Do dentists recommend using an electric toothbrush? Detailed explanation of the shortcomings of swee

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-02-06

As an oral hygienist, I found that many people do not have a good impression of electric toothbrushes in my communication with friends, this is because everyone has seen cases or evaluations of electric toothbrushes hurting their teeth, which makes many friends start to avoid electric toothbrushes. Since electric toothbrushes do hurt teeth, do dentists recommend using electric toothbrushes? Below, I will take you to have an in-depth understanding of the dentist's views on electric toothbrushes, as well as the hidden risks of inferior electric toothbrushes, I hope you can beware!

The pictures above are all electric toothbrushes that I have personally used.

1. Do dentists recommend using electric toothbrushes?

Do dentists recommend using an electric toothbrush? In order to give you a more convincing answer, I consulted more than 30 professional dentists in the dental hospital and gathered their views, let's take a look at the dentists' views!

1. The vast majority of dentists say they recommend using an electric toothbrush

Because the quality of oral health of Chinese people is so poor, more than ninety percent of Chinese people suffer from oral diseases, and they urgently need more efficient dental cleaning tools to help Chinese people do a good job of oral cleaning, maintain dental health, and avoid aggravation of dental diseases, so most dentists recommend electric toothbrushes.

2. A small number of dentists do not recommend using electric toothbrushes

Their point of view is that the oral tolerance of Chinese people is poor, more than 90% of people have oral problems, and there are too many unprofessional electric toothbrushes in the world, once Chinese people buy such products, it is easy to hurt their teeth, so it is not recommended to use electric toothbrushes. In addition, dentists do not recommend children under the age of four, people with sudden oral problems, people over 65 years old, people with serious dental diseases, and people who have received dental medicine** to use electric toothbrushes, which are easy to harm the oral environment.

Second, the dentist reminds of the three major risks of inferior electric toothbrushes!

Do dentists recommend using an electric toothbrush? From the above analysis, most dentists recommend everyone to use an electric toothbrush, but we must not forget that there is also a risk of tooth damage from a low-quality electric toothbrush. In particular, the oral health foundation of the Chinese people is poor, more than 90% of people in China suffer from dental disease (as shown in the figure below), and the oral tolerance is generally not high, because the early and middle dental diseases are basically no pain and itching, so many people still mistakenly think that their teeth are healthy.

The risk of tooth injury from low-quality electric toothbrushes is mainly manifested in the following three aspects:

Risk 1: Wear teeth and scratch gums

Inferior electric toothbrushes have rough and sharp bristles and unstable vibration frequency, which will inevitably hurt teeth and gums, resulting in tooth sensitivity, toothache, gum bleeding and other problems.

Risk 2: Aggravation of underlying dental disease

Chinese people generally have dental diseases such as tooth sensitivity, gingivitis, periodontitis, etc., if you use an unprofessional electric toothbrush to clean your mouth when you have oral diseases, dental disease may be aggravated.

Risk 3: It will cause chronic tooth damage

Inferior electric toothbrushes will also have the problem of chronic tooth damage after a long time, this risk is highly hidden, users find that they have injured their teeth often after a few months, half a year, at this time it is likely to have begun to appear gum recession, loose teeth and other irreparable oral health problems!

3. Analyze the four taboos of electric toothbrushes, beware of stepping on thunder!

Do dentists recommend using an electric toothbrush? Although dentists recommend everyone to use electric toothbrushes, the risk of tooth damage from low-quality electric toothbrushes cannot be ignored, so why do such low-quality products have the risk of tooth damage? In order to find out the truth of the matter, I found an analysis chart of the main causes of tooth injuries among electric toothbrush users (see the picture below: excerpt from the oral forum). After repeated data analysis, I found that most of the tooth damage problems are caused by unprofessional electric toothbrushes, in response to this situation, I have summarized the four taboos of electric toothbrushes, hoping to help you avoid the risk of tooth damage.

