With the increasing importance of oral health, electric toothbrushes are becoming more and more popular in the market as an oral care tool. However, as the problem of electric toothbrushes hurting teeth has intensified, the controversy about "whether electric toothbrushes are useful" has gradually surfaced. In this article, dental students will answer your questions and reveal the risks and hidden dangers of inferior electric toothbrushes, so that you can know whether electric toothbrushes are useful or not.
The picture below is an electric toothbrush I have used in recent years).
1. Is an electric toothbrush useful?Analysis of the four major benefits!
In the process of buying an electric toothbrush, many people can find that the evaluation of the electric toothbrush is not good, so they doubt whether the electric toothbrush is useful or not, and dare not start easily. In fact, according to the current oral health status of Chinese people, more than 90% of people in China are plagued by dental diseases, oral health status has declined, and the oral environment has become very complicated. In the face of this situation, it is difficult for us to meet our cleaning needs with traditional oral cleaning tools alone. Therefore, professional dentists recommend that you use an electric toothbrush with strong cleaning power, because electric toothbrushes have a great positive effect on oral health.
Benefit 1: Electric toothbrushes have stronger cleaning power, which can prevent and improve dental diseases
The cleaning power of manual toothbrushes is weak, and it is difficult to clean the high-incidence areas of dental diseases such as tooth gaps, cavities, tooth backs, gingival sulcus, and tooth roots, and oral problems may occur if plaque accumulates for a long time, while the cleaning power of electric toothbrushes is far more than that of manual toothbrushes dozens of times, which can comprehensively remove plaque in the oral cavity and prevent and improve dental diseases.
Benefit 2: Removes bad breath
It is difficult for a manual toothbrush to completely and thoroughly clean the food debris and plaque in the mouth, and they will produce odors after fermentation in the mouth, while electric toothbrushes do not clean dead corners and can keep the breath fresh for a long time.
Benefit 3: Whiten teeth
Stubborn stains such as coffee stains, tea stains, and cigarette stains accumulated on the outer layer of teeth are difficult to clean with a manual toothbrush, but an electric toothbrush can gradually brush them off, and can also inhibit the formation of dental calculus and help you whiten your teeth.
Benefit 4: Save time and effort
Using an electric toothbrush to fully clean the mouth only requires two minutes of gentle movement in the mouth, which is very time-saving and labor-saving, while a manual toothbrush takes at least ten minutes to achieve a similar cleaning effect, which is much less efficient than an electric toothbrush.
Benefit 5: Electric toothbrushes are a boon for orthodontic people
The electric toothbrush is very suitable for people who need orthodontics**, it can help you massage your gums, help you relieve the heavy pressure on the gum tissue exerted by the braces, promote the self-recovery of the gum soft tissue, and prevent gum recession.
Benefit 6: Stable cleaning force
Electric toothbrushes have a stable and uniform vibration frequency, and the control of brushing intensity is also very accurate, while manual toothbrushes are subjectively controlled to control brushing strength, which is difficult to accurately control, so it is often accompanied by a small brushing is not clean or a large force hurts the teeth.
2. Uncover the three major risks of inferior electric toothbrushes!
Is an electric toothbrush useful?Many people read about the benefits of an electric toothbrush and think that it is a very useful tool, but the truth is that you need to be aware that there are some risks of tooth damage with inferior products. Let's take a look at the risks associated with using an inferior electric toothbrush.
The oral health of the Chinese population is generally very poor, and the oral health rate of less than 1% (as shown in the figure below) indicates that everyone suffers from different degrees of oral diseases. However, many people are unaware of this problem and even think that their teeth are healthy, because the vast majority of dental diseases do not have obvious itching in the middle and middle years. Due to the lack of understanding of their oral health and the lack of awareness of electric toothbrushes, many people will blindly buy products, which makes it easy to choose inferior products that are not suitable for them, thus causing harm to their teeth.
The more common risks of an inferior electric toothbrush are as follows:
Risk 1Inferior electric toothbrushes can wear out our teeth excessively, and they are also prone to irritation, causing problems such as bleeding gums, toothache, toothache, and tooth acid.
Risk 2In such an oral environment, if you use an electric toothbrush with a low degree of professionalism, it may stimulate the diseased location in the mouth and accelerate the development of dental disease.
Risk 3The use of low-quality electric toothbrushes may also bring chronic damage to the mouth, and it is difficult for users to find that they have been injured at first, but under the influence of accumulation, irreparable damage such as gum recession and loose teeth often occur.
Three or four unspoken rules of business routines should be avoided!
