Patent ID: 7698772

Claim:
A toothbrush for use by dental patients having braces with orthodontic wires, said toothbrush comprising: an elongated handle; a compact tapered head with a front surface, a distal end, and a proximal end, wherein said handle depends from said proximal end; and two pair of conical twisted wire brushes, each of said brushes having a narrow end and a wide end and a plurality of radially extending bristles; wherein two of said narrow ends extend toward said distal end of said head, and two of said narrow ends extend toward said proximal end of said head; wherein said brushes are longitudinally secured to said front surface of said head and each of said brushes having a plurality of bristles extending toward and being in contact with said head, said brushes being positioned non-parallel to one another and non-parallel to said head, when not in use, so that a very narrow trench of substantially uniform width is created longitudinally along the centerline of said head, wherein when said very narrow trench is placed in a horizontally extending position around the orthodontic wires attached to a user's brace hardware, the ones of said bristles being adjacent to said trench will close in around the orthodontic wires of the brace hardware and reach behind the orthodontic wires to effectively clean exposed tooth surfaces behind the orthodontic wires, even tooth surfaces of the rear teeth positioned where there is little space between cheek and tooth, and when said head is withdrawn from the user's mouth, said brushes and said head do not cause any damage to the brace hardware or orthodontic wires.