Personal Care Products And Methods

Abstract

In one embodiment, an oral-care system is provided. The oral-care system includes an electric toothbrush having a motor, a power source in electrical communication with the motor, and a bristle holder operatively connected to the motor. A display is in data communication with the electric toothbrush.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An oral care system, comprising:
 an electric toothbrush; and   a display in continuous wireless data communication with the toothbrush during a brushing cycle;   wherein the display is separate from the electric toothbrush;   wherein the display is structured to display information associated with a plurality of functional characteristics of an oral care regimen.   
     
     
         2 . The oral care system of  claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises a base for receiving the electric toothbrush, wherein the base includes a charger used for recharging a power source located within the electric toothbrush. 
     
     
         3 . The oral care system of  claim 2  wherein the electric toothbrush further comprises a pressure sensor and wherein the electric toothbrush or the base transmits pressure data to the display and the display displays the pressure data. 
     
     
         4 . The oral care system of  claim 1  wherein the display displays a schematic image of four or more segments of a user's dentition. 
     
     
         5 . The oral care system of  claim 1  wherein the display displays a count-up or count-down timer for displaying the amount of time remaining in the brushing cycle, such that at various periods of time during the brushing cycle, the display signals the user to change the segment of the dentition that the user is brushing until brushing of the last segment of the user's dentition is complete. 
     
     
         6 . The oral care system of  claim 5  wherein a reward is automatically displayed on the display after the timer has expired. 
     
     
         7 . The oral care system of  claim 1  wherein a reward is automatically displayed on the display to indicate successful completion of the brushing cycle. 
     
     
         8 . The oral care system of  claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to one or more characteristics of the electric toothbrush and one or more characteristics of an oral care regimen for a user are displayed in the form of questions and answers on the display. 
     
     
         9 . The oral care system of  claim 1 , wherein the display can further display information selected from the group consisting of coupon codes, weather, news, sports scores, stock quotes and music. 
     
     
         10 . The oral care system of  claim 1 , wherein the display includes a user interface in the form of a touch screen. 
     
     
         11 . The oral care system of  claim 10 , wherein the touch screen provides data input to the display and the display is arranged such that the data input can control functions or operations of the electric toothbrush. 
     
     
         12 . The oral care system of  claim 1 , wherein the display includes a user interface in the form of buttons. 
     
     
         13 . The oral care system of  claim 12 , wherein the display comprises buttons or switches to provide data input to the display and the display is arranged such that the data input can control functions or operations of the electric toothbrush. 
     
     
         14 . The oral care system of  claim 1  further comprising a second oral care product wherein the display is in data communication with the second oral care product and wherein the display is structured to display additional information associated with the second oral care product and wherein the second oral care product is selected from the group consisting of rinse, floss, tooth whitening product, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The oral care system of  claim 1  wherein the display is configured to transmit audio. 
     
     
         16 . The oral care system of  claim 1  wherein the display further comprises an images to indicate when a component of the oral-care system needs to be replaced. 
     
     
         17 . The oral care system of  claim 16  wherein the component is a brush head.