An interdental brush including a spine of twisted wire, bristles projecting from the spine of the twisted wire, a protective tip at the end of the twisted wire above the bristles where the protective tip includes a ductile cover enveloping the end of the twisted wire, molded and attached to the end of the wire and centered around the end of the wire, and where the ductile cover has a plurality of protrusions, is dome shaped at the closed end, and chamfer shaped at the bristle end.