Abstract: A toothbrush head suitable to direct incident radiation toward a surface of a tooth and to collect emitted radiation from the surface of the tooth, being made at least in past of a material which is transparent to the incident and/or emitted radiation. In preferred embodiments the head includes one or more radiation guiding cores of transparent material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 8, 2005
Assignees:
SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG, Helmut Hung GmbH