Philips Sonicare Elite e9500 Custom Care Power Toothbrush

by Philips

Product Features

• Number-one recommended brand by dental professionals
• One tapered ergonomic handle with a deluxe recharge gauge
• Two contoured brush heads: compact and standard size
• Max to gentle speed setting
• Programmable Quadpacer: 30-second interval timer encourages thorough brushing

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Sonicare Elite 9500 Custom Care Power Toothbrush is built for your individual oral care needs. Just like a smile, no two mouths are the same. That’s why the Sonicare Elite 9500 is designed with the new Custom Care System, offering two speeds and two brush head sizes for more individualized brushing. The Elite 9500 has patented sonic technology, high-speed bristle motion, and dynamic fluid cleaning action that gently and effectively reaches deep between teeth and below the gumline.

The Elite 9500 is built for your individual oral care needs.

31,000 bristle sweeps per minute removes harmful plaque.

Sonicare is the only Sonic toothbrush with a slim angled neck, contoured-fit bristles and ultra high speed bristle speed for greater plaque removal in hard to reach areas. Plus, Sonicare is the #1 personally used and recommended brand by U. S. dental professionals.

Building better health into every Sonicare.
The mouth is the gateway to your body. It is increasingly being identified as a vulnerable entry point for bacteria associated with serious medical conditions. Evidence also continues to emerge that shows a link between gum disease and a variety of systemic conditions, including diabetes, heart attack and stroke, and the occurrence of pre-term low birth weight babies. So it’s essential that when you think of total body health you include your mouth by focusing on gum disease prevention.

Philips Oral Healthcare is dedicated to developing innovations that result in superior oral health and, therefore, can help improve and maintain overall health.

About Sonicare’s Patented Technology and Custom Care System
Sonicare’s unique patented combination of high speed bristle motion with extra wide sweeping motion creates effective, yet gentle dynamic fluid cleaning action. So you get superior plaque removal, especially in hard-to-reach areas, deep between teeth and below the gumline. In fact, this technology generates 31,000 bristle sweeps per minute, and laboratory studies show that it removes harmful plaque bacteria up to four millimeters beyond the bristle tips -- even below the gum-line. With the Sonicare 9500 in hand, you can count on naturally whiter teeth and healthier gums.

Sonicare -- Use it for your mouth, use it for your body
Diabetes: Studies have shown that people with diabetes are more susceptible to oral infections and gum disease than those without diabetes. The Sonicare toothbrush is proven to reduce gingivitis, contributing to better oral health and, therefore, better overall health.

Cardiovascular: People with severe gum disease may have up to double the risk of stroke or heart attack. And Sonicare is clinically proven to reduce plaque, the root cause of gum disease, making Sonicare an important part of a healthy lifestyle.

Pre-term low birth weight: When severe gum disease is present, some women are up to seven times more likely to deliver a pre-term low birth weight baby. And Sonicare toothbrushes are clinically proven to reduce gingivitis, so they can significantly improve oral health for better overall health.

Sonicare Elite 9500 Features
2 Contoured Brush heads Standard size is ideal for complete cleaning Compact provides procession care 2 Speeds Max for a thorough everyday clean Gentle for sensitive areas and gum massage Programmable Quadpacer 30-second interval timer encourages thorough brushing of each quadrant of your mouth. Optional 30 seconds of brushing to focus on problematic areas Easy Start Gently increases power over the first 14 uses to ease you into the Sonicare experience. Smart Timer 2-minute timer helps to ensure dental professional recommended brushing time. Deluxe Recharge Gauge Green light tracks battery charge and yellow lights signal when to recharge. Great for travel, fully charge Sonicare will last for up to two weeks of normal brushing. Ergonomic Tapered Handle Tapered handle with non-slip soft grip designed to improve maneuverability.

