An oral care implement (100; 200; 300)comprising: a handle (110; 210); a head (120; 220) coupled to the handle and extending along a longitudinal axis (A-A), the head comprising: a base (130; 230; 330); a resilient bridge (150; 250; 350) flexible between: a normal state in which the resilient bridge comprises a bowed section that is bowed away from the base so that a gap exists between a lower surface of the resilient bridge and an upper surface of the base; and a flexed state in which the bowed section of the resilient bridge is moved toward the base and into the gap; and the resilient bridge being self-biased into the normal state, and wherein in the normal state, the bowed section of the resilient bridge is under flexure stress; a plurality of movable tooth cleaning elements (116: 216) mounted to the resilient bridge and extending from an upper surface of the resilient bridge; and a first fixed tooth cleaning element mounted to the base and having a free end, the first fixed tooth cleaning element extending through the gap and a first aperture in the resilient bridge; wherein the bowed section of the resilient bridge comprises a distal-most carrier section and a proximal-most carrier section; a distal-most group of the movable tooth cleaning elements mounted to the distal-most carrier section and a proximal-most group of the movable tooth cleaning elements mounted to the proximal-most carrier section; and wherein the gap extends beneath the entirety of each of the distal-most carrier section and the proximal-most carrier section. a handle (110; 210); a head (120; 220) coupled to the handle and extending along a longitudinal axis (A-A), the head comprising: a base (130; 230; 330); a resilient bridge (150; 250; 350) flexible between: a normal state in which the resilient bridge comprises a bowed section that is bowed away from the base so that a gap exists between a lower surface of the resilient bridge and an upper surface of the base; and a flexed state in which the bowed section of the resilient bridge is moved toward the base and into the gap; and the resilient bridge being self-biased into the normal state, and wherein in the normal state, the bowed section of the resilient bridge is under flexure stress; a plurality of movable tooth cleaning elements (116: 216) mounted to the resilient bridge and extending from an upper surface of the resilient bridge; and a first fixed tooth cleaning element mounted to the base and having a free end, the first fixed tooth cleaning element extending through the gap and a first aperture in the resilient bridge; a base (130; 230; 330); a resilient bridge (150; 250; 350) flexible between: a normal state in which the resilient bridge comprises a bowed section that is bowed away from the base so that a gap exists between a lower surface of the resilient bridge and an upper surface of the base; and a flexed state in which the bowed section of the resilient bridge is moved toward the base and into the gap; and the resilient bridge being self-biased into the normal state, and wherein in the normal state, the bowed section of the resilient bridge is under flexure stress; a plurality of movable tooth cleaning elements (116: 216) mounted to the resilient bridge and extending from an upper surface of the resilient bridge; and a first fixed tooth cleaning element mounted to the base and having a free end, the first fixed tooth cleaning element extending through the gap and a first aperture in the resilient bridge;