Did you fall for the myth of electric toothbrushes?

Do you use an electric toothbrush? Many people believe that electric toothbrushes are cleaner and easier to use than regular toothbrushes. But in fact, people's understanding of electric toothbrush comes from imagination, and there is no scientific basis. Are you fooled by these myths about electric toothbrushes?

Myth # 1: An electric toothbrush is always easier to use than a regular toothbrush

A lot of people tend to choose electric toothbrush, because of the advantages of electric toothbrush saving effort. But is an electric toothbrush the same as brushing "effortlessly"?

Electric toothbrushes are easy to use because of the movement of the bristles. Currently, it is believed that the use of rotary oscillating toothbrush (pendulum rotation) is indeed easier, but the use of acoustic electric toothbrush, and ordinary toothbrush is not much different.

Myth: An electric toothbrush will always come out cleaner than a regular toothbrush

It is true that electric toothbrushes are more efficient than regular toothbrushes, but this is mainly in the process of cleaning exposed teeth. For concealed parts of teeth, no matter electric toothbrush or ordinary toothbrush, proper brushing technology support is needed to achieve thorough cleaning.

Here you are recommended to use the Pap brush method:

1. Place the brush head at the junction of the back teeth and gums, and the bristles and teeth are about 45°. Gently press and vibrate horizontally for about 10 times.

2. According to the above method, brush 2-3 teeth per tremor, and the brushing range should be overlapping.

3. When brushing the lingual surface of the front teeth, place the bristles vertically on the tooth surface, make the front bristles contact the gum edge, and brush from top to bottom. Brush the lingual surface of your front teeth from the bottom up.

4. When brushing the occlusal surface of teeth, the bristles point to the occlusal surface and brush back and forth with a little force.

In addition, some studies have found that the ability of acoustic electric toothbrush to remove dental plaque is not better than ordinary toothbrush. Only the rotary vibrating electric toothbrush was better at removing plaque and reducing gingivitis.

Myth: An ultrasonic electric toothbrush is as good as a dental cleaner

As we all know, the tool for cleaning teeth is an ultrasonic tooth cleaner. And ultrasonic type electric toothbrush also has "ultrasonic" word, but the two are different.

Although the working frequency of ultrasonic electric toothbrush (20 kHz ~ 10 MHz) is not low, compared with ultrasonic tooth cleaning machine, the ultrasonic intensity of ultrasonic electric toothbrush on dental plaque is significantly reduced. Like other types of toothbrushes, ultrasonic electric toothbrushes are fine for cleaning plaque, but not for stone removal, so they're not on a level with dental cleaners.

Despite the old adage that "home is better than hand", when it comes to brushing your teeth, technique comes first. No matter how good a toothbrush is, its power is limited. Relying too much on the toothbrush instead of mastering the necessary brushing skills is putting the cart before the horse. Instead of spending a lot of time trying to figure out which electric toothbrush has the best cleaning power, learn how to effectively clean your teeth!