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Electric toothbrushes - do you vigorously brush with it or move very slowly across teeth
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:20 am
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:20 am
I've seen people use them in different ways.
Some people brush with them like they would with a normal toothbrush. Vigorously brushing while the electric tooth brush vibrates too.
But I've also seem people hold them virtually still and very slowly move it across their teeth.
Bonus - I still don't have a water pick but hear they are great.
Some people brush with them like they would with a normal toothbrush. Vigorously brushing while the electric tooth brush vibrates too.
But I've also seem people hold them virtually still and very slowly move it across their teeth.
Bonus - I still don't have a water pick but hear they are great.
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Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:26 am to sidewalkside
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But I've also seem people hold them virtually still and very slowly move it across their teeth.
They actually have directions in the boxes on how to use them. You are supposed to hold them relatively still and way looser against your teeth that you would a normal brush. The electric toothbrush should do all the work.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:26 am to sidewalkside
quote:why are you watching people brush their teeth?
I've seen people use them in different ways.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:27 am to BigBinBR
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You are supposed to hold them relatively still and way looser against your teeth that you would a normal brush.
I've definitely been doing it wrong.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:27 am to BigBinBR
quote:only pussies read directions
They actually have directions in the boxes on how to use them.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:28 am to sidewalkside
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move very slowly across teeth
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:30 am to sidewalkside
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move very slowly across teeth
I let the sonic waves do the work
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:32 am to sidewalkside
I have actually changed the way I brush with one. Went from vigorous to slow. Works much better. Teeth feel cleaner in a shorter time.
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 8:49 am
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:39 am to sidewalkside
I just followed the directions that came with the brush
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:44 am to sidewalkside
I brush normally and had no idea I was doing it wrong.
I also floss > brush > listerine every morning so I think my teeth are just fine.
I also floss > brush > listerine every morning so I think my teeth are just fine.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:47 am to W2NOMO
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Went from vigorous to slow. Works much better.
It's the very end of the bristles that do work. When you mash them against the teeth, you are trying to clean with the less effective sides of the bristles.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:58 am to sidewalkside
Very slowly…actually pausing over each tooth. Still takes about the same amount of time as normal brushing.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:13 am to BigBinBR
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The electric toothbrush should do all the work.
Apparently I'm wrong, but I figured that was implied and the entire reason one was spending $50+ on a toothbrush. Otherwise, why buy an electric toothbrush to do the exact same thing one could do with a $1.00 brush? While I don't necessarily move the brush "very slowly" across my teeth, I don't brush with the motion I would with a regular toothbrush. Doing so kind of defeats the purpose of an electric toothbrush in the first place.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:23 am to sidewalkside
I hold the toothbrush in place and vigorously shake my head.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:25 am to BigBinBR
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They actually have directions in the boxes on how to use them. You are supposed to hold them relatively still and way looser against your teeth that you would a normal brush. The electric toothbrush should do all the work.
Which comports with basic, common mechanical sense. Something my wife apparently lacks.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:27 am to sidewalkside
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I've seen people use them in different ways.
Other than my wife I really don’t see many people brushing their teeth in front of me
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 9:27 am
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:38 am to BigBinBR
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You are supposed to hold them relatively still and way looser against your teeth that you would a normal brush. The electric toothbrush should do all the work.
This, according to my dentist.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:41 am to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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I hold the toothbrush in place and vigorously shake my head.
I just spit oatmeal cream pie all tf over my iPad.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:46 am to sidewalkside
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Vigorously brushing while the electric tooth brush vibrates too.
So they don't get the point of an electric toothbrush
Posted on 10/6/25 at 9:48 am to sidewalkside
slowly move it across my tooth at the gum line to stimulate blood flow in the gums and let the electric do its thing.
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