Taboo 1: Use Internet celebrity big-name products

Some people like to buy cross-border brands, Internet celebrity brands of electric toothbrushes, but this kind of brand is basically in the past two years to enter the industry, oral care experience is very little, but also lack of professional and technical strength to improve the range of power intensity, crowd compatibility matching, swing angle and other up to 100 core parameters of electric toothbrushes, merchants rely on a large number of marketing and publicity to sell goods, the product tooth injury rate is very high.

Taboo 2: Choose an electric toothbrush that is too cheap

Many people think that low-cost electric toothbrushes are more cost-effective, but in fact, their production costs are very low, and the materials used are very inferior, such as plastic brush filament, coreless motor, etc. are commonly used components of low-cost electric toothbrushes.

Taboo 3: If you think you have a healthy mouth, you can choose an electric toothbrush at will

Most of our people's teeth are in a sub-healthy state, but due to the lack of pain in the early and middle stages of dental disease, many people will mistakenly think that their oral health is even if they suffer from dental disease, and they will not take into account their real oral health status when purchasing products.

Taboo 4, I don't know the difference between sweeping, rotating, and sonic electric toothbrushes

In the three types of electric toothbrushes, sweeping and rotating, the vibration frequency of sweeping and rotating products is generally too high, and the sweeping angle is excessive, and the representative brands are Oral*, Lai*, etc., the cleaning power of this kind of electric toothbrush is not bad, but the user's oral tolerance is very high, because the vibration frequency of this kind of electric toothbrush is generally higher than 60,000 timesThe sweeping angle is exaggerated to 60 degrees (the dentist thinks a reasonable electric toothbrush sweep range is 3-9 degrees).Far beyond the real oral cleaning needs of the Chinese people, the oral cavity is difficult to load, long-term use is prone to chronic wear of tooth enamel and damage to teeth! For Chinese people, dentists recommend everyone to use sonic products, compared with rotary and sweeping type, sonic electric toothbrush has both cleaning power and tooth protection power, which is a more suitable choice for Chinese people. Representative brands include 扉*, *Pu, etc.

Fourth, dentists are using eight electric toothbrush purchase skills!

Do dentists recommend using an electric toothbrush? After knowing that the dentist recommends the use of electric toothbrushes, we need to learn the purchase skills before buying electric toothbrushes, so that we don't have to worry about choosing non-standard inferior products. In order to make it easy for everyone to choose a high-quality electric toothbrush, I have summarized the eight ** purchase skills, which are all used by the dentist himself, and you can refer to them to buy.

Tip 1: Buy a brand with a high degree of professionalism

For more than 100 parameters that affect the core performance of electric toothbrushes, such as the vibration frequency, the deviation value of the sweeping angle, the roundness of the bristles, etc., only professional brands are willing to spend time and energy on repeated adjustment and optimization, and the tooth injury rate of electric toothbrushes is more than three times lower than that of those unprofessional Internet celebrities!

Skill 2: Buy a brand with after-sales service in place

It is recommended that you choose a suitable electric toothbrush brand that supports 7-day trial and replacement brush heads! Like the 7-day trial service can bring great convenience to everyone, so that you can try the electric toothbrush first and then judge whether to stay, if you feel that the electric toothbrush is not suitable for you, there is no excessive financial burden when returning and exchanging.

Tip 3: The battery life of the product is more than 30 days

The battery life of an electric toothbrush is best more than 30 days, if you choose an electric toothbrush with a short battery life, we have to charge it frequently, which is more troublesome, and repeated charging will also accelerate the loss of battery life!

Tip 4: Pay attention to the quality of the brush head

Factors such as the size of the brush head, the roundness of the brush head, and the hardness of the bristles will all affect the quality of the brush head. For example, the roundness of the bristles is very important, it is recommended that you choose an electric toothbrush with a roundness of more than 80%, the tip of the bristles of an electric toothbrush with a low roundness is very rough and sharp, and it is easy to scratch the gums and wear the teeth.

