Sonicare brush head: Possible to clean after infection?

General Questions
#1

I just recently got over a bacterial infection of the tonsils. Everytime I have these problems the Dr. tells me to throw away my toothbrush. He assumes I’m using a cheap $3 brush when really I have a $15-20 head for my Sonicare.

Now I’m not really that strapped for cash and I could buy a new one, but couldn’t I just place the sucker in a bit of boiling water for a few minutes and kill anything and everything that could possibly be living on it?

What do you think? Let me know. Thanks in advance for your comments!

#2

I don’t have a Sonicare, but when I think to, I pop the head off of the toothbrush and stick it in the silverware basket for a run through the dishwasher. I’m sure it’s not a true sterilization, but I don’t think much will survive the hot water and chlorine.

#3

You can also sterilize the old fashioned way. Drop the head into boiling water. No guarantee that it won’t ruin something, though.

#4

I periodically soak my Oral B toothbrush heads as well as my regular toothbrush in polident denture cleaner. I can’t quite remember where I learned that, but it may have been in the manual with the Oral B.