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Electric toothbrush or manual?

Kate Kestrel

Today I was at the dentist and my dentist was talking about electric toothbrushes and recommended them. I’ve always used a manual toothbrush, and I always buy the softest bristles toothbrush I can get as I find most ‘normal’ toothbrushes feel too rough and hard on my gums.

Anyway, I got home and was considering getting an electric toothbrush - but I notice there are some things online saying they can damage your gums and cause gum recession. I’m so anxious about health and dentistry and this has put me off. Does anyone on here use an electric toothbrush and what’s your opinion on them? Are they good? Have you had any bad effects from using them? And do they feel hard or soft, or just weird when you’re using them?

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  • I use both, there's an electric one for the morning (it's plugged in, in the kitchen), and manual one for the evening.

    Things I like about the electric, it's head is smaller so it's less intrusive in my mouth, the timer keeps you on track and it lights up if you press too hard (which I think I do with a manual). As it's timed, I can concentrate on breathing techniques so I don't gag (which I do quite a lot with both)

    At night, it's more calming to use a manual, though I still have tooth brushing issues with it, so nothing is perfect but I would never not brush my teeth (even yesterday when I was so so tired I still managed to do it as I can't not).

    If you can try one it can be helpful. Also me and my husband share the base unit, we just have different heads we use on top. 

    On another note, we bought them for the kids, they both used them initially, but my daughter decided it was too much for her and has stopped using hers. (She is getting better and not chewing her regular toothbrush at least as she was going through them very fast).

    It's hard to know if it's for you or not without trying, and that can be costly, but you can give it to someone else and they can buy new heads for it.

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  • I use both, there's an electric one for the morning (it's plugged in, in the kitchen), and manual one for the evening.

    Things I like about the electric, it's head is smaller so it's less intrusive in my mouth, the timer keeps you on track and it lights up if you press too hard (which I think I do with a manual). As it's timed, I can concentrate on breathing techniques so I don't gag (which I do quite a lot with both)

    At night, it's more calming to use a manual, though I still have tooth brushing issues with it, so nothing is perfect but I would never not brush my teeth (even yesterday when I was so so tired I still managed to do it as I can't not).

    If you can try one it can be helpful. Also me and my husband share the base unit, we just have different heads we use on top. 

    On another note, we bought them for the kids, they both used them initially, but my daughter decided it was too much for her and has stopped using hers. (She is getting better and not chewing her regular toothbrush at least as she was going through them very fast).

    It's hard to know if it's for you or not without trying, and that can be costly, but you can give it to someone else and they can buy new heads for it.

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