Thursday, November 12, 2009

How An Electric Toothbrush Can Help You Save Money At The Dentist

By Martin Elmer

A few years ago an electric toothbrush was just a faster (and larger) version of a manual toothbrush. It has changed to an advanced piece of consumer electronic, which can help you to improve your brushing habits.

And the electric toothbrush does not only make your morning and evening easier by helping your brushing your teeth. It can also save you a lot of the money, your normally pay your dentist to clean your teeth.

It is actually not that difficult to keep your gums and teeth healthy. And you do only have to spend a few minutes daily doing it. Just flush and brush each day, and see your dentist every half year.

That may sound simple, but if you have to do use both a toothbrush and dental floss every day, it might get a little annoying. Then it is time to buy an electric toothbrush.

An electric toothbrush does a much better job removing the disease-causing plaque in the hard-to-reach areas in the mouth than a manual toothbrush.

If plaque builds up between teeth and gums, it will start to irritate the gum tissue. This can lead to the illness gingivitis (also called inflamed gums), which is the most common form of gum disease. So it is very important to have the plaque removed regularly.

Your dentist will be happy to take your money for removing the plaque. But it is both better and cheaper, if you do it yourself on a daily basis instead of maybe twice a year.

How to do your teeth look? Do they have a lot of stains from tea, coffee and cigarettes? Then you can use an electric toothbrush instead of unhealthy chemicals to whitening your teeth.

It is proven that an electric toothbrush is much better to remove stains from coffee, cigarettes and tea than a manual toothbrush. And you can often see an improvement within a month.

If your brushing pressure is too hard, it is unhealthy for your gums. That is why there is a pressure meter in many advanced toothbrushes. If you brush too hard, you will be alarmed. The days, where your gums where bleeding after you have used a toothbrush, is over.

It is very important to brush your teeth for two minutes, if you want to do the best for your teeth and gums. And for most people it is much longer than they expect. So to help you doing it correctly, most electric toothbrushes has a two minutes timer that will sound when you have brushed long enough. The more advanced models even have a 30 seconds timer to remind you to brush all four of the mouth's quadrants equally.

A good electric toothbrush can seems to be expensive. But if your compare it to your dentist bills, you will see, that if you can save just half of the bill, the toothbrush will be paid back in no time. And if you look on the internet, you might even be able to find some great offers.

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