Did you have difficulty adapting to an electric toothbrush?

In My Humble Opinion
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So, I received this for Christmas, it was on my Amazon wish list.

TAO Clean Sonic Electric Toothbrush & Cleaning Station, Deep Space Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DNRMDWL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_yGdkCbSP8BGMJ

I’ve had a very hard time adapting to it. No matter which speed I put it on, it seems to be vibrating way too fast. I use for about 30 seconds and don’t think I’m getting a good brush so I revert back to my old manual toothbrush to make sure the brushing job is complete.

I realize this is a complete first world problem, but I’m wondering if I’ll ever adapt to the fancy electric toothbrush. Anyone had a similar experience?

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You don’t move the brush back and forth like a manual. i e. scrubbing your teeth.

You hold it in one area and slowly move across the teeth. Applying light pressure. Enough to hold the bristles against the teeth.

I found my Sonic-care vibration annoying. I got accustomed to it after a few days.

My brush has this same timer feature.

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It’s been a while, but think the one I have was supposed to ramp up in intensity over the first few days of use to help you get used to it (?) - in any case, I adapted pretty quickly…it’s a different sensation than manually brushing, for sure, but my dentist recommended it so I try to use it most of the time.

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I don’t understand - how do “vibrating too fast” and “incomplete brushing” go together?

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I also got a fancy schmancy sonicare toothbrush for Christmas. Yes, the first time I used it it felt so tickle-y that it was hard to get used to. But now, after just a few days, I’m used to it and love it.

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My wife got us (cheap) electric toothbrushes a few years ago and I also disliked the “vibrator in the mouth” feeling. I gave up after a month or so, and she gave up shortly afterwards.

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I hate electric toothbrushes. My GF moved in with me ten years ago and brought hers, and even gave me a brush head of my own. I gave it about a month before I blew it off.

If God had meant us to use electric toothbrushes, he would have… well, I don’t know what. But I’m not using it. Fuck that shit!

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Love my Sonicare. Much better brushing and I didn’t have any adjustment period.

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I got a cheap electric toothbrush and use it usually twice a day. I never had the least difficulty adapting to it. The biggest difference is that scaling my teeth takes only half as long.

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I appreciate that my dental hygienist doesn’t have to spend as much time scraping plaque off my teeth. I’d leave the office with a sore mouth. I use to dread my cleanings.

Sonicare makes my semi-annual cleanings a breeze. There’s very little plaque for the dental hygienist to remove. I’m out of the chair in half the time without any bleeding gums.

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When I got a Sonicare I didn’t put together that I just started using it and my teeth hurting (like having braces) for a few days. It wasn’t until I remembered that a few years earlier a friend of mine mentioned that her teeth were hurting and I suggested that it was her Sonicare.

I haven’t brushed with anything but a Sonicare in nearly 20 years and have been very happy with it.

Assuming there’s not another reason for the pain, it’ll go away in a few days.

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I have an Oral B. At first I found it kinda messy (I kept getting toothpaste everywhere, I’m a bit of a klutz), but now I absolutely love it.

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I’m totally addicted to electric now. I even got a battery-powered travel toothbrush because I hate manual brushes so badly.

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Actually it did take me a couple weeks. I had a bad habit of letting it sit in one place too long and bothering my gums. Once I adapted however I really fell in love with the things.

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Mine took about a month, but it had a set-up for that; they have you use the lower setting at first, then bump it up when you feel comfortable. I had to get used to the different brushing style; I basically roll the head over the tooth head and down to the gum, left and right and let and right as I move it toward the center of my jaw. Now I can’t imagine going back to manual, great as my teeth feel! Give it a try for a month - you can stand most any change for a month, right?

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If I may observe, that looks like a cheap knock off (35 reviews? Made in China?). Perhaps the problem is the model itself?

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this. You don’t press down hard on the brush and you don’t “brush” your teeth like a conventional brush. You move it slowly across your teeth and gums so the surfaces are all in contact with the ultrasonic brush. Also does a good job on the tongue.

it takes some getting use to.

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Didn’t take me long.

I refuse to brush for the two full minutes the dentist recommend though.

Hell, I can do more in 30 seconds with my Sonicare than anybody could do with a manual in 10 minutes.

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I had one brand that made it horrible to brush my upper teeth. It vibrated my whole head pretty impressively, giving me immediate nausea and dizziness, and was quickly followed by a headache. After a week or so eventually just stopped using it and lost it somewhere. I got a different one a couple years later, and didn’t have the problem at all and have been using it for years.

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My teeth are terrible, so I use an Oral B and have had no problems at all.

My daughter and her husband drag the base of their electric toothbrush with them on trips, so I bought them battery powered ones for Christmas from a travel store. And then I saw an Oral B one at my CVS. I like my real one better, but even the feeble battery powered brush is better than doing it by hand,
When did battery powered brushes come in? I never noticed them before, and now they seem to be all over the place.