Patent ID: 7950100

Claim:
An oral care implement, comprising: a head and a handle; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements disposed on a first side of the head and including a plurality of filament bristles; a means for engaging a surface of a tongue of a user to thereby reduce oral volatile sulfur compounds by at least about 35% from a baseline measured two hours after use, the means for engaging disposed on a second side of the head opposite the tooth cleaning elements, the means for engaging configured and adapted for cleansing soft tissue and having a different configuration than the bristles; the means for engaging comprising a soft tissue cleanser including conical nubs formed of an elastomeric material, the conical nubs disposed on the head in longitudinal rows and transverse rows, wherein adjacent transverse rows of conical nubs are in a staggered relationship, the conical nubs having a base portion, a tip portion and a substantially circular cross-section, the conical nubs having a height that is greater than a width of the conical nubs at the base portion, and wherein the base portion of each conical nub is spaced apart from the base portions of adjacent conical nubs; and a basin formed in the second side of the head, the soft tissue cleanser disposed within the basin.