Electric Toothbrush

Dirk Diggler said:
Are you referring to the Oral B model I asked about, or just in general?
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Just general Oral B, mine is around 5 years old now and frankly surprised battery is still working, needs a charge every 3 days or so but this was never the longest lasting model as got it for under £30 in a sale.

According to number on the bottom it's Pro 600 model, has 3 speed settings and a red light for when you push down too hard, not sure what else I'd need from a brush.
 
I have an Oral B/Braun, not sure which model but it's been going for ****ing years. I even take it in the shower sometimes and it's still fine. This thing is made of tungsten.
 
I've used an electric brush for 20 years, funnily enough I went back to a manual one this year and find the results better and less faffing about with chargers, changing heads ect
 
Ahoy hoy. I am a dentist. I use manual brushes, my dental therapist and dental nurse love electric brushes. Amazon is good - don't spend too much ~£50.

Main thing is twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste and leave the toothpaste on your ivories. Just spit no rinsey.

You are a clever lot so for the dental enthusiasts here is every thing dentists know https://assets.publishing.service.g...file/605266/Delivering_better_oral_health.pdf

It is evidence based. Tells you how to prevent dental disease and cut sugary snacks and drinks from your fodder.

During the pandemic try to see your dentist at least once a year - especially if you are susceptible to tooth decay or gum disease; and if you smoke and drink alcohol.

You can use a high fluoride toothpaste. And use dental tape (not floss) between teeth every other day or if you have big gaps small te-pe brushes pushed between teeth dipped in toothpaste.

Many NHS practices are doing very little repair work, just basics. If you get toothache or have a tooth infection (swelling) get it sorted quickly - you don't want to get an abscess - it will be easier and cheaper. You may need to shell out and see a private practitioner who is back to work with full PPE and drilling, root filling, doing AGPs, aerosol generating procedures ie spraying water from the highspeed drill.

BW pod
 
Maybe strangely, I've found that ultra cheap electric toothbrushes last as long and work as well. I use some Wilko own brand thing that costs buttons in comparison and uses seperate rechargeable batteries, standard AA ones. Maybe I was just unlucky with the two brand name ones I had before, but the Wilko one does the job well.
 
Have a oral b jobby but the batteries are shot. Lucky to get 5 brushes out of it between me and gf.

Looked at a new one yesterday... It's quite a confusing market. 4 different models all relatively same price all same manufacturer..
I assume like most things the higher the series number the "better" it is :p
 
DXP55 said:
I can't believe people never take the head off and wash it after every use :rolleyes:
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This.

I remember as a kid not cleaning it after use, and they spindle arm that the head connects to started going rusty.

I've got an oral b genius X, and I rinse the head and dry all parts of the body of the toothbrush before sticking it back in its case.
 
Vern1961 said:
Due to the ongoing lack of being able to see the dentist in the current situation, thought I would invest in one of these. Just a standard Braun Oral-B. IMHO beginning to think a waste of money. The heads are supposed to last three months but found after about two weeks even with gentle pressure the heads no longer rotate-oscillate when applied to the teeth. Have checked the spindle is moving and when there's no pressure on the head it oscillates.

Is there a secret to not having whatever in the head that grips the spindle wearing out so quickly?
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Are you using it like a normal toothbrush?

You really need to just gently move it from tooth to tooth with barely any pressure. Treat it like each individual tooth is getting ten seconds or so.

Then repeat on the back of them.

Mine has lasted for years and heads last a good while too.
 
Efour said:
Have a oral b jobby but the batteries are shot.
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you can replace the battery - farnnel about £4,
but yes , one charge if you spend 2-3 minutes doing your teeth I'd only get 2-3 gos;

I think the induction chargers are pretty slow, it's like ev recharge times .... 4hour charge gives 2-3 minutes of drive time.
 
Oral B the MFI of teeth :)

Has anyone actually paid full price for one?

I did use one for a while I think it was £24.99 now they're £50+. I found the heads a bit harsh and switched to a Lidl one and have been using that for years. I may run out of heads for that so maybe I'll try another B.

Everytime I go to the dentists now there's no plaque for them to have a scrape at so worth it to me.
 
Just buy the sensitive oral-b softer heads ~£3 ?

but heads do seem to be a money maker so if the Lidl ones are much cheaper I could be converted, you don't want pointy bristles like a wire brush yes.

looks like manual gives less erosion
The power toothbrushes caused significantly higher dentin abrasion compared to the manual toothbrushes using the same brushing force and time. The mean (± standard deviation, and 95% confidence level 95%CI) surface loss was 21.03 (±1.26, 95%CI = 20.41–21.66) μm for the sonic toothbrush, 15.71 (±0.85, 95%CI = 15.28–16.13) μm for the oscillating-rotating toothbrush, 6.13 (±1.24, 95%CI = 5.51–6.75) μm for the flat trim manual toothbrush, and 2.50 (±0.43, 95%CI = 2.28–2.71) μm for the rippled-shaped manual toothbrush. Highest dentin abrasion was measured for sonic toothbrush and lowest for the rippled-shaped manual

Seventy-two extracted human molars were used to generate dentin specimens
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Specimens were randomly allocated to four groups (Fig 2). 18 specimens were assigned to each toothbrush. The total brushing strokes were calculated to be equivalent to 8.5 years of brushing, based on a brushing time of 120 seconds twice-daily of all teeth [15]. Based on this estimation, the maximum contact time for one tooth surface per day is 5 seconds [16]. The total brushing time was calculated to be 260 min. The brush head should be replaced after 45 days (a typical time period to replace the brush). This represents 270 minutes of cumulative use for 28 teeth (72 surfaces) with 5 s brushing per day.
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but - you, apparently start with 1600μm of dentin
 
ShivP said:
I use a Philips sonicare which sonically 'vibrates' instead of rotates
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Does it use millions of ultrasonic carbon nanotubes, all oscillating at the perfect 20k frequency designed to attach to the precise quantum impedance of plaque molecules, using a sonic-fusion-plasma field to dislodge and atomise food particles?

I'm sure that's what the box says, anyhow :p
 
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