User:Caston/BlogEntry: 2010 October 04 05:25:20 UTC

It has been a fair few days since my last blog. I bought an Oral B electric toothbrush at the supermarket and have been using it and am very happy with the results. I haven't had my Wisdom teeth removed yet nor have I even booked the appointment. What I have done is started using the electric toothbrush. I really should have started using an electric toothbrush a long time ago. Look at me lol I'm in the supermarkets looking at all the manual toothbrushes thinking about which is the best for my money and not realizing that they all are a waste of money and that I would be much better off putting the money towards an electric toothbrush.

The dental hygienist who did my scale and clean actually recommended that I get one. I was sort of not convinced because I thought the ionic toothbrush was superior as changing the electrostatic interactions to make the plaque fall off should be better than using sheer friction to remove it but of course the electric toothbrush has a very small head making it perfect for getting at those wisdom teeth!

I should have bought on years ago! So many times plaque has been caked up on my wisdom teeth and I was in vain scraping at it with my toothbrush or thumb trying to remove it. Using the electric toothrbush feels "like going to the dentist" and it is so good that I probably don't even consider the manual toothbrush worth buying anymore. Now that I have the electric toothbrush getting replacement heads is the only consideration and I believe that some supermarkets sell replacement heads that don't cost as much as the official replacement heads.

The toothbrush did come with one replacement head but I put those on my mothers toothbrush as she has exactly the same one.

I will now post a photo of my electric toothbrush:



It said something in the instructions about the first time you use the electric toothbrush your teeth may bleed and that if this continues after two weeks to see a dentist.

The first time I did use the electric toothbrush my teeth did bleed and quite a lot in fact from each of my three wisdom teeth. I will now post a photo of what happed.



As you can see the electric toothbrush works very well. They bled a little the next time I brushed as well but no where near as much. Now there is less and less blood each time. I may not need to get my wisdom teeth removed afterall!