Is an electric toothbrush useful?Despite the many benefits and usefulness of an electric toothbrush, the risks mentioned above discourage people from using it. Therefore, I will introduce you to the reasons for the risk of tooth damage from low-quality electric toothbrushes. The following chart is the negative review statistics I found from authoritative dental forums, through which we can understand that poor product quality is the main cause of tooth problems. Choosing poor quality products is often because there are many unspoken rules in the electric toothbrush industry, which makes it difficult for us to choose the right product for ourselves. Let's take a look at what routines exist in the electric toothbrush industry!
1. Buy qualification certificates to disguise products
In order to cover up the shortcomings of electric toothbrushes, many brands will buy some certificates and qualifications to package electric toothbrushes, so that electric toothbrushes look professional, but these certificates look tall, in fact, you can buy them with money, if you blindly believe in these certificates and qualifications, it is easy to buy unprofessional electric toothbrushes, and it is inevitable that there will be tooth damage problems after use.
2. Consumables routine
In order to attract consumers with low prices, some electric toothbrush merchants will greatly reduce the production cost of electric toothbrushes, and usually use some coreless motors, unrounded bristles, inferior batteries and other components to make electric toothbrushes, so that shoddy electric toothbrushes have a very high rate of tooth damage. There are also some electric toothbrushes, although the main unit is not high, but the price of replacement brush heads is very expensive, and merchants can make more money by selling brush heads.
3. Analyze the three types of rotation, sweeping, and sonic type
Electric toothbrushes are divided into rotary type, sweeping and vibration integrated type and sonic type according to the working principle. The rotary type and the integrated type of sweeping vibration are very typical, represented by Oral* and Lai*, the power is very violent, the vibration frequency is more than 60,000 minutes and the sweeping angle is more than 60 degrees (the most recommended reasonable sweeping range for dentists is 3-9 °), the use of super friction to physical cleaning, the damage to teeth and gums is also large, the noise is strong, more suitable for European and American people with very high oral tolerance. Compared with the other two types, the sonic electric toothbrush has excellent cleaning power between the teeth and the experience is more comfortable. Therefore, try to choose professional sonic products with more scientific vibration frequency stability and sweeping angle adjustment.
4. Rely on celebrity endorsements to attract fans to pay
In terms of oral care, they do not have enough experience, nor do they have the professional technology precipitation of electric toothbrushes, but they only rely on celebrity endorsements, Internet celebrities to bring goods and other ways to harvest vermicelli leeks, such electric toothbrushes often cause tooth damage problems when actually used.
In addition to these routines, many electric toothbrush businesses will also use false propaganda to deceive consumers, they claim to be their own electric toothbrush tooth protection gum protection, in fact, the tooth injury rate is very high, blind purchase is easy to step on thunder, in order to allow everyone to accurately identify this kind of products, buy an electric toothbrush with both strong cleaning power and tooth protection power, I found the following electric toothbrush core key index data from an authoritative testing agency for your reference, let's learn which electric toothbrushes have false publicity, which ones are really easy to use!
Among the thousands of brands, FILIX, a veteran brand recognized by the dental circle, is the pioneer in the field of "not hurting teeth" in China, and is the brand with the highest degree of professionalism in this field. It is one of the very few electric toothbrushes with a medical background and is the only brand that has been certified by the European Union, the United States and other countries!It has launched the third generation of upgraded new products, pioneering research and development of eight major properties and toothless black technology, top-notch cleaning power and 89% reduction of damage, and rare EU certification!With good frequency uniformity, strong power and low attenuation, it is the first brand in the industry to provide orthodontic brush heads, and it is very compatible with people. The reason why their comprehensive performance is so strong is that the key is focus!Dead professional!There are no redundant functions, no large number of models, just a product for several years, iteratively upgraded more than 20 versions!Optimized more than 300 details!After 6 years of anti-attenuation testing, it has achieved 6 years of comprehensive performance, durability, tooth and gum damage rate certification, and the non-toxic and corrosion resistance of the bristles has been improved by 983%, safer and non-toxic!Some celebrities and celebrities have chosen their homes because of their dental care needs, and dentists are recognized as very protective of teeth.
In order to "fever performance and not hurt teeth", we have created eight original non-tooth technologies, such as approved vibration frequency technology, innovative gingival high-frequency array massage technology, DPP micro-frequency dynamic compensation technology, etc., and adjusted parameters for more than 100 technologies such as vibration frequency, power, and vibration sweepingEnsure that the deviation value of various performance indicators for more than 6 years is not higher than 01%。It has never advertised but has become popular under the recommendation of many dentists, and sales in offline channels have skyrocketed. In the face of the skyrocketing rate of tooth injury,Huile's professional, rigorous, and high-performance product concept, insisting on practicing internal skills, and treating products as strict medical products research and development have been highly recognized.
