Electric Teeth
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There is a site on YouTube called ‘Electric Teeth’ which is dedicated to the testing and analysis of electric toothbrushes. The main presenter and co-founder of the site has been testing toothbrushes for ten years. I just wondered how many hours a day he spends evaluating them.We are
advised to brush our teeth for two minutes twice a day. That is surely not long
enough to reach a conclusion about a product, so I assume he brushes his teeth
several times a day. He has insanely extremely white clean teeth.
Close-ups of him brushing are not attractive, but at least he’s proving he’s doing
the job he’s paid for. To be fair, it’s not alluring to have an intimate view
of anyone cleaning their teeth.
It’s informative, unbiased, interesting viewing if you have nothing better to do. We watched because we are replacing our old brush. Expect gleaming gnashers from now on!
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I love my electric tooth brush, next time I need a new one I'll look at that you tube.
ReplyDeleteThe lifetime of an electric toothbrush is said to be 5 to 7 years. Ours is older than that!
DeleteThe electric tooth brush does a great job on the inside, top and outside of the teeth. But it doesn't:t touch the swosheddsce
ReplyDeleteIt does, indeed.
Deletesquished spaces between the teeth.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the translation, Hels:-)
DeleteI tried an electric toothrush once and it was so very painful, because all my mouth nerves are supersensitive. I went back to my regular brush and floss routine. Most of my teeth are false now anyway, so I soak them in denture cleaner and brush what's left.
ReplyDeleteIt's best to use what works for you.
DeleteHey, Jon from Electric Teeth here.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts on our channel.
It is true, that some days I (Jon) clean my teeth 3 or 4 times. But often it is just twice a day. Brushing too frequently is bad for the teeth.
Any new brush I am using I swap into my daily routine for a good few weeks to understand how well it works. Having used so many brushes you learn quickly what is good and bad about each.
I appreciate your honesty about the close up images. You are not the first to mention it. I actually surveyed our YouTube audience for their views on this - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2dMYhh67-qDn_lDnKqbQw/community?lb=UgkxhYApm7_1DMZLs7ApaxDsPZh1Ar3YhiUs
I hope I helped on your journey to choose a new electric toothbrush. What did you decide upon?
Thank you, Jon. I hope I didn't offend you. We found your site most informative and have ordered iO6 which we expect imminently.
DeleteGreat. Do let me know what you think of it. All feedback welcomed, good or bad.
DeleteI will.
DeleteI think I might give that a miss but a very interesting subject for discussion, I am sure.
ReplyDeleteYears back I saw a dental consultant at the hospital for a mouth biopsy. He recommended the Philips Sonicare which cleans by gently blasting the toothpaste and water between the gaps and along the gumline. I find it gentle on my gums using a soft bristle head but still need to floss as I have crooked teeth with awkward gaps.
ReplyDeleteThere I bet you didn't really need to know all that! 😁
Funnily enough, most dentists seem to advise soft bristles, whereas we lesser mortals (me) think that harder is bound to be better. Aren't we all supposed to floss, anyway? Very few have perfectly aligned, straight teeth - well, not naturally, anyway. ;-)
DeleteElectric brush is more effective than normal tooth brush
ReplyDeleteIt is, so long as it's used correctly. The hygienist set me right on that.
DeleteI wonder how people who are 90 or more years old still have some teeth although at that time the teeth hygiene was not developed at all, as a child I can't remember a tooth brush, there were other priorities, but I still had wonderful healthy teeth, like my father but then he had the gum disease which I have inherited and there you can brush your teeth as long as you want, sooner or later they fall out ! It also depends on the teeth quality.
ReplyDeleteMy late mother-in-law avoided dentists like the plague, but still had most of her teeth and not many fillings when she died at 95.
DeleteSomeone was singing to me the praises of a sonic toothbrush. I nodded wisely and agreed they were good. I wasn't interested enough to check but later I thought about it and realised it must be one of those with water jets to get between your teeth, negating the need to floss. I've just checked and I was wrong. The sonic toothbrush seems quite interesting if you want to add that to your mix of considerations.
ReplyDeleteWe had a water jet in addition to the electric toothbrush. It was okay, but not as good as using floss.
DeleteI'll go on the recommendation of my dentist to use a sonic toothbrush. I've been using sonic to 25 or so years now. No regrets
ReplyDeleteThat's good to hear.
DeleteI go electric, but I am well past gleaming, I tell ya. Last night I got floss caught in my teeth and had a deuce of a time getting it out.
ReplyDeleteYou do sometimes wonder if you're ever going to get free of the floss ;-)
DeleteI clean my teeth with an electric brush before bed then in the morning I use a soft child's toothbrush, easier to reach all parts of the mouth with it and apparently I brush my teeth too hard, hence the soft bristles. But, yes, flossing in addition is so important ( loved it that you used the word Gnashers 😍😂)
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
That's really interesting, Alison. I think many of us brush too hard, thinking it's more effective.
ReplyDeleteShould have looked after my teeth - really sensitive now!
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of Pam Ayres' poem, and I think a lot of us feel like that!
DeleteI brush with a regular brush and I'm a fan of flossing.
ReplyDeleteRegular cleaning is the key, always, no matter what method you use.
DeleteThat's very interesting. As we are in our 70s now, we are paying particular interesting in dental hygiene.
ReplyDeleteWhen teeth have been around a long time, they deserve special attention ;-)
DeleteIt totally cracked me up that you got a comment from the Electric Teeth guy himself! xxx
ReplyDeleteI must say it brought me up short. I was glad I had not been more critical.
DeleteI've gone back to my manual toothbrush; my dentist said we'll check my gums at my next checkup/cleaning and see how the erosion is doing. She has a camera system for closeups of the teeth and has a baseline picture of mine for comparison. I just felt I was never getting a good clean with an electric brush, but I don't want to erode my gums any further. I've bookmarked the site you wrote about as a good resource if I need to get a new electric toothbrush - thank you!
ReplyDeleteYour dentist sounds as though she's on the ball. We all have a tendency to brush too hard, I think.
DeleteI used to never hit the two-minute mark, then I started brushing in front of the tv so I'm entertained.
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting solution.
DeleteLindo cepillo. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteGracias:-)
DeleteI went to the website of Electric Teeth and it's interesting. My toothbrush does not have some of the essentials, according to the site, but I think I'll stick with what I have, especially as I just bought some brushheads for it. Unless, of course, it dies.
ReplyDeleteI'm now left with some replacement heads for the old tootbrush - maybe I'll use the old brush to clean awkward places in the bathroom, though I can see that might lead to . . . problems.
DeleteI am on my second electric toothbrush. Works well. My dental hygienist also recommended a water pik, which I should use every day....but use about once a week. It cleans in places the electric tooth brush doesn't!
ReplyDeleteI didn't like the water pik much so it fell into disuse. I didn't like the blast of cold water!
DeleteI didn't look after my teeth properly as a child, the NHS had just emerged and my parents thought false teeth were the way to go!! When I had my daughters I started to take more care of my own teeth as I taught them to look after theirs. I use an electric toothbrush, which has a 2 minute timer, twice a day.
ReplyDeleteFalse teeth were less troublesome than natural teeth and pain relief wasn't great, so you can understand the thinking of the time. My best friend's father was a dental surgeon and his teeth looked like tombstones, so he wasn't a great advertisement. She had beautiful teeth, though.
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