A variable speed tooth polishing system including a tooth polisher with multiple polishing head capability, in order to provide therapeutic treatment to gums and guard against undesired exposure to potentially hazardous fluids present during routine dental cleansing and polishing, such as polishing paste, tooth paste, blood, and salivary excretions. A splatter guard comprising a plurality of serrations are cut through a wall of the splatter guard, wherein each of the serrations starting at an open end of the splatter guard and continuing into a length of said splatter guard forming a series of flexible splatter guard fingers about the open end of the splatter guard. The splatter guard is affixed to a polishing end of a prophy angle encompassing a polisher, wherein the splatter guard is provided to entrap any loose material resulting from a polishing process within the splatter guard.
