My wife bought new toothbrush heads on her way home from work today.
They didn’t fit. She bought the “Oral B IO” heads, but we have a “regular” Oral B toothbrush, not the Shiny Fancy IO design.
And this is after she bought replacement heads last week at another store – which turned out to be “compatible for” a different brand :(
Ugh.
Shitty dentist 🤷♂️
There’s been plenty. Dentists, dental hygienists, it’s been almost 4 decades and no-one has recommended it, so I don’t think it’s that. They have, however, shown me how I should use a normal, manual toothbrush most effectively, and I’ve followed that advice to success. Haven’t had a cavity since my first cavity as a teenager, it’s been over 20 years since then.
Are y’all based in America? I bet dentists there are paid to endorse the electric toothbrush industry there. But maybe not.
Maybe there are scientific studies that show that electric toothbrushes are objectively better for dental and oral health? If so, I’d love to see them and maybe I’ll consider getting one.
For now, I’m just sick of having yet another thing that has a damn battery that needs to be charged god-damnit.
Probably an American thing, many of the dentists I’ve had tried to sell me an electric toothbrush. I claim I already have one (which I do, I just prefer not to use it).
they never sell, but they always reccommend it buying it online or in store, they arnt financially benfitting from it, at leas the most recent ones. dentist will know if your manual brushing isnt sufficient enough, despite you using a proper technique.
The dentists my insurance will cover are the national chains, and they are always trying to tack on an extra $85 for whatever brand electric toothbrush they’re peddling. They’ll even say I’m doing fine with brushing, but still recommend it, and have the receptionist ask while I’m scheduling my next cleaning.
Never had a dentist try to sell me a toothbrush. In fact, I get given a manual one every time I leave. Which I use for cleaning around the taps in the bathroom. But they are always glad I’m using an electric brush. My kids (both under 10) use them too, after they learnt how to do it manually properly (just in case).
Not American btw.
Could you share a bit about why you prefer not to use it? 🙏
I find I brush more thouroughly with a manual brush and spend more time than when using a powered one. I think it’s probably more a “what I’m used to” situation where the electric brushes are a bit overstimulating and I forget to keep them charged.
I see, yeah. Thanks for sharing!
It’s a little frightening how plausible this is. And yes, I’m American.
😅 I know right. I don’t want to bet a fortune on it, willing to give the benefit of the doubt, but I’d still put a little bit on it. 🫣
No bet.
Very cool story about his you choose to code in PHP because it’s totally as good as everything else if you know what your doing 🙄
Hey, I actually liked PHP back when I was working in it.
People have lots of criticisms for it, and – yes, they’re all true. I still enjoyed working in the language back in the day.
Sorry, what?
He said that the toothbrush should be developed in C++, which it probably is already.
I’m a programmer by trade and I still have no idea what this thread derailed into.
I guess the other guy answered in a wrong thread. What is true is that most embedded systems I have worked on used C++. Could be the same for those electric toothbrushes.
Still though, I have no idea of the relevance in the thread. 😆 Gotta be a mis-reply for sure. Or I’m whooshing on the whole thing.