As a personal oral nurse, most of the people who have cared for these years have this question about electric toothbrushes. Today, I will talk to you about the cleanliness of electric toothbrushes based on my experience in these years and my experience in using electric toothbrushes. And summarizes the main advantages and disadvantages of electric toothbrush.
Let's talk about the advantages and disadvantages of manual toothbrush first. What improvements have been made to our teeth and mouth after using manual toothbrushes for these years? Are they clean in place? A set of data is estimated to shock many people. As shown below, the dental health rate of China people is only 0.23%! What is the concept that adults in China do not have healthy teeth? Is it shocking?
In recent years, with the abundance of living conditions, everyone's diet structure has become more and more complicated, which is also a great challenge to oral cleaning itself. However, China's long-term neglect of dental care, lack of effective nursing tools and lack of regular dental examination are all reasons for the low dental health rate.
Many people get up in the morning and spend a minute brushing their teeth. The intensity, area and time of brushing their teeth vary with their feelings, which can't meet the needs of daily dental and oral cleaning.
What about the electric toothbrush? Why do a large number of dentists and authoritative dental institutions recommend using electric toothbrushes?
Let's take a look at the comparison of cleaning power between electric toothbrush and manual toothbrush, as shown below:
In fact, we can see from the pictures that the cleaning power of the electric toothbrush on the gap between teeth and gingival crevicular is much better, because it has stronger cleaning power and efficiency.
Electric toothbrush not only has stronger cleaning power and cleaning efficiency, but also has the following advantages, which will be better than manual toothbrush.
For example, the vibration is even and stable, and there will be no manual toothbrush to brush your teeth by feeling. Where it is easy to use force, you will brush your teeth hard, and even lead to excessive tooth wear. If you don't work hard, your teeth won't work hard, and you often brush them cleanly and get things done hastily!
For example, there will be no blind spots in manual toothbrushes, and many manual toothbrushes will have dead teeth and cannot be brushed cleanly. For example, the above-mentioned inner walls of gingival sulcus, teeth and molar area are often not brushed, which leads to the growth of dental plaque and dental bacteria.
Another example: electric toothbrush saves time and effort, and it is estimated that it will be welcomed by many people. The electric toothbrush has low cleaning threshold, saves time and effort, and is convenient and fast to clean. This is the gospel for many lazy people to get up in the morning, which is convenient for everyone and cleans their teeth, meeting the needs of most of us for cleaning our teeth.
Of course, there are smart 30-second zone change reminders, 2-minute automatic pause and other functions, which can help users scientifically master the brushing time.
However, electric toothbrushes are not without shortcomings and deficiencies. We all know that if the manual toothbrush is too hard, it is easy to wear teeth, and the electric toothbrush also has such problems. Although many media at home and abroad emphasize that electric toothbrushes are safe enough, in the laboratory. When faced with China's population of 65.438+0.4 billion, there are many variables. The common causes of tooth injuries caused by electric toothbrushes are as follows:
1, the degree of dental disease is serious, but blind use of electric toothbrush, such as severe periodontitis, loose teeth, frequent bleeding and so on. , must be used blindly. Of course, it doesn't mean that people with periodontitis can't use it, but if it is too serious, you need to see a doctor in time. Some sudden periodontitis and toothache should also be used under the guidance of a doctor as much as possible.
2. Buy an electric toothbrush with too strong vibration, or blindly pursue cleaning power. Most of these people are very confident about their dental health, which is more common in men, but in fact, only men's dental health is worse, and most people have tooth damage.
3. Buy an electric toothbrush with a low price of several tens of yuan. There are many teeth injuries. The bristles are rough and inferior, and the vibration is uneven and unstable, which greatly increases the risk of tooth injuries. Many people think that there is no difference between dozens of dollars and hundreds of dollars of electric toothbrushes. In fact, there is a lot of stress in it. Although they look the same, you will know the difference when you use them. Don't be greedy and cheap.
4. The unscientific use of electric toothbrush. Many people blindly use electric toothbrushes at will. Some people think that brushing your teeth as hard as a manual toothbrush will lead to excessive wear. Others brush their teeth crazily and violently for faster whitening and tartar removal. They brush their teeth several times a day, and the brushing time is particularly long and the brushing method is not correct. It is very easy to wear teeth and gums by pulling horizontally.
How can we effectively avoid the shortcomings and deficiencies of electric toothbrushes?
1. First of all, the dental health level of most people in China is not high. Before buying and using, you should check your teeth (especially if you use them frequently, it is best to check your teeth every two weeks or so) to see how good your teeth are. I have a dental health chart here for your comparison. Different levels of dental health, suitable electric toothbrushes and methods of use are different.
For people whose teeth and mouth are in sub-health and unhealthy state, it is recommended to choose electric toothbrushes carefully, rather than electric toothbrushes with great vibration.
2. Try to choose products that gently protect teeth for electric toothbrushes. Strong cleaning power, excellent brush head, very good cleaning power, but low degree of protection for teeth. I have seen many injuries caused by electric toothbrushes before. Mainly because I chose some products with too strong cleaning power, which caused my teeth to loosen and my gums to shrink. Try to choose brand products with good cleaning power and high tooth protection. After I have used it myself, several good brands, such as Leyuan, Panasonic and Shunk, are OK. Leyuan is a professional worker who doesn't hurt teeth, with good cleaning power, excellent comfort and tooth protection, which can reduce 80% of brushing injuries and avoid chronic tooth injuries to the greatest extent. Suitable for most people in China, recommended by dentists. Panasonic has good comfort and good bristles. Shunk is also comfortable, the bristles are soft, but the cleaning power is worse than that of Panasonic, and it will be better than night music, but the price is a little more expensive.
3. The brush head is also one of the keys to a relatively gentle and comfortable nursing method, so the quality of the brush head must be high. Try to choose DuPont to brush your teeth. The grinding rate of bristles must be high enough, generally higher than 80%, and the grinding rate of bristles for people with dentin allergy and periodontitis must be higher than 85%. And of course, the hardness of the brush head. Try to be soft. Don't believe in buying a harder brush head because it has high cleaning power. This is all nonsense with your eyes closed.
4. Need to be alert to "cleaning anxiety": Many people are more and more anxious about oral cleaning, showing the need for efficient, fast and deep cleaning. Excessive anxiety can be counterproductive. Injury to teeth and gums, especially many people are particularly interested in X-week rapid whitening and tartar removal. What I don't know is that there is a clean logic behind this.
5. Brush head life: 2-4 months is the longest life of all brush heads. After the expiration, the bristles are rough, which is very easy to wear teeth and gums. It must be replaced in time.
Is the above the cleanliness of Quling electric toothbrush? The key advantages and disadvantages of electric toothbrush summarized from my experience in using these years! In fact, many people are worried that the electric toothbrush is not clean, which is a very normal mentality. After all, the development time of electric toothbrush in China is only a few years, while the existence time of manual toothbrush in China is several decades. It is normal for many people to have rejection psychology suddenly, so everyone still treats it with a normal heart and can buy it with a try attitude, but we must have a certain understanding of it strictly and scientifically, otherwise it will easily lead to the disadvantages and bad problems of tooth injury. What about the electric toothbrush?