Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by thebigspacefuck on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:11PM (#25530984)

Electric toothbrushes. I always saw ads for them but they were expensive and I thought, how much better can they be? Finally listened to my dentist’s recommendation to buy one and my teeth have so much less plaque now to where I barely notice a difference after getting my teeth cleaned and the dentist takes much less time to do it.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by tmamic on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:59PM (#25531358)

Please be careful not to press too hard or you could wear off your enamel.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by Alex3917 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:31PM (#25531625)

Also waterpiks. Much better for your gums than flossing, and 10x easier. (Granted you still need to floss to prevent cavities, but still.)

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by petters on Thursday December 24, 2020 @05:08PM (#25531912)

That's interesting. My dentist said electric or not didn't matter when I asked.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by BoorishBears on Thursday December 24, 2020 @05:55PM (#25532306)

I went electric because with proper brushing habits electric vs manual matters less.

You're supposed to be making tons of small circular strokes and reaching every surface and taking the right amount of time... but it's easy to mess that up subtly. A lot of people make wide strokes for example or are unable to get the large head of the toothbrush in the corners of their teeth or use too much pressure...

That's why I went with the reciprocating electric toothbrush over the vibrating kind. The reciprocating type has a smaller head that can reach more places, and it's less dependent on correct usage than the vibrating kind.

Mine vibrates to let me know roughly how long to spend in each quadrant of my mouth and lights up red if I'm pushing too hard

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by thijsvandien on Thursday December 24, 2020 @08:20PM (#25533319)

Which specific one is it that you use?

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by BoorishBears on Thursday December 24, 2020 @09:20PM (#25533615)

Oral B Pro 1500

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by rasen58 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:04PM (#25531397)

How do you actually see plaque? I feel like I wouldn't be able to tell the difference if I got an electric toothbrush. Are you saying it actually makes your teeth look whiter?

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by auspex on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:18PM (#25531520)

I don’t think he can see it. But you know all that scraping the dentist does when you visit? That’s plaque. If you floss and use an electric toothbrush you’re in and out of a dental checkup in half the time.. with very little scraping.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by tracer4201 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:16PM (#25531502)

I got one at my dentists recommendation. Manual toothbrushes are ruined forever.

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