US Patent 7757326 Toothbrush with enhanced cleaning effects

A toothbrush is provided for cleaning teeth with a mechanical vibratory element and a head having a plurality of different types of cleaning areas which provide for an enhanced cleaning effect upon vibration of said head by said mechanical vibratory element. The cleaning areas have different physical characteristics so that in addition to providing a varied cleaning effect from the cleaning areas themselves there is enhanced treatment as a result of the movement of the cleaning areas imparted by the mechanical vibratory device.