Method and device for cleaning teeth
First Claim
1. A method for cleaning teeth by means of an electric dental cleaning device (1, 2) having coupled to its handle section (1) various cleaning tools (2) for the individual tooth cleaning of the users of the dental cleaning device, characterized by the steps of detecting or recognizing a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool (2) used by means of the handle section (1) and controlling, in dependence upon the respective coding detected or recognized, dental cleaning parameters by means of the handle section (1) and/or detecting, receiving or storing user-specific dental cleaning data.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.
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- 1. A method for cleaning teeth by means of an electric dental cleaning device (1, 2) having coupled to its handle section (1) various cleaning tools (2) for the individual tooth cleaning of the users of the dental cleaning device, characterized by the steps of detecting or recognizing a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool (2) used by means of the handle section (1) and controlling, in dependence upon the respective coding detected or recognized, dental cleaning parameters by means of the handle section (1) and/or detecting, receiving or storing user-specific dental cleaning data.
- 4. A handle section (1) of an electric dental cleaning device (1, 2), with a coupling section for the coupling of cleaning tools (2), in particular brush attachments, and with a drive mechanism (23) for driving the respective coupled cleaning tool, characterized in that provision is made for a coding detection device (5) for detecting a preferably individual coding of the respective cleaning tool (2) attached to the handle section and a control device (27) for the control of at least one function of the dental cleaning device in dependence upon the detected coding.
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