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Thanks to its five cleaning modes and a guided brushing timer, testers felt this brush provided a customised clean, which everyone agreed visibly removed plaque. Using this background information, we tested the entire line of Oral-B’s electric toothbrush models. Key considerations included ease of setup and use, design, ergonomics, functionality, quality of clean, and value for money. During physical testing, we adhered to the ADA’s recommended two-minute brush. The Bluetooth connectivity and customizable features on the Oral-B app make this toothbrush a strong choice for people with receding gums or who are prone to over-brushing.
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These features are fun and can be genuinely useful if you sometimes neglect your dental workouts. The apps from Oral-B and Philips have had some time to mature, and they can guide you towards a better technique that could keep your teeth and gums healthier for longer. All the same, these features aren’t essential, and not everyone is prepared to take their smartphone to the bathroom twice a day or check their app to monitor their brushing. If you can develop a good routine that covers all your teeth and around the gums, then you arguably don’t need a smart brush. Long-lasting handles (in 5 colors) and replaceable brush heads make for an 85% reusable brush.
These heads also feature a blue color that fades away when its time to switch heads. After seeing it splashed around on social media—and even on Time’s 2020 best invention list—we also tested the Willo. Marketed at the time as a $250 family-friendly toothbrush for use by up to five people, it has since pivoted to be a $150 kid-centric toothbrush (it still comes with multiple mouthguard-like brush heads for family use, however). It is an expensive, inconvenient, and ineffective toothbrush that our kid testers found uncomfortable to use. The silicone mouthguard on our test unit had a strange aftertaste, even after multiple washings, and did not adequately remove food specks from teeth.
I then used each brush twice on the dentures and recorded how much it lightened the visible build-up on the dentures. In addition, I used Fresh Knight Plaque Disclosing Tablets on my teeth to track how well a brush removed plaque. (These tablets are a chewable dental tool that turns plaque purple to help kids learn about brushing techniques). From a quality point of view, these are made to exacting standards to be precisely physically compatible with the mounting on the toothbrush handle and to be mechanically durable. From a dentistry viewpoint the bristles will be the correct stiffness and texture to meet the ‘dentist recommended’ standards that the toothbrush manufacturers claim. From a safety aspect, the plastics and other materials will be non-toxic and safe to put in your mouth.