Toothbrushes should be more like video games, according to 9-year-old Ambria Schneringer of Ripon, CA, who won a design contest sponsored by toothbrush maker Dr. Fresh.
"You never hear parents nagging their kids to play video games, right?" said Schneringer, a fourth-grader at Weston Elementary. "Well, my toothbrush is similar to a video game. It will light up with different colors and levels as you brush."
In the "Be A Dental Inventor" contest, Dr. Fresh asked kids to describe and draw a toothbrush they thought would motivate their peers to brush thoroughly and regularly.
Schneringer wins a $500 U.S. savings bond and an all-expense paid trip with a parent to the Disneyland Resort. While there, she will also meet with the design team at the Dr. Fresh headquarters in nearby Buena Park.
Two runners-up -- Tayler Gibbons, 9, of Gilbert, AZ and Ty Lynam, 8, of Marlow, OK --will each receive $250 U.S. savings bonds.
Gibbons, a fourth-grader at CTA Freedom School, designed "Critter Brushes," available in a selection of favorite animals that make their unique sound only when the user has brushed for the full two minutes.
Lynam, a second-grader at Marlow Elementary, designed a colorful toothbrush shaped like an electric guitar. It "plays notes in the direction you brush, so you can make your own music," he said.
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