Patent ID: 7063822

Claim:
A dental hygiene holding apparatus in which dental appliances, oral hygiene devices or dental brushes may be sterilized in a sterilization bath and stored in said apparatus comprising: a container having a flat lower surface and an upper opening large enough to receive dental appliances or oral hygiene devices therethrough; a sterilizing bath container for holding a sterilization bath therein removably suspended in said upper opening; a generally horizontal extension between said upper opening of said container and said sterilization bath container, said generally horizontal extension having holes therein for suspension of the dental appliances, oral hygiene devices or dental brushes after sterilization in said sterilization bath and wherein said generally horizontal extension extends outwardly from said sterilization bath container over said upper opening when said sterilization bath container is suspended in said upper opening; and a lid for simultaneously (a) sealing said sterilization bath in said sterilization bath container, (b) covering the dental appliances, oral hygiene devices or dental brushes as suspended in said holes, and (c) allowing fresh air to the dental appliances, oral hygiene devices or dental brushes, wherein an upper rim of said sterilization bath container holds said lid spaced above said container thereby allowing fresh air to contact the dental appliances, oral hygiene devices or dental brushes.