Colgate Palmolive Company

Steven M Sorrel

Douglas J Hohlbein

Eduardo J Jimenez

John J Gatzemeyer

Thomas J Boyd

Bruce M Russell

Heng Cai

Van Canady

Candi Rancel

Kenneth Waguespack

Kenneth Gerald Waguespack

Philip Durocher

Barbara Canady, Legal Representative

Michael C Rooney

An oral care instrument includes at least one oral care agent. In one embodiment, the oral care agent can be provided on one or more surfaces of the oral care instrument or included within cavities within the head or in one or more surfaces of a head. In other embodiment, the oral care agent can be provided in or on a thin slab subsequently bonded onto a surface, or applied as a stable coating. The oral care instrument can also be provided with a wear indicator. The oral care agents can be released during one use, during multiple uses, or throughout the life of the instrument. Water, oral secretions and/or chemicals within the mouth can activate the oral care agents.

Oral care instrument including an oral care agent

A toothbrush includes a head and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements for enhanced cleaning of the teeth. The tooth cleaning elements include cleaning elements that define a loop arrangement for better retention of the dentifrice, a central cleaning element disposed within the loop, two opposing arcuate cleaning elements disposed on opposite sides of the loop, peripheral cleaning element with a stepped and tapered construction, elongate distal cleaning elements, and proximal cleaning elements.

Toothbrush

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Scarsdale, NY, United States of America

Steven M Sorrel