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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really cleans your teeth..., January 11, 2010
This review is from: Oral B Professional Care SmartSeries 5000 - 4 Brusheads - Dental Office Exclusive Model (Health and Beauty)
Oral B Professional Care SmartSeries 5000
Our dentist recommended the Oral B 5000, because, she said, "it's the best consumer device for removing plaque, overall cleaning, and cleaning between teeth".
Now that we've used it for a couple of weeks, I'd have to say she was correct. It does a better job cleaning your teeth than a manual toothbrush. Your teeth won't feel like they've just been professionally cleaned, but noticeably cleaner than usual.
Oral B includes a mini-CD to explain the correct usage. You'll also receive a timer that reminds you when to move to a different quadrant of your mouth; a useless gimmick for an adult, in my opinion, but it might encourage a child to conscientiously brush their teeth. The timer is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, sits anywhere on a counter-top or sticks to a wall with the included double-sided tape, is operated by two AA batteries, and wirelessly communicates with the toothbrush. The timer's LCD screen also indicates which brushing mode an operating toothbrush is set to: daily clean, sensitive, massage, whitening or deep clean. This feature is useful for learning how to use the toothbrush; i.e., by you recognizing the sound of each brushing mode. When the toothbrush is off, the timer is a digital clock; we use it as a desk clock.
Oral-B makes several different types of toothbrush heads: Daily Clean, Sensitive, Massage, Whitening, Ortho Care, Deep Clean, Power Tip and Floss Action. All of these work fine, and none of them are cheap.
If you apply "too much" pressure while brushing, the oscillating movement of the brush head continues but the pulsation stops, the feeling will change, and the sound will be different. The normal brushing speed & pulsation is somewhat more aggressive than I would prefer, but it does the job. The operating sound is quite minimal, not objectionable at all.
The toothbrush handle diameter is a bit large to hold comfortably and also because of its length and diameter, a little unwieldy when brushing the back teeth. (Of course, no electric toothbrush is going to be as small as manual brush.) The handle has a slip-proof coating on the back. The device could be too big for small children to use comfortably.
The base assembly is designed to hold the battery-powered toothbrush upright and the various toothbrush heads in a covered tray. The base accepts the snap-in battery charging ring. That ring refreshes a completely discharged toothbrush in several hours. The instructions recommend leaving the charging ring plugged in so the toothbrush is always fully charged and ready for use. There are no exposed electrical contacts on the charging ring, to prevent shocks in case it slips into the sink. The toothbrush also has no metal contacts, so it's a mystery to me how electricity flows from the charging ring, but it works! The base assembly has four depressions with a removable lid to hold that many brush heads. The base assembly (except the removable charging ring) can be cleaned in the dishwasher.
Excellent product!
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