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A toothbrush with bristles on both sides. Brushing in half the time.
Double sided toothbrush
http://www.invention.net/ford.htm
One of the many on internet [xenzag, Feb 12 2007]
Fuzzy Brush
http://www.fuzzybrush.com/
linked in response to comments taking this idea to the n'th degree - why though, do they commonly sell these in public lavatories? (edit: actually, it turns out they're not spherical as I had always imagined - perhaps the n'th degree hasn't yet been fully explored?) [zen_tom, Feb 14 2007]
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Just finished flossing and brushing croissant out of my teeth. |
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A toothbrush that is simply double sided will only work well for the tops of the molars. To get the gum line, you will need to have them angled, and separated a certain distance, which may or may not vary according to the mouth of the person using the brush, and maybe even which teeth they are trying to brush. |
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Selling a device like this with the slogan that you can brush in half the time would probably lead a few unwary customers to suffer a breakdown in their dental hygiene. |
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Can we get some more details on how far apart the bristles are, and whether they are angled or not? Appropriately halfbaked estimates might be bun-worthy in their own right... but just suggesting a double sided tooth brush is not worth my vote. I've seen it before in the cartoons, and it wasn't funny there either. |
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why do you assume this was intended to be funny? |
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Tending the notion that people brush their teeth, funny stuff. |
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don't mean to puncture your idea, but
it's a bit baked - see link. |
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If the other brushes were on the handle, it could double as a fingernail brush at the same time. |
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A sphere of radial bristles could be manipulated around the mouth with a deft tongue, thus delivering 'hands-free-brushing' and the resulting unique market position. |
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That's preposterous! The beauty of a 1 sided brush is that you can apply pressure onto the surface that you are scrubbing. But by applying pressure on your lower teeth with a 2 sided brush, you are weakening the pressure on your top teeth (and visa versa). |
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Also particularly good for brushing the inside of your lips and cheeks ... |
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[Texticle], that's baked. |
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[xandram], that's a great idea! Put some lipstick at the appropriate point along the handle (not for me, though), squirt breath freshner out of the in-mouth end and hand-cream out of the other, and you have a fully multi-tasking health and beauty product! |
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[qf], carefully bite down to achieve pressure top and bottom. |
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