When it comes to brushing your teeth and keeping up a good oral health routine a manual brush is a good place to start. Most of us will have been taught to brush our teeth with an ordinary plastic toothbrush that we still use as adults.
They do a great job at cleaning out bacteria, plaque and food debris from your teeth, but in some situations your dentist in Marylebone may recommend that you swap it for an electric replacement. Here are a few reasons why our team would advise you to bring in a battery powered alternative for keeping your teeth clean.
Recurring disease or infections
The most common situation where our dentist in Marylebone would recommend an electric brush is if there’s a recurring infection or signs of gum disease. In most cases it could be that your oral health routine isn’t as thorough as it should be with a manual brush, so an electric replacement might be suggested to help you clean out your teeth a little better.
Over time this could help to reduce and even prevent further cases of disease and infection from setting in.
It can provide a deeper clean
When you brush your teeth normally with a manual brush there are going to be parts of your mouth that you naturally miss or struggle to get the brush in between. With a battery powered toothbrush their vibrating bristles and sonic technology can provide a deep reaching clean that can clear out those tricky hidden bits in your gum line.
At Plowman & Partners our talented team provides our patients with a vast array of knowledge and advice on how to improve their brushing techniques, as well as recommendations on how to keep their teeth and gums looking stronger for longer.
Easier to remove stubborn pockets of plaque
When food debris and plaque get wedged between your teeth it can often be difficult to remove it with normal brushing, as it may require a little ‘elbow grease’ when you move the brush around. The constant vibrating heads of an electric brush at a high setting can strip out this plaque with less effort involved before it solidifies and becomes tartar, something that only your dentist will be able to remove with specialised tools.
Less physically demanding alternative for young or elderly patients
The act of brushing your teeth may not seem like an overly exhaustive process, but for our elderly or young patients it can be quite physically demanding. Having to hold your arm in specific positions for long periods of time, as well as all that repetitive movement can cause aches and pains for particular patients. So, to ease off the strain our team may recommend an electric brush for these patients to make the act of brushing your teeth a little less tiring.
These are just a few examples of why one of our team would recommend you use an electric brush. For further information about how you can improve your oral healthcare routine with a battery powered toothbrush, just get in touch with our team for a chat.