Vibration Makes it Better

I recently spoke with a contemporary who works as a dental hygienist and she informed me of a couple of things. Firstly, hard tooth brushes are not helpful and secondly you only need a pea sized amount of toothpaste.

I had always been under the impression that unless you were actively scrubbing away layers of tooth, then you weren't doing yourself any good. I always bought hard bristled brushes and scrubbed away at my mouth. This friend made it very clear that the different bristles are all marketing. As far as she was concerned, the hard bristles made no sense and no one should ever buy them.

She also mentioned that the best combination is a soft bristle and an electronic toothbrush. After doing a little bit of searching around, it is clear that there is one electronic toothbrush that is superior to all others. The Oral B Triumph 9000. It doesn't come cheap, at around $180 (cheaper if you look around) and I'm sure there are aspects of it that you will never use. On the other hand, dental hygiene is not a place to cut corners. Kind of like underwear. Just ask my sister about her wool underwear.