Patent ID: 7147470

Claim:
A device for cleaning interdental spaces, comprising: a tubular guide element having an axis and a first profiled open end to allow its positioning at the entry to an interdental space and its bearing against teeth; cleaning means mounted movably in said tubular guide element and having an axis; support means for said cleaning means having a first end and a second end and a fixed longitudinal direction relative to the axis of said tubular guide element, said cleaning means being fixed at said first end of said support means and having an axis constrained to remain coincident with the axis of said tubular guide element; gripping means for moving said cleaning means comprising a tubular body having an axis aligned with the axis of said tubular guide element, said tubular body surrounding said tubular guide element and having an open first end for allowing the passage of said tubular guide element and a second end connected to the second end of said support means; and return means interposed between the second end of said tubular body and the second end of said tubular guide element; wherein when the first end of the tubular guide element is applied against teeth and a force is applied to said tubular body, the cleaning means move entirely outside the first end of said tubular guide element; and in the absence of force, the cleaning means are entirely disposed within said tubular guide element.