• Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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    9 months ago

    I had electric toothbrush before, and honestly I don’t see much benefits from it compared to regular tooth brush. Brush + floss is still the best way of taking care of my teeth

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      9 months ago

      Dentists can tell the difference. My buddy is one and told me he can immediately see that people that don’t use one have a lot more plaque.

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      9 months ago

      i am extremely lazy and often dont brush as long as i should, e-brush makes it a bit easier and it has a timer so i know im not done yet. But overal for normal people i guess there isn’t any real benefit

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        9 months ago

        Who says you’re not normal? I can imagine many people are bad at tracking the time required for the desired cleaning result, or stick to wisdom they learned as kids, which might be outdated.

        That being said, your hunch about the effectiveness seems to be correct:

        https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24438077/

        https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459492/

        https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33225464/

        It seems children and people that need assistance whens brushing profit most from an electric toothbrush. My dentist recommended I use an ET, so I got an ultrasonic one, which resulted in a stark difference in how clean my mouth felt. It broke since then and I got a regular ET, but much like you, I love that the device tells me when I’m done or if I’m applying too much pressure, so personally, I can’t imagine going back to manual.