Technique 5: Distinguish the difference between rotation, sonic and sweeping

According to the different working principles, the types of electric toothbrushes can be divided into three types: rotary, sweeping and vibration integrated, and sonic type. The cleaning power of sweeping and rotating products is not bad, but the vibration is too strongThe sweeping angle is even more than 60° (the dentist recommends a sweep range of 3-9°).It is easy to wear teeth and scratch gums, and it is more suitable for people with high oral tolerance in European and American countries. Dentists recommend Chinese people to use sonic electric toothbrushes, which have excellent cleaning power, less damage to teeth and gums, low working noise, and better brushing experience.

Tip 6: Magnetic levitation motors are more worth buying

As the core component of the electric toothbrush, the motor mainly has two types: coreless motor and magnetic levitation motor, in contrast, the magnetic levitation motor is more recommended, it has strong performance, stable operation, low noise, and excellent brushing experience, while the coreless motor has low cost, poor performance, and poor vibration frequency stability.

Technique 7: The sweeping angle should be appropriate

The sweeping angle of the electric toothbrush is between 3-9 degrees is the most suitable, if the sweeping angle of the electric toothbrush is too large, it will overstimulate the gums and teeth when used, causing problems such as gum bleeding, toothache and toothache, but do not choose the style with the sweeping angle too small, and the cleaning power is easy to be pulled down.

Tip 8: Buy a product with excellent compatibility

You need to use an electric toothbrush with multiple gears, a wide frequency span, and a wide variety of brush heads, which have better compatibility and can cope with various changes in the oral environment. For example, the more types of brush heads, the more abundant the better, and electric toothbrushes with good compatibility generally have different types of brush heads such as cleaning brush heads, tooth guard brush heads, and orthodontic brush heads.

In addition to learning the above-mentioned electric toothbrush purchase skills, we must also be able to better distinguish the quality of electric toothbrushes, such as the product obviously does not meet the specifications of various parameter settings, and the merchant also insists on claiming its tooth and gum protection! In order to allow you to accurately distinguish the electric toothbrush that really does not hurt your teeth, I found the test data of the cleaning power and dental protection index of the electric toothbrush from a professional organization, and I also combined my own experience to summarize several high-quality electric toothbrushes for your reference.

Among the large number of electric toothbrush brands reviewed in the past,As a recognized pioneer in the field of "non-tooth damage" in China, FILIX has been deeply engaged in the medical research and development of "dental anti-aging" for ten years, which is undoubtedly the best comprehensive performance and professional adjustment in this field. The biggest feature is that it focuses on "surgical" precise cleaning, which does not hurt teeth! The original eight non-tooth-harming, cleaning, anti-aging black technologies, the tooth injury rate is reduced to 89%! The cleaning residue rate is less than 2%, and it has been certified by the European Union! 100% compatible with 83 types of oral environments, which is very powerful. The power is very strong, but the attenuation is very low, and the vibration frequency stability is extremely high, and it is the first brand in the industry to offer orthodontic brush heads. The reason why we can achieve super comprehensive performance is that we are professional! There are no redundant functions, no large number of models, just a product for several years, iteratively upgraded more than 20 versions! Optimize 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!

Relying on ten years of practical experience in "dental anti-aging", the Huile team has made high-precision black technology that does not hurt teeth, such as dual-structure magnetic levitation motors and innovative gingival high-frequency array massage technology, so that the accuracy and error rate of vibration frequency and sweeping angle are not higher than 0 within 6 years03%。Combined with rich experience in "tooth anti-attenuation" medical technology, oral microcirculation is increased by 93%, reducing the incidence of gingivitis and periodontitis and alleviating symptoms. Huile is not the kind of brand that chases the trend, giving people a down-to-earth, pragmatic, rigorous and scientific feeling, never advertising, nor engaging in live broadcastingPurely relying on the word-of-mouth of dentists, it is praised as a treasure brand with the best reputation and quality by the authority. Because the brush is clean and does not hurt teeth, many celebrities and celebrities use it, and dentists recognize that it is very protective of teeth!

