How to brush teeth properly

Properly brushing the teeth requires gentle up-down movements in short stokes on the teethes length, brushing the outer, the inner and the chewing surfaces of the teeth. In order for each surface to be properly cleaned, dentists recommend the brushing sessions to be at least 2 minutes long. Using a modern rechargeable electric toothbrush can greatly increase the efficiency of the brushing session since most of the products available today have an auditive signal 2 minutes after the session has begun. Some models even have intermittent signals, at 30 seconds each that inform the user when it's time to change to another part of the denture. It is also indicated brushing the tongue since it has most of the bacterias in the mouth and in doing so the breath is also refreshed.

Does using a rechargeable electric toothbrush help?

The effectiveness of brushing the teeth with a rechargeable electric toothbrush is disputed by the scientific community mostly due to the fact that independent studies have concluded that electric toothbrushes have performed only marginally better than manual ones. The above-mentioned studies have taken into consideration that the manual brushing is done in a proper fashion and for a long enough period of time. This being the case most dentist still recommend the rechargeable electric toothbrush for patients which have limited flexibility and for those which want to make sure that they brush their teeth in a correct manner.

The downfall of the first electric toothbrush

The original electric toothbrush design developed by Broxo in the 50's was still functional the middle 90's although it encountered numerous safety certification problems due to it's electric cord. In the meantime, the company started to lose ground to the new age rechargeable toothbrushes developed by serious competitors such as Philips and Oral B. To further complicate the situation, Broxo had no major distributor in the US relying only on online sales, a big step backwards from the 30+ years market leader. By disappearing form the shelves of the supermarkets, the Broxo electric toothbrushes were also slowly fading away from the memory of the US public, nowadays being an almost anonymous brand to the average consumer.

The early cord-powered electric toothbrushes

The early AC-powered electric toothbrushes posed a problem for the bathroom use due to the risk of electrical shock accidents, which was a solid reason for the public to turn towards the rechargeable electric toothbrush. The international regulations imposed strict rules by the end of the '90 regarding electrical bathroom cord-powered appliances, which were required to use a step-down transformer at the wall in order to decrease the voltage. Moreover many countries now require protected bathroom outlets, a measure that is in place in the US since he 1970's.