Product Description

Just like a smile, no two mouths are the same. That's why the Sonicare Elite 9500 is designed with the new Custom Care System, offering two speeds and two brush head sizes for more individualized brushing. The Elite e9500 has patented sonic technology, high-speed bristle motion, and dynamic fluid cleaning action that gently and effectively reaches deep between teeth and below the gumline. Sonicare is the only Sonic toothbrush with a slim angled neck, contoured-fit bristles and ultra high speed bristle speed for greater plaque removal in hard to reach areas. Plus, Sonicare is the #1 personally used and recommended brand by U. S. dental professionals. If you are not 100 percent satisfied with your Sonicare Elite 9500 system, Sonicare will give you a full refund, no questions asked.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.7 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EHNDD0
• UPC: 075020803238
• Item model number: 9500
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (218 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,684 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

266 of 267 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My battery finally died after SIX YEARS..., May 5, 2006

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John (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips Sonicare Elite e9500 Custom Care Power Toothbrush (Health and Beauty)

The only difference I can see between my new 9500 and the 7500/7300 models (about $20 cheaper if you can still find one) is that it comes with two different brush sizes. Replacement brushes are available in drug stores, Wal Marts, Target, and some grocery stores. It has two power settings. By default, it beeps at 30-second intervals and shuts off after two minutes so you can "do" your teeth by quadrants. All the "programmable timer" feature amounts to is the option of running for an extra 30-second interval, or turning the timer off entirely so that it's just on/off. The "easy start" feature, enabled out of the box, gradually increases power over the first fourteen brushings.

(August, 2006: Note that there is now a 9800 model with the same features as this one currently selling on Amazon for LESS. That is the one to get.)

My turn-of-the-century Sonicare would run a *good* two weeks on a charge with just me using it, and this one does too (more like three!). The instructions (then and now) say to leave it in the charger when not in use, but I always unplugged it to run the battery all the way down before re-charging; I think that's why it lasted so long. These have a good old fashioned nickel-cadmium battery and they only have so many charge cycles. I suspect the manufacturer doesn't want that getting around because their revenue stream would atrophy if everyone went this long before buying a replacement.

One nice thing about these new-generation Sonicares: smaller brushes and dramatically less splatter. The brush of my Y2K model looked like a standard manual toothbrush and some splatter was inevitable with that thing; I would remove my shirt or drape a towel over my shoulders to avoid getting festooned with micro-flecks of toothpaste. But not with this one! Plus, it hardly weighs anything at all; it's like holding a spoon.

My dentist turned me on and still recommends this brand today. (I brush for the whole two minutes and he recommends not doing that more than once per day and with a gentle, ordinary toothpaste as opposed to a whitener.) Money well spent --I haven't had a cavity in all those years. Never thought much about my gums, but they are nice & pink & clean & tight, like in the ad photos. Sonicare gives you 60 days to send it back if you don't like it.

Tip for newbies: Stand in the shower so that you don't splatter toothpaste all over the bathroom! Have fun! :-)

65 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a must buy, July 10, 2006

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I. He "HWG" (Redwood City, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips Sonicare Elite e9500 Custom Care Power Toothbrush (Health and Beauty)

Comparing this with Oral-B, Sonicare is more powerful, giving you versitility to move around the mouth. As a man and as a regular guy who has been using the regular tooth bush since childhood, I couln't help moving any electronic tools up and down and left and right in the mouth. With Oral-B, you can't do that, you feel it's not right doing it. But Sonicare makes that easy. I love it.

I'm a regular tea drinker, my teeth look brigher after using it comparing 5 years using the Oral-B.

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy the Sonicare FlexCare, July 8, 2008

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College Jane (So. California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips Sonicare Elite e9500 Custom Care Power Toothbrush (Health and Beauty)

Do yourself a favor and buy the Sonicare FlexCare. The newer FlexCare models are an upgrade without the screw-on design flaw of this Sonicare model. This model has a hideous design where the saliva and other brushing liquids seep down into the inner mechanisms of the hand piece and pool up in a really disgusting way and requires you to take it apart and clean off inner crevices made up of metal and plastic parts. The new design eliminates all that slew of slime. This brushing action is fantastic, just like the new one, but this design stinks...literally.