ISO 20126:2022

Dentistry — Manual toothbrushes — General requirements and test methods

Publication date:   Mar 8, 2022

General information

90.92 Standard to be revised   Oct 28, 2024

ISO

ISO/TC 106/SC 7 Oral care products

International Standard

97.170   Body care equipment

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Scope

This document specifies requirements and test methods for the physical properties of manual toothbrushes in order to promote the safety of these products for their intended use.
This document does not specify any requirements and test methods for the physical properties of toothbrushes for which all the cleaning elements in the head are elastomer.
This document does not apply to manual single tuft toothbrushes, single use, interdental and powered oral hygiene devices. These types of oral hygiene products are evaluated for their safety in-use by appropriate test methods or clinical trials.
In addition, for the filaments end-rounding requirements, this document does not apply to particular filament types which are very thin (less than 0,1 mm outside diameter) or have no sharp edges (e.g. tapered, feathered, with split tips, or spherical cap) or non-synthetic filaments, where applying end-rounding process is inappropriate or impossible. These types of manual toothbrushes are evaluated for their safety in-use by appropriate test methods or clinical trials appropriately.

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
ISO 20126:2012

WITHDRAWN
ISO 20126:2012/Amd 1:2018

NOW

PUBLISHED
ISO 20126:2022
90.92 Standard to be revised
Oct 28, 2024

REVISED BY

IN_DEVELOPMENT
ISO/AWI 20126