U Shaped Toothbrushes

[kath16]

does anyone have them for their kids? mine saw an ad for them and now desperately "need" them. before i give the idea to my in laws, does anyone have them?

i don't think they need the super expensive one (right???) but i have seen some in the $30 range on amazon. i'll take thoughts on any of the above

[sent]

They're a gimmick. If they were legit, Oral B and Colgate would be selling their own versions of these brushes. That's my dental opinion.

There have to be better ways to spend $30.

[kath16]

Dec 5, 2022 13:44:06 GMT -5 sent said:

They're a gimmick. If they were legit, Oral B and Colgate would be selling their own versions of these brushes. That's my dental opinion.

There have to be better ways to spend $30.

Thank you!

The one brand costs something like $100 PER TOOTHBRUSH I do not get it.

[lilac05]

Dec 5, 2022 13:58:24 GMT -5 kath16 said:

Dec 5, 2022 13:44:06 GMT -5 sent said:

They're a gimmick. If they were legit, Oral B and Colgate would be selling their own versions of these brushes. That's my dental opinion.

There have to be better ways to spend $30.

Thank you!

The one brand costs something like $100 PER TOOTHBRUSH I do not get it.

They’re profiting off of the desperation of parents willing to do anything, including spending ridiculous amounts of money, in order to eliminate the fight to brush teeth.

The product doesn’t have to be effective…they just have to be able to sell it. And as long as there are kids fighting brushing their teeth and exhausted parents willing to do anything to end the battle, they will continue.

[icedcoffee]

Dec 5, 2022 21:06:04 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Dec 5, 2022 13:58:24 GMT -5 kath16 said:

Thank you!

The one brand costs something like $100 PER TOOTHBRUSH I do not get it.

They’re profiting off of the desperation of parents willing to do anything, including spending ridiculous amounts of money, in order to eliminate the fight to brush teeth.

The product doesn’t have to be effective…they just have to be able to sell it. And as long as there are kids fighting brushing their teeth and exhausted parents willing to do anything to end the battle, they will continue.

This.  My kids are the worlds most annoying kids to brush teeth.  It's really bad.  But my dentist doesn't even like electric brushes for kids.  They prefer we use the regular old soft head kids brush.

[Poeticxpassion]

I gave in to the commercials and bought one for DS. It sucks! It’s hard to keep clean and does a horrible job at actually cleaning teeth.

[meanie]

I know you already got the answer but I am here to chime in anyways

I asked our dentist and they said those toothbrushes are horrible, kids use them and come in with tons of cavities. They did say the regular spin toothbrushes work great, so that is what we all use.