Abstract: A dental hygiene device including a finger-receiving portion 12 configured and dimensioned to snugly fit over at least a portion of a finger of a user (not shown) and a handle portion 14 extending from the finger-receiving portion 12, the handle portion 14 being sufficiently long to permit gripping thereof by the hand of the user on which the finger-receiving portion 12 is mounted in use thereby to retain the finger-receiving portion 12 in place. The finger-receiving portion 12 indudes a cleaning pad 16 for cleaning teeth and gums of a person. The pad 16 is fixedly or removably mounted on the finger-receiving portion 12.