PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tooth cleaner solving the problem that a conventional tooth cleaner, such as a toothbrush, tooth pick, interdental brush and dental floss, has various drawbacks.SOLUTION: The tooth cleaner is made of a hollow thin tube, is provided with a grip portion 2 on the base end side of the tube, has a shaft body 1 provided with a tooth cleaning portion 3 at the end of the tube and having a predetermined length, and is provided at the end of the tooth cleaning portion 3 with an opening portion 31 communicating with a hollow portion 11 of the thin tube. The opening portion 31 is formed to be inclined relative to the length direction of the shaft body, so that tooth plaque or the like is readily and safely removed with a simple structure, and the tooth plaque or the like is stored in the hollow portion of the tube.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】 歯清掃具として、従来から歯ブラシ、爪楊枝、歯間ブラシ、デンタルフロス等が使用されていたが、それらの歯清掃具にはそれぞれ各種の欠点があった。【解決手段】 本願の歯清掃具は、内部が中空の細パイプ製でパイプ基端側に把持部2を設け、パイプ先端部に歯清掃部3を設けた所定長さの軸体1を有しているとともに、歯清掃部3を先端に細パイプ中空部11に連通する開口部31を設け且つ開口部31を軸体長さ方向に対して傾斜状態で形成していることにより、簡単な構造で歯垢等を容易且つ安全に除去できるとともに、その歯垢等をパイプ中空部内に収容できるようにした。【選択図】 図1
