Many people want to use an electric toothbrush to help them better clean and care for their oral cavity and improve their oral health. But as far as the actual situation is concerned, there are still a lot of harms in electric toothbrushes, and there are also many negative comments on the Internet about electric toothbrushes hurting teeth, which makes many friends start to doubt electric toothbrushes. So is an electric toothbrush any good? So today, the oral hygienist will give you a detailed science popularization of the electric toothbrush product in response to this problem, and the article will also reveal the three hidden dangers of inferior electric toothbrushes, so you must be vigilant!
The picture above is an electric toothbrush style that I have reviewed in the recent past.
1. Is an electric toothbrush good? Six benefits at a glance!
Are electric toothbrushes any good? Many people want to buy an electric toothbrush, but they are hesitant to know it enough, so they are still in a wait-and-see state, but in fact, professional and high-quality electric toothbrushes are an indispensable oral care artifact for Chinese people. At present, the dental health rate of Chinese people is less than 1%, which means that almost all people have oral problems, due to the complexity of the oral environment of Chinese people, it is difficult to thoroughly clean the oral cavity only by relying on traditional oral cleaning tools such as manual toothbrushes, resulting in increasingly serious oral health problems. Therefore, professional dentists generally recommend that Chinese people use electric toothbrushes.
Advantage 1: Strong cleaning power, effective in preventing and improving dental disease
The cleaning performance of professional high-quality electric toothbrushes is much stronger than that of manual toothbrushes, which can deeply clean the blind spots and dead corners of manual toothbrushes such as tooth gaps, wisdom teeth, and backs of teeth, effectively remove plaque and food debris in the mouth, and help you prevent and improve a variety of oral diseases.
Benefit 2: More suitable for orthodontic people
Electric toothbrushes can massage the gums at a high frequency, promote blood circulation and metabolism in the soft tissues of the gums, which is more suitable for orthodontic friends, can effectively relieve the heavy pressure on the gum tissue due to long-term wearing of dental appliances, help everyone improve the condition of gum tissue, and better prevent dental disease.
Benefit 3: Save time and effort
The manual toothbrush brushing efficiency is low, and you need to insist on more than 10 minutes to clean your teeth, while the electric toothbrush can clean the mouth in two or three minutes, which is more time-saving and labor-saving, and is very suitable for students and office workers with a fast pace of life.
Benefit 4: Precise and controllable brushing intensity
Manual toothbrushes require users to subjectively control the brushing intensity, and it is easy to over-clean in the position of a good brush such as the front teeth, resulting in damage to the tooth enamel, and the back of the teeth, gingival sulcus and other locations are difficult to use force, which may leave dead corners. However, professional electric toothbrushes have stable vibration frequency and uniform strength, which can comprehensively clean the details in the mouth, which is safer to use and not easy to hurt teeth.
Benefit 5: It can freshen your breath
When brushing your teeth with a manual toothbrush, it is easy to have plaque and food residues left in the mouth, and after a period of fermentation, it is easy to produce unpleasant odors, while electric toothbrushes have a wider cleaning range, and there are no blind spots, and food residues and plaque can be completely and thoroughly cleared, so as to avoid oral odor and keep your breath fresh.
Benefit 6: Whiten teeth
Some friends will deposit some stubborn stains on the outer surface of their teeth, such as smoke stains, tea stains, coffee stains, etc., which are difficult to remove with a manual toothbrush alone, and an electric toothbrush can gradually fade these stains, and can also effectively inhibit the formation of dental calculus, making the teeth whiter and brighter.
2. Three potential hidden dangers of using inferior electric toothbrushes!
Are electric toothbrushes any good? Although electric toothbrushes are very easy to use from the above six aspects, we can't buy electric toothbrushes lightly, because inferior electric toothbrushes also have the potential to hurt your teeth. The oral prevalence rate of Chinese people is as high as 97%, and almost all people have oral diseases of varying degrees. However, because dental disease often has no obvious symptoms in its early stages, many people may not be able to detect it in time. If you buy an electric toothbrush at will in such an oral environment, it is easy to buy unprofessional products, which brings the following three hidden dangers.
