Customer Reviews

Oral-B Sensitive (3 Extra-Soft Brush heads)

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Dentists all over the country are recommending the Oral-B electric toothbrush. There are several reasons. It does the work for you, vibrating thousands of times a second, massaging your gums, it lets you clean your teeth without scraping your gums with a toothbrush, which can cause them to recede and bleed, and it reaches between your teeth to catch plaque and germs. This is a wonderful toothbrush, and I recommend it. However, if you want a review of a toothbrush, you'll read the toothbrush page. This is a page for replacement heads.

There's a lot of confusion about replacement heads for Oral B electric toothbrushes on Amazon, and I just want to give you all some facts. There are only three kinds of heads for ALL Oral-B electric toothbrushes. Flexisoft EB17, Extrasoft EB17, and Ortho OD17. I prefer Flexisoft EB17 (The Extrasoft is a little too soft, and the Ortho is overpriced)

What worries me about this listing is that it claims to be the Extrasoft EB17, but the picture of the item shows the Flexisoft EB17. Be warned, Amazon might be confused about this item and selling it incorrectly labeled. On the Extrasoft EB17, all the bristles around the outside edge are the same color. If you're looking for Extrasoft, make sure you find an item where the picture matches the description.

The extra soft is much more gentle than the standard soft. Noticeable difference, particularly if you have sensitive teeth

They wear fairly well though not quite as long as the regular soft brushes. This is probably because with electric toothbrushes you don't use as much pressure on your teeth.

Another option to get them inexpensively is to use a 20% off coupons at Bed Bath and Beyond which carries all the Oral B heads

Though it might not appear so, these "Extrasoft EB17" brush heads are functionally the same as the "children's" heads sold with various cartoon characters on the package. If you find them listed for about $5 per brush head, that's a good bargain (I've seen 1-2 sold for $18).

Note that the standard adult Flexisoft EB17 has dual colors, while the Extrasoft heads are all blue. Ensure that the description states "extra-soft" and the illustration is the all-blue bristle head.

This soft head is the only one I can use for my tender gums. Other ones cause discomfort and may wear away my gums. I need soft brushes because unknown to me I wore away gum tissue by over-brushing.

I was using Oral-B "Precision Clean" heads for a long time. I used to buy this type, because this was the only choice that I could find in the retail stores. Usually, "Dual Clean" heads also were available, but I do not like them. They are just so big. I wanted to switch to another type, and I did a little research. I found Oral-B "Sensitive" heads, and I found good reviews on this product. I am using this heads for a few weeks now. I bought this product because it probably has the highest bristle density, and the bristles are extra soft so they are very gentle on the gum. In my opinion, they do a very good job. I feel that they clean better than "Precision Clean" heads. I use HydroFloss after brushing. When I was using "Precision Clean," I used to still see some stuff coming out of the area between my teeth during cleaning with HydroFloss. However, this stopped when I switched to "Sensitive" heads. I feel that "Sensitive" head is cleaning better. It is also more gentle on my gum.

Despite the high price, this product has the appearance of a cheap imitation. Presentation and Packaging not as displayed on picture.

Amazon: Please check and confirm whether this item is an original part manufactured by Oral-B.

I was afraid I was going to get a cheap knock off versions of the original Oral B Brush Heads as I've seen those before around. But these were the original ones and work as expected on my Oral B 5000 brush handle. The subscribe and save option saves more on these as well.

I've been using an Oral-B (Braun) electric toothbrush for the past 8 years and I like the extra soft brush head the best of all the brush head varieties (I'm a dental hygienist and I recommend the soft toothbrush head to all my patients, it's gentle on the gums, yet effectively removes plaque). I found the best value on Amazon by BelowCostJML. They not only priced the item most cost effectively, but I truly appreciated the $2.99 S&H for my whole shipment. (I ordered 5x the item of 6 brushes/ea, so 3 bucks S&H for 30 brush heads).

Other sellers came somewhat close in pricing but wanted $7-10 S&H fees, not to mention that some would limit you to 1 item (of 3 brushes)/order. So if I wanted to increase the quantity to get the 30 brush heads I got from BelowCostJML, I would have to literally place the order 10 times and pay the ludicrous S&H cost 10x!

I'm thankful for BelowCostJML's fair pricing, including S&H and for their great service! The toothbrushes came as represented, 2 soft packs of 3 extra soft/sensitive brush heads per item x5, they did not increase S&H with the increased order quantity, and shipment was received 2 days before the estimated delivery time. Very pleased with the service!

The product speaks for itself, I've been a satisfied user for 8 years and I personally find it gentler in the mouth than Sonicare [I've had both], though they are both effective in removing plaque (it's just a matter of each individual's preference)... I guess the "difference" would be equivalent to Pepsi versus Coke if you will (not that I'm encouraging regular consumption of either): they give you the same overall effect, it just depends which one you prefer best. Hope this helped. Happy brushing (and don't forget to floss, too). :-)

I needed to get some extra brushes for my Oral-b 3000 Professional Care 3000 Electric Toothbrush so after looking at them in store and getting sticker shock I decided to check out Amazon. I was happy to find them here for 50% less and on Subscribe & Save too. Not much I can say other than they work as expected and they are the sensitive extra-soft head which is my preference. I will continue to purchase them here on Amazon as long as they are competitive in their pricing.

This is just what our family needed. It was really uncomfortable to brush our teeth with the stiff bristled toothbrush head that came with the electric toothbrush. Whenever we would brush our teeth if felt very harsh and caused a lot of vibration on our teeth. With the new sensitive brush heads, we are all more comfortable now.