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In a few decades, electric toothbrushes will be so common that children won't know how to brush their teeth "manually" (feddit.it)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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[–] slazer2au 74 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Seeing as electric brushes have already been around for decades I doubt it will happen.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also because electric brushes don't brush for you. You still use them the same way as a regular toothbrush, they just clean better.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Wait... Are you people doing a "brushing" action back and forth with your electric toothbrushes?

I just move it across each surface once in a slow kinda up and down zig zag — the way you would use an electric buffer or power washer to clean a long narrow surface with multiple sides... Upper set of teeth first; front, left side of mouth to right side of mouth. Repeat for top and back surfaces of teeth. Then repeat it all again for lower set of teeth.

I guess the front of teeth could be combined into one surface, but I'm a raging psychopath.

[–] 200ok 3 points 9 months ago

This is the proper technique. It doesn't cause as much erosion of gums and enamel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I want like a USB c powered whole mouth toothbrush that looks like two u-shaped chainsaws full of tooth bristles that just wiggle back and forth very quickly and spray toothpaste and mouthwash as they go.

Where is that innovation?

[–] TheQuietCroc 2 points 9 months ago

I've something like that but it requires brushing one half of your mouth at a time.

[–] 200ok 2 points 9 months ago

Like a car wash for teeth