Also Philips is ok,The brand is relatively famous, the workmanship quality is OK, and the cleaning power is OK. If you pursue cost-effectiveness,Among the low-priced products, you can take a look at Bayer and Shuke,The basic configuration parameters and functions are quite passable, and the brush head is about 20 yuan.

In terms of after-sales, Philips does not support trials, and the brush head costs about 200 yuan per year. Huile not only supports unpacking and trial, but also gives away a 5-year brush head for a limited time.

5. Share the six advantages of electric toothbrushes!

Do dentists recommend using an electric toothbrush? The advantages of an electric toothbrush are also the main reason why many dentists recommend it. The number of adults suffering from dental disease and periodontal disease in China is very high, accounting for more than 90% of the total. The oral environment of Chinese people is becoming more and more complex, and it is more difficult to care, and there is an urgent need for cleaning tools such as electric toothbrushes to care for the oral cavity, so dentists have always recommended everyone to use electric toothbrushes.

There are many advantages of electric toothbrushes, and I will briefly introduce a few points for you:

Advantage 1: Excellent cleaning effect, can effectively prevent and improve dental disease

The oral cleaning effect that can be achieved by electric toothbrushes is far greater than that of manual toothbrushes, and it can clean the blind spots that are difficult to clean with manual toothbrushes, such as gingival grooves, tooth gaps, backs of teeth and other high-incidence areas of dental disease, and comprehensively remove plaque in the mouth, which can prevent and improve dental disease.

Advantage 2: It can massage the soft tissues of the gums

The electric toothbrush can also help you massage the gums, effectively promote the blood circulation and metabolism of the gum soft tissues, which is very suitable for orthodontic people, can relieve the pressure on the gums, and has a preventive effect on gum recession.

Advantage 3: Keep your breath fresh

Manual toothbrushes have more cleaning dead corners, and plaque and food residues that are not cleaned in place are often fermented in the mouth, which is easy to produce odors, while electric toothbrushes have a wide range of cleaning ranges and no blind spots, which can avoid oral odor from the root cause and keep the breath fresh for a long time.

Advantage 4: The brushing force can be accurately controlled

When you use a manual toothbrush to brush your teeth, you rely on your own subjective control of the intensity of brushing, in the position that is easy to brush such as tooth surface, incisors and other positions are often prone to excessive force, resulting in tooth injury, and gingival sulcus, wisdom teeth and other positions and angles are tricky, so that the strength is not strong, easy to clean dead ends, and professional electric toothbrushes have stable vibration frequency, and the control of brushing strength is more accurate, so as to avoid the situation of large force hurting teeth or small force brushing is not clean.

Advantage 5: It is very time-saving and labor-saving

The cleaning efficiency of manual toothbrushes is relatively low, and it generally takes more than ten minutes to clean before you can completely brush your teeth, while electric toothbrushes can be easily done in just two or three minutes, which is particularly time-saving and labor-saving, and is more suitable for office workers and students with a tight pace of life.

Advantage 6: Teeth whitening effect is significant

For stubborn stains such as cigarette stains, tea stains, and coffee stains, it is difficult to clean them with a manual toothbrush, while an electric toothbrush can gradually fade these stubborn stains, slow down the formation of dental calculus, and help you whiten your teeth.

Do dentists recommend using an electric toothbrush? Through the above popular science, you should know the answer to this question, most dentists still recommend Chinese people to use high-quality electric toothbrushes, this kind of electric toothbrushes have strong cleaning power and high tooth protection, which can bring a lot of help to oral care. It should be emphasized that everyone should compare more when choosing an electric toothbrush, stay away from Internet celebrity brands and cross-border brands, and choose a truly professional electric toothbrush to make our oral condition better!

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