An apparatus for indicating a duration of time for brushing designated
teeth and specific portions thereof has a tooth carrying body including
an upper tooth carrying structure and a lower tooth carrying structure.
The tooth carrying structures are in spaced apart relation with respect
to each other in a manner whereby the tooth carrying structure resembles
dental gums in a fully or partially open orientation. A first set of
tooth-shaped bodies is attached to the upper tooth carrying structure and
a second set of the tooth-shaped bodies is attached to the lower tooth
carrying structure. Each one of the tooth-shaped bodies includes at least
two discretely illuminatable portions. Each one of the discretely
illuminatable portions has a respective selectively activatable light
output device coupled thereto for allowing each one of the discretely
illuminatable portions to be selectively illuminated.