Pressure sensor– Applying too much pressure can do more damage than good. Brushing hard is not the answer as bristles of the brush head should skim the tooth surfaces. Thus the built-in pressure sensor that includes a visible red light is a great way of understanding if you are applying too much pressure. Particularly useful if you have not had one before and do not know how much pressure to apply. The connection and transfer is fairly reliable and I have yet to run into any real problems. Here's agallery of screenshots from the app for those that are interested: The author of this article is Dr. Chhaya Chauhan, who has specialist training to help patients with a dental phobia. On the rear of the handle rather than raised plastic ridges, the 3000 has a more subtle dimpled surface. What do we mean? Well in the box comes a smartphone holder with the Genius 9000. It has a suction cup on it that needs to attach to a mirror or wall in your bathroom. You put your smartphone in before brushing, stand in front of it and the app, camera, and brush work together to give you this data. However, for those who require more detail, we do have a number of comprehensive written comparisons.

Reading the headline it is difficult to think that we are talking about electronic toothbrushes, but this indicates the level of development that Oral-B has imposed in recent years. Now you may be thinking that many other brushes from Oral-B or other brands comes with such. Which is fair, but where the 8000 comes into its own needs a little more explanation. It does not mean the brush will actually clean the teeth better. In fact, both have the same motor inside and the same cleaning modes. There is no battery in the case, to charge the brush and anything connected via the USB cable the case has to be connected to mains power. Having now covered these key differences, let’s’ look in more detail at all of these and more to see what the brush is really like to use on a day to day basis.As for the timer, this indicates the minimum time that brushing should last (according to studies carried out by experts), which is usually around two minutes. The timer is also present in all four models. Artificial intelligence and position detection The dynamic 3D movement helps adapt to your teeth as it oscillates, rotates and pulsates to break up and remove up to 100% more plaque than a manual toothbrush. A big improvement, it means you can go between charges for longer and works better for those who travel and are away from power. There we want to highlight an important difference between two terms: the function of the pressure sensor is to perceive what pressure you apply with the brush on your teeth. On the other hand, pressure control is the speed at which the brush adjusts the head movement, depending on the pressure.

Both the pressure sensor and the pressure control are present in these four brushes from the Genius series. It has not been designed to be easily repaired by yourself. Trying to replace parts like the battery will likely break the brush. This makes it more likely to be discarded rather than repaired if broken. Bristles of the brush head should just skim the tooth surfaces. You don’t need to brush hard to clean your teeth effectively.The FlossAction brush head bristles are not angled, but there yellow are microbristles which are focused on getting deep between the teeth, for a floss like clean.