Urmstongran
Electric. My dentist promotes them. Says most people don’t use them properly. Different action needed - no sawing backwards and forwards but just press gently on each tooth and let the rotating bristles, angled down from the gum at 45° do the job. I have no false teeth, plates, crowns or whatever, no root canal treatments nor antibiotics for dental problems.
Just a great smile!
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Urmstongran, Yes, this is how an electric toothbrush should be used. Many people have these and try to use them the same as a manual one - and then find they get no benefit from them.
I allow 10 seconds holding it on each tooth near the root area, this does mean the my teeth cleaning ritual night and morning can take up to about four or five minutes. Each tooth x 10 secs back and front. Then a short while around the gum area above and below. I do also use interdental brushes at night only.
However, since doing this my dentist confirms that I have no gum disease (not bad at nearly 80 yrs old), and no dental or hygenist work required.
I use the Oral B re-achargeable.
A friends stayed with me recently, younger than me) and told me she had such rampant gum disease she could not even clean her teeth at night as they bled onto the pillowcase when she went into bed. I asked her how she used her electric tooth brush and she showed me how she kept on moving it around her mouth (like a manual). I did advise her to use it differently - do not know if she will.