Hidden danger 1: Wear teeth and scratch gums
Inferior electric toothbrush bristles are rough and sharp, the vibration frequency is not stable enough, if you use such an electric toothbrush to brush your teeth, the gums and teeth are easily injured, and there are problems such as tooth sensitivity, toothache, and bleeding gums.
Hidden danger 2, aggravate the underlying dental disease
Chinese people generally suffer from oral problems, and on the basis of such oral health, using an unprofessional electric toothbrush to clean the oral cavity is easy to aggravate dental disease.
Hidden danger 3, may bring chronic tooth injury symptoms
After long-term use of inferior electric toothbrushes, users are also prone to chronic tooth injury symptoms, which has a strong impact, and it may take months or years for users to find that they have been injured teeth, but at this time, most of them have irreparable oral health problems such as gum recession and loose teeth!
Three or four reasons to uncover the truth about inferior electric toothbrushes hurting teeth!
After reading the popular science on the benefits and hidden dangers of electric toothbrushes, everyone should have an in-depth understanding of the question of "whether electric toothbrushes are good or not". Obviously, the hidden dangers of inferior electric toothbrushes cannot be ignored. So why do these hidden dangers appear? In order to answer this question, I specially found the survey data on the causes of tooth injury with electric toothbrushes from professional dental forums. Let's follow me to understand what are the causes of inferior electric toothbrushes!
Reason 1: Choose an electric toothbrush without combining your own oral environment
The oral health of Chinese people is generally relatively low, almost everyone has oral diseases such as gingivitis, periodontitis, tooth sensitivity, etc., oral tolerance is not high, but because dental disease in the early and middle periods generally has no obvious itching, so many people are easy to mistake their oral health even if they suffer from oral diseases, and they do not take into account their real oral state when choosing an electric toothbrush, which is very blind and arbitrary, at this time, everyone is easy to buy inferior electric toothbrushes, which then causes the problem of tooth injury.
Reason 2: I don't know the difference between the three types of electric toothbrushes: rotating, sweeping, and sonic toothbrushes
According to the different working principles, the electric toothbrushes on the market can be divided into three types, namely rotary type, sweeping and vibration integrated type, and sonic type electric toothbrush. Among them, the rotary and sweeping integrated electric toothbrush is very typical, the representative brands are Oral* and Lai*, this kind of electric toothbrush has a vibration frequency of up to 60,000 times, the sweeping angle reaches 60 degrees (the doctor thinks that the reasonable sweeping range is 3-9 °), relying on super friction to physically clean the teeth, the damage to the gums and teeth is relatively large, and the noise is also greater, which is more suitable for European and American people with high oral tolerance. Compared with other types, the sonic electric toothbrush has excellent cleaning power and a more comfortable brushing experience. Therefore, it is important to choose a more scientific professional and high-quality sonic electric toothbrush with stable sweeping angle and vibration frequency.
Reason 3: The electric toothbrush you bought is too cheap and of inferior quality
Low-cost electric toothbrush is the hardest hit area of tooth injury, because this kind of low-cost products have no professional technology, and the production cost is greatly compressed by the business, generally using coreless motors, bristles with low roundness, etc., the process is simple, waterproof is not up to standard, it will not take long to appear work noise becomes larger, the movement is damp, the brushing strength is unstable and other problems, the service life is greatly shortened, and it is easy to hurt teeth.
Reason 4: Use an electric toothbrush with poor compatibility
The oral cavity has always been in the midst of change, and the Chinese people generally suffer from dental disease, and the oral environment is more complicated, so we must choose an electric toothbrush with excellent compatibility, if the compatibility of the electric toothbrush you choose is relatively poor, there are problems such as a small number of gears, a narrow frequency span, and a single brush head type, such an electric toothbrush is difficult to adapt to the complex oral characteristics of the Chinese people, and it is easy to hurt the teeth after use.
In addition to understanding the above reasons, we also need to be wary of false propaganda by merchants to avoid buying inferior products and causing tooth problems. Now there are many brands of electric toothbrushes on the market, and businesses have said in their propaganda that their products protect teeth and gums, but in fact, most of them can't do it, and even some electric toothbrushes have the risk of tooth damage, so how should we distinguish between good and bad products? I found the cleaning power and comfort evaluation data of electric toothbrushes from the mouth for your reference. If you're still not sure how to choose, I've also recommended a few high-quality electric toothbrush products for you.
