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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)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

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