In addition, Philips, as an international brand, has a relatively high reputationThe quality is okay after my own use, and the cleaning power is okay, but it is more suitable for people with high oral tolerance.
If you have to buy something cheapI relatively recommend Bayer, Shuke, ** relatively cheap,The basic functional experience can satisfy those who do not have high entry requirements.
In terms of after-sales, Philips does not support trials, and the brush head costs about 200 yuan a year. Huile not only supports unpacking and trial, but also gives away a 5-year brush head for a limited time.
Fourth, there are clever ways to buy electric toothbrushes, and these eight points must be mastered!
Is an electric toothbrush useful?Based on the previous Xi, we can conclude that an electric toothbrush with strong tooth protection is indeed useful. However, there are many poor quality electric toothbrushes on the market, so choosing the right product needs to pay attention to identifying the actual parameters of the product before you can choose a professional product. Considering that many people may not know how to buy an electric toothbrush, I have summarized eight tips for your reference.
1. Buy a brand with good after-sales service
It is recommended that you buy an electric toothbrush brand with a 7-day trial and replacement brush head at an appropriate cost. For example, 7 days no reason to return or exchange is very useful, you can try it yourself first and then decide whether to buy, it is not easy to use the return and exchange directly, effectively reducing the cost of trial and error.
2. Buy a brand with strong professional strength
Professional brands will spend a lot of time and money to study the professional technology of electric toothbrushes, and will repeatedly adjust and optimize up to 100 core parameters such as power intensity range, sweeping angle angle, crowd compatibility matching, etc., and the tooth injury rate of the product is reduced by 300% compared with that of non-professional brands
3. Choose a model equipped with a magnetic levitation motor
The electric toothbrush motor is mainly a magnetic levitation motor and a coreless motor, it is recommended that you start with an electric toothbrush with a magnetic levitation motor, the performance of this motor is relatively strong, the operation stability is better, and it can bring users a better brushing experience, while the coreless motor has poor stability and unstable vibration frequency, and there may be tooth damage problems when used.
4. The battery life should be strong
It is best to buy an electric toothbrush with a battery life of more than 1 month, otherwise we will charge the electric toothbrush frequently, the battery will age quickly, and the battery life will be reduced.
5. Pay attention to the selection of three modes of electric toothbrushes
Electric toothbrushes can be divided into three categories: rotary, sweeping and vibration integrated, and sonic according to the different working principlesThe sweeping angle is too large to exceed 60 degrees (the dentist recommends that the sweeping range should not exceed 9 degrees).It can over-damage the teeth and gums during cleaning, and this cleaning strength is only suitable for people in Europe and the United States who have a very high oral tolerance. Compared with the other two, the sonic electric toothbrush has a lower tooth damage rate when brushing, the cleaning power and tooth protection will be better, and it is more suitable for the oral environment of the Chinese people, and it is also the type of electric toothbrush recommended by dentists.
6. Choose products with excellent compatibility
Only electric toothbrushes with excellent compatibility can cope with the complex and changeable oral patients of the Chinese people, and products with good compatibility often have the characteristics of a large number of gears, a wide range of power strength, and a rich variety of brush head types. For example, the power intensity range of an electric toothbrush needs to be wide enough to provide users with a more appropriate brushing force.
7. Choose the best product of the brush head
The quality of the brush head is affected by factors such as bristle roundness, hardness, and hair planting rate. Take the bristle hardness as an example, the moderately soft bristles are most suitable for Chinese people, if the bristles are very hard, easy to wear teeth, if the bristles are too soft and the toughness is insufficient, it will reduce the cleaning power of the electric toothbrush.
8. The sweeping angle is best between 3-9 degrees
The sweeping angle of the electric toothbrush is best between 3 and 9 degrees, if the sweeping angle is large, it is easy to irritate the gums and teeth and cause tooth damage. However, if the sweeping angle is too small, it will affect the cleaning power of the electric toothbrush.
Is an electric toothbrush useful?That's it for this, there are many different brands of electric toothbrushes on the market, but not all of them are useful. Only those high-quality electric toothbrushes with professional expertise are good for our oral health, they have strong cleaning power and high tooth protection, can thoroughly clean the mouth and protect the teeth and gums, and those inferior products without oral care experience are useless and can also cause serious oral problems to our mouth. Therefore, everyone should carefully choose an electric toothbrush and not blindly follow the trend to buy Internet celebrity brands.