A cleaning section of an electric oral hygiene device is provided having a cleaning element carrier mounted for oscillatory rotation around a carrier rotation axis, a gear unit arranged for being coupled to a drive shaft of a handle of the electric oral hygiene device, which drive shaft defines a drive shaft rotation axis in an attached state, the gear unit further having an actuation element for transferring motion from the drive shaft to the cleaning element carrier during operation, wherein the carrier rotation axis is parallel to the drive shaft rotation axis and is disposed at a distance to the drive shaft rotation axis.
