Do different textured/shaped toothbrushes actually have any benefits?!


Question: Do different textured/shaped toothbrushes actually have any benefits!?
I've seen toothbrushes with rubber bristles on the sides, bristles of varying heights, different shaped heads!. Is it entirely a marketing scheme, or is there any benefit!?

I mean, I've been brushing with plain toothbrushes for my whole life & never had a cavity!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
To answer your question most simply, yes, they do have benefits!. However, those benefits are vastly exaggerated due to marketing!. Most of the benefits are there to make it easier for you to brush your teeth, therefore you will expend less energy while brushing them because it doesn't take as much effort to get them as clean as you would like!.

Electric/sonic toothbrushes, on the other hand, definitely hold a benefit over the traditional ones!. In order to get equal stroke from a regular toothbrush as an electric one, you would have to brush the same aread about 30 or 40 times and then move on!. This process could take you up to 45 minutes!. An electric toothbrush would do it in about 3 minutes!.

So, the majority of the garbage they market with tootbrushes is just that, garbage!. As long as you remember to change your toothbrush at least once every four or five months, you should be fine with whichever you decide to buy!. And there is definitely an added benefit to using electric, although the same bristle replacement standard applies!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Nope! Study after study has shown that the effectiveness of brushing is FAR more important than the arrangement of the bristles!. There has been no difference so far among the different brands or styles!.

However, if having a neater toothbrush means that you'll brush more often or more thoroughly, then it will indeed make a difference!. Also, if someone isn't able to brush well (like with arthritis) then having a fancy brush that's angled a certain way may help as well!.

There isn't even much of a difference with electric toothbrushes, though some of the ultrasonic ones seem to be doing a little better than hand brushes!.

Hope this helps!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Thats correct!. All the fancy tooth brushes you see with different angulations or different bristtle length on the same toothbrush, they are all marketing tactics!. Nothing more than that!. If a soft bristtle tooth brush is used with proper strokes, then definitely you can reduce chances of caries by 90%!. You dont need those facy toothbrushes!. They are useless!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Hey,

Through the Child years you should opt for a small Head with soft bristles!.

Through Teen & Adult years you should opt for a medium Head With medium Bristles!.

For smokers i would reccomend a small brush with medium bristles!.

But studies show that as long as you brush twice a day and floss and/ or use mouthwash then your mouth will be Healthy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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