# Any Sonicare electric toothbrush users?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sonicare-electric-toothbrush-users/113605>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 12, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sonicare-electric-toothbrush-users/113605 "2002-06-12T06:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sonicare-electric-toothbrush-users/113605/21 "2002-06-14T04:12:17Z")

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Thanks for the info, **Scotticher**. I just got the number from their site. I’m stuck in Fayetteville, NC for a while and for some reason had it in my head that I’d have to wait until I got back to VA before dealing with the return hassle. I like this thing so much that I was more worried about spending a couple weeks here without a replacement than I was mad that the thing was breaking. Fortunately, it’s been working the past few days, so I’m happy.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sonicare-electric-toothbrush-users/113605/22 "2002-08-04T04:44:42Z")

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Been using Sonicare for over a month now & love it! Bought it from a dentist thru ebay. Wonderful product. Thanks again for comments, all. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sonicare-electric-toothbrush-users/113605/23 "2002-08-04T07:34:09Z")

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It seems everybody I know has one. They are made in a suburb of Seattle (Bellevue, I think) and I have also heard great things about the corporation.

I am/was a “scrubber.” These are the unfortunate souls who brush too hard, and in my case, with strokes that are way too long. I used to do a scrubbing-the-bathtub-vigorously number on my teeth, really putting my elbow into it, and just about scrubbed all my gums off.

An electric toothbrush prevents this; you move it s-l-o-w-l-y across your teeth, just contacting the brush gently with your gumline. This is, apparently, the stuff. At my next trip to the dentist after 6 months of Sonicare, my gums had improved.

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sonicare-electric-toothbrush-users/113605/24 "2002-08-04T07:37:53Z")

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Just noticed this was an old resurrected thread. Well, the Sonicare simply cannot be talked about enough, I think.

I note that my model hums a pretty good “C”, which is useful for pitch orientation for musicians. This is probably not in their sales brochure, though.

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