support element made from hard plastic the above is connected to the brush body by means of a recess on the head piece which matches the support element the at least one cleaning element is arranged on the head piece and directly connected to the brush body the invention further relates to a method for production of such a toothbrush application_number US 96473104 A description all the toothbrushes illustrated comprise in the assembled state a brush body 1 and a carrier element 2 provided with conventional bristles 4 in the case of the manual toothbrushes illustrated fig1 2 8 13 the brush body 1 comprises a head part 1 a u2032 a neck part 1 c and an adjoining handle 1 d as is indicated for example in fig2 a and 2 c in the case of the plug on parts which are illustrated for electric teeth cleaning appliances fig3 7 and can be plugged onto a handle the brush body 1 comprises a head part 1 a u2032 and a neck part 1 c single piece electric toothbrushes additionally comprise a handle adjoining the neck part furthermore conventional bristles 4 and at least one flexible cleaning element 3 which may be.