the handle portion in order to enable a transfer of an oscillating pivoting of the second drive shaft to an oscillating pivoting of the housing, wherein the oscillating pivoting of the housing occurs around an axis of rotation having a first direction; a head portion axle being attached to the first drive shaft of the handle portion in order to enable a transfer of an oscillating pivoting of the first drive shaft to the head portion axle; a bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles, which is rotatably supported by the housing, wherein the axis of rotation of the bristle carrier has a second direction being different from the first direction; a head portion drive coupling the head portion axle to the bristle carrier in order in order to enable a transfer of an oscillating pivoting of the head portion axle to the bristle carrier, wherein the first direction of the axis of rotation of the housing is perpendicular to the second direction of the axis of rotation of the bristle carrier; further wherein the second drive section comprises a first gear wheel mounted to one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, the first gear wheel engaging a second gear wheel pivotably supported by a housing of the handle portion, wherein the second gear wheel eccentrically carries a pin, and wherein the pin engages a lever mounted the respective other drive shaft (5 or 8) that is not carrying the first gear wheel; and wherein the pin when considered in a side view is arranged between an axis of rotation of the second gear wheel and an axis of rotation of one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft in order to transfer a pivoting of one of the drive shafts to a pivoting of the other drive shaft in the same rotational direction. a head portion and a handle portion; wherein said handle portion comprise an electric motor, a first drive shaft being attachable to a head portion axle of a head portion of the electric toothbrush; a second drive shaft being attachable to a housing of the head portion; a drive (4, 13) comprising a first drive section and a second drive section, wherein the first drive section is located between the electric motor and one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, wherein the first drive section is arranged to convert a rotational motion of the electric motor into an oscillating pivoting of one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, and wherein the second drive section is located between the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, wherein the second drive section is arranged to transfer an oscillating pivoting of the first drive shaft or the second drive shaft to the respective other drive shaft; wherein the head portion comprises a housing being attached to the second drive shaft of the handle portion in order to enable a transfer of an oscillating pivoting of the second drive shaft to an oscillating pivoting of the housing, wherein the oscillating pivoting of the housing occurs around an axis of rotation having a first direction; a head portion axle being attached to the first drive shaft of the handle portion in order to enable a transfer of an oscillating pivoting of the first drive shaft to the head portion axle; a bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles, which is rotatably supported by the housing, wherein the axis of rotation of the bristle carrier has a second direction being different from the first direction; a head portion drive coupling the head portion axle to the bristle carrier in order in order to enable a transfer of an oscillating pivoting of the head portion axle to the bristle carrier, wherein the first direction of the axis of rotation of the housing is perpendicular to the second direction of the axis of rotation of the bristle carrier; further wherein the second drive section comprises a first gear wheel mounted to one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, the first gear wheel engaging a second gear wheel pivotably supported by a housing of the handle portion, wherein the second gear wheel eccentrically carries a pin, and wherein the pin engages a lever mounted the respective other drive shaft (5 or 8) that is not carrying the first gear wheel; and wherein the pin when considered in a side view is arranged between an axis of rotation of the second gear wheel and an axis of rotation of one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft in order to transfer a pivoting of one of the drive shafts to a pivoting of the other drive shaft in the same rotational direction.