How does a dentist choose an electric toothbrush?

Brushing with an electric toothbrush is an important way to remove dental plaque, soft dirt and food debris and keep your mouth clean.Electric toothbrush is a tool to brush teeth, is the so-called "work to do a good job must first use its tool", brushing teeth is the same, if the tool is not appropriate, your tooth brushing efficiency is likely to be greatly reduced, therefore, the correct selection of electric toothbrush is the first step to brush good teeth.As a first step, choosing an electric toothbrush is often overlooked by most people.

Clinically because of the job is busy, most of the oral cavity doctor in oral health education link also often is the "small head electric toothbrush", "soft electric toothbrush MAO" a few words, such as a belt (real name call yourself), therefore, have always felt that is very necessary to write an article about how to correctly choose the electric toothbrush article ", it's not, so I came.Before you read on, think for a few seconds about how you used to choose an electric toothbrush: the best value for money?Pick the most expensive?Pick the best looking?Take it casually according to your mood?(depending on the mood casually take how many?)Back to business.The toothbrush includes manual toothbrush and electric toothbrush. This article mainly talks about "how to choose electric toothbrush". Those who need to know about electric toothbrush can only wait for the opportunity to share with you later.

Let's take a look at the composition of the electric toothbrush. The electric toothbrush usually includes two parts: the brush head and the brush handle. The brush head is the main consideration for us to choose the electric toothbrush.There are a variety of electric toothbrush designs for different ages and specific oral conditions, which also reminds the two factors to be considered when choosing electric toothbrush from the side.For example, children and adults use electric toothbrushes of different sizes;Periodontal tissue (do not understand the understanding of gingiva) health conditions are different, the use of electric toothbrush bristles should have a certain degree of difference.According to the shape of the electric toothbrush head and the arrangement of the bristles, the electric toothbrush is divided into two categories: general type and special type.

So, [how to choose the right electric toothbrush]?Specifically speaking, there are the following principles need to pay attention to: (1) the electric toothbrush head is small, so that it can rotate freely in the mouth (especially in the back of the mouth);(2) the bristles are arranged reasonable, generally is 10 ~ 12 beam length, 3 ~ 4 beam width, must have certain spacing between each beam, can effectively remove plaque, easy to clean and electric toothbrush itself (who boasts a ten thousand brush, brush head around electric brush your teeth after you also gave birth to a food waste warehouse or petri dish).(3) The hardness of the bristles is moderate or soft, while ensuring the cleaning power of the electric toothbrush, it is softer on the teeth and gums. The top of the bristles should be round and blunt to avoid the damage of the electric toothbrush to the teeth and gums.(4) The length and width of the electric toothbrush handle are moderate, convenient to hold and comfortable;⑤ for people who cannot develop good habits of using electric toothbrush, such as children, can be used with a timer, dental plaque color agent and other tools.