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1. You're liable to strip the enamel from your teeth and encourage your gums to recede, exposing the roots. 2. With a sonicating toothbrush, I reduced my clean

1. You're liable to strip the enamel from your teeth and encourage your gums to recede, exposing the roots. 2. With a sonicating toothbrush, I reduced my cleaning visits to once a year because there's usually nothing there for the hygienist to remove. Perhaps you tried the wrong kind of toothbrush? https://www.deltadentalins.com/oral_health/overbrushing.html https://www.deltadentalins.com/oral_health/overbrushing.html

OJFord 5y ago
> I reduced my cleaning visits to once a year because there's usually nothing there for the hygienist to remove. I've never been to an oral hygienist; I go to the dentist once every 12-18 months on his advice. (Though currently almost two years due to the pandemic; emergency appointments only.) > Perhaps you tried the wrong kind of toothbrush? Yeah, there'd always be someone's preferred brand that I didn't try and would be better even if I was saying I liked the one I did - I just don't feel the need to try multiple expensive electric ones when manual seems fine to me, and in adult life at least check-ups have just been 'all good, see you in 12mo'. > https://www.deltadentalins.com/oral_health/overbrushing.html https://www.deltadentalins.com/oral_health/overbrushing.html Perhaps I do brush too hard, I'll try (not doing) that. But that's surely an orthogonal issue, one could (I probably did) brush 'too hard' regardless of whether it's manual or electric.