Do you prefer manual or electric toothbrushes?!
Question: Electric!!!
Being a dental hygiene student, we received a free oral b triumph! It is awesome.
Anyway, not all of my fellow classmates use their new oral b. We took plaque samples and looked at them under the microscope and those who use their oral b triumph had less bacteria in their plaque than those using the manual (one was one of my dental hygiene instructors had plaque that was 4-7 days old)
Answers: Electric!!!
Being a dental hygiene student, we received a free oral b triumph! It is awesome.
Anyway, not all of my fellow classmates use their new oral b. We took plaque samples and looked at them under the microscope and those who use their oral b triumph had less bacteria in their plaque than those using the manual (one was one of my dental hygiene instructors had plaque that was 4-7 days old)
Manual.
manual. i bought one of those electronic things and it sucked. i hated it. it didnt do half of the things i thought it would for the money. stick to the regular toothbrushes
I have both actually. I could never leave my manual toothbrush, but my SonicCare Toothbrush, after using it regularly makes my teeth so white. So, I actually use both!
Electric, for the same reason that I have an electric bike.
The electric toothbrush that we have is a round brush. It tends to get back on the upper back molars better and it is an oscillating circular motion. It tends to oscillate around the teeth a lot better than a manual due to the speed of the toothbrush. There are different electric toothbrushes out there so there is not always one with a round head. It's just kind of like you prefer. People with smaller mouths like the round head so they can back there easier. It's more like a youth toothbrush. You should brush your teeth about two minutes. So if you have a self timer at home you can just use it. A lot of people when they are watching the television program or something, just when a commercial is on, brush their teeth for about two minutes. If you can at least brush for two minutes is the best. One of the benefits of using an electric over a manual toothbrush, is it's a good motivator for people because they don't have to sit there and use their hand strokes especially children or young teenagers. They seem to brush better. It's more like a toy to them where they can get that motion. You have that actual oscillating power already so you don't have to sit there and you do want to maneuver it but you don't have to sit there and brush super hard. To get the same benefits of an electric toothbrush of an electric toothbrush there is actually a lot of people that just use manual toothbrushes and you can still get really good results from a manual tooth brush. It's all on your technique and how you are brushing your teeth. You want to make sure that you are aiming your toothbrush at a 45 degree angle toward your gum line at a circular stroke, not an up and down stroke or side to side. That tends to aggravate the gum tissue in the teeth and wears on the teeth. So you want to make sure you are doing a circular stroke. Those electric toothbrushes that actually have a charger are probably one of the better toothbrushes just because you just have to replace the head. You don't have to replace the whole thing of the toothbrush. The battery operated toothbrushes are good toothbrushes also. They help motivate children and toddlers. They spin almost the same but of course, you have to replace the batteries in it. Once the head on the bristles starts to wear, you want to make sure you toss the toothbrush and not keep reusing it because it's not going to do a good enough job for you or your child.
Electric!
The best one is the RotaDent! The round head allows it to clean the entire tooth and every nook and crany!
I have just tried an electric one recently and I must admit at first was impressed but I have since found that it doesn't always do the job. Maybe I'm not using it correctly. So I use both.
Manual ones...
I have both, I just use which ever one I pick up first really, don't have a specific preferance lol x
manual.