Patent ID: 6957467

Claim:
A toothbrush providing multiple replaceable dental tools in one assemblage comprising: (a) a brush handle and an integrally formed brush head at one end of said handle, said brush head including a plurality of bristles for brushing teeth, said brush handle including two parallel hollow cylindrical tubes for grasping said toothbrush, wherein said tubes each comprise an internal recess chamber for holding and guiding an interdental hard brush, a periodontal gum massager stimulator tip, or any other combination of periodontal tools as they extend for use and retract for protection while not in use; and (b) a cylindrically shaped slider located within each cylindrical tube that slides within said recess chamber, and (c) an extension tube comprising a first and second end wherein said second end of extension tube is removably received within said slider, said first end of extension tube can removably hold and retain an interdental hard brush, a periodontal gum massager stimulator tip, or any other combination of periodontal tools, and (d) a slot extending through a wall of each cylindrical tube, and (e) a button partially extending through each slot, wherein a part of said button is attached to each slider inside said cylindrical tube and a part of said button can be moved horizontally by finger movement outside said cylindrical tube; and wherein said slots in the wall of said cylindrical tube control and guide the movement of said buttons, and define the travel length of said buttons and said sliders; and wherein said extension tubes that are attached to said sliders can extend out of an open end of said recess chamber a distance equivalent to the length of said slots in said cylindrical tubes; and (f) a hinged close-out cover attached to said open end of each recess chamber to inhibit and prevent contamination from entering while said periodontal tools are not in use.