Patent ID: 8136192

Claim:
A powered denture brush for cleaning a denture where the denture has a grooved side for receiving gum tissue therein and a teeth side opposed therefrom; said denture brush comprising: a handle having a powered drive member mounted therein; a brush head having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; wherein said first end is detachably engageable with said handle, and said second end includes: a first set of bristles extending outwardly away from a first side of the second end; said first set of bristles being adapted to clean the groove side of the denture; and wherein at least some of said first set of bristles are mounted for movement relative to the first side in response to operation of said drive member; and a second set of bristles extending outwardly away from a second side of the second end; said second set of bristles being adapted to clean the teeth side of the denture, and wherein at least some of said second set of bristles are mounted for reciprocal linear movement toward and away from said second side in response to the operation of said drive member.