A toothbrush having a pressure sensor. In one embodiment, the invention can comprise a body comprising a handle portion and a head portion having a basin a cleaning assembly comprising: a head plate a plurality of tooth cleaning elements, each of the plurality of tooth cleaning elements comprising a cleaning portion extending from a front surface of the head plate and a base portion extending from a rear surface of the head plate the base portions of the plurality of tooth cleaning elements melted together to form a melt matte adjacent the rear surface of the head plate the head plate of the cleaning element assembly positioned in the basin and connected to the head portion a pressure sensor adjacent a rear surface of the melt matte and an indicator operably coupled to the pressure sensor for generating a user perceptive signal upon the pressure sensor sensing a pressure that exceeds a predetermined threshold.
