Patent ID: 6964603

Claim:
A polishing tip configured for use during a dental polishing procedure, comprising: a post having a proximal end end a distal end, the proximal end comprising means for coupling the post to a rotary dental drive apparatus; and a polishing head comprising: a polishing head substrate comprised of a flexible material configured to be pressed against a patient's teeth to polish them, the polishing head substrate being coupled to the distal end of the post, the polishing head substrate further comprising a surface onto which a plurality of individual fibers are coupled to said surface to form flocked surface portions thereon that are disposed at the central inner portion of said surface in order to minimize the number of fibers on the outer edge portion that could contact a patient's gums as the polishing head is place on the teeth adjacent the gums, and the flocked surface portions being separated by non-flocked surface portions disposed between the flocked surface portions of the surface.