Electric toothbrushes are designed to make life easier. For some people it is not entirely clear how to use them correctly.
To maintain good dental hygiene, you should brush for two to three minutes. Brushing too long and hard can damage tooth enamel and gums. The American pediatric dentist Dr. Taylor McFarland draws attention to the right and wrong ways to use an electric toothbrush. For many people there is simply confusion about what the right path is. The experiences people report do not match research results. According to Focus.de, electric toothbrushed remove significantly more plaque, plaque and bacteria in the same time than manual toothbrush. This is because they can make up to 30,000 revolutions or oscillations per minute - significantly more than you can achieve by hand with a conventional tooth brush. With oscillating toothbrush - these are the round ones that rotate - it is best to place the brush head on the tooth at a 45 degree angle to the gums, like a manual toothbrush, then you don't scrub, but gently move it from one side to the other.