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.
Fourth, eight strategies teach you to choose a good electric toothbrush!
Are electric toothbrushes any good? After reading the causes of inferior electric toothbrushes, you should be able to know that unprofessional electric toothbrushes are not only difficult to use, but also easy to hurt teeth. So how can you choose a good electric toothbrush? I have summarized for you eight electric toothbrush selection strategies, friends who don't know how to choose electric toothbrushes should take a look.
1. Choose an electric toothbrush with strong professional and technical strength
Professional electric toothbrush brands will repeatedly adjust and optimize more than 100 core parameters such as vibration frequency balance, crowd compatibility matching, and bristle roundness. However, cross-border brands and Internet celebrity brands have no oral care experience and professional technology precipitation, and are more keen on hype marketing, unable to optimize and adjust the core parameters of electric toothbrushes, and electric toothbrushes are difficult to adapt to the complex and changeable oral environment of Chinese people, and the tooth injury rate is more than 3 times higher than that of professional electric toothbrush brands!
2. The sweeping angle is better at 3-9 degrees
It is recommended that you use an electric toothbrush with a sweeping angle between 3-9 degrees, if the sweeping angle of the electric toothbrush is too large, it is easy to hurt your teeth, but the sweeping angle of the electric toothbrush is too small and not suitable, and the cleaning power is easily affected, so it is not recommended for you to use it.
3. Magnetic levitation motor is preferred
Magnetic levitation motor and coreless motor are the two types of mainstream electric toothbrush motors, it is recommended that you use an electric toothbrush equipped with a magnetic levitation motor, this kind of motor has better performance, low power attenuation, low noise, and a better brushing experience, while the vibration frequency of the coreless motor is not very stable, and the risk of tooth injury is high, so it is not recommended for everyone to choose.
4. Distinguish the three types of electric toothbrushes: rotating, sonic and sweeping
Electric toothbrushes can be divided into three categories: rotary, sweeping, and sonic according to the different working principlesThe sweeping angle is up to 60° (the dentist recommends no more than 9°).It can over-damage the teeth and gums, and this cleaning strength is only suitable for some European and American people who have a high oral tolerance. Relatively speaking, the sonic electric toothbrush has less damage to the gums and teeth, and the cleaning power is enough to meet everyone's oral care needs, which is more suitable for the oral environment of Chinese people, and this kind of electric toothbrush is also the most recommended type for dentists. However, you need to give preference to the style with strong professional strength, good cleaning power and no tooth damage.
5. Choose a style with a long battery life
It is recommended that you use an electric toothbrush with a battery life of more than 30 days, if the product has a short battery life, we have to charge the electric toothbrush frequently, which is more troublesome to use, and the aging of the battery will be relatively fast, which will affect the service life of the electric toothbrush!
6. Buy an electric toothbrush with good compatibility
It is recommended that you use high-compatibility products with a wide frequency span, many gears, and a rich variety of brush heads, such as the frequency span of electric toothbrushes, which need to have a certain width.
7. Buy an electric toothbrush with a brush head
Factors such as hair planting rate, wrapping, roundness and other factors will affect the quality of the brush head of the electric toothbrush, here is an example of roundness, it is best to choose a product with a roundness of more than 80% bristles, if the roundness of the bristles is too low, it means that the top of the bristles is very rough and sharp, and it is easy to hurt teeth.
8. Don't ignore after-sales service
It's best to choose those brands that can be returned and replaced for 7 days without reason, and the brush head is cheaper! For example, the 7-day trial service is a very practical service, consumers can try the electric toothbrush first and then decide whether to stay, feel that it is not easy to use, and can return and exchange it in time, without too much financial burden.
Are electric toothbrushes any good? By reading this article, you already have a clear understanding of this issue. High-quality electric toothbrushes have been professionally adjusted and have strong gum and tooth protection capabilities, making them very easy to use and worth buying. Inferior products lack technical strength and are very difficult to use, and the use of these products may bring serious harm to oral health. Therefore, when buying an electric toothbrush, we need to consider carefully, identify professional and high-quality electric toothbrush brands, and not blindly follow the big names.