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Used Oral-B for a few years. Then Sonicare for a few years. Preferred the former simply because the brush seemed more ergonomically shaped.
And now I use neither and brush manually again!
Reason: for me the most important factor in having a mouth that feels clean is clearing the spaces between the teeth. And electric toothbrushes don't do this any more effectively than manual ones. A dental jet does, and I used one for years (Waterpik) and loved it. Then I discovered that even a dental jet is not as effective as something else: those little interdental brushes.
So in the end I dumped all the gadgets and just use these two manual tools.
This. Sadly the spaces between my teeth are way too tight for even the finest of interdental brushes, but floss works a treat for me.
This is odd. How do you get the floss between them if the brush won't go there?? You thread it like a needle?
I have the same problem, and honestly I can just about force the thin side of the floss between my teeth but it'll get stuck sometimes (as the tight part is the top of the tooth), which is just not great.
The brushes, which I was excited for and bought the smallest size of, will only fit under the problem area - and are uncomfy.
So I use them to clean electronics 😅
To be fair, interdental brushes are not meant to cleave the teeth apart. That would not be a good idea. The important bit is the gumline between the teeth.
BTW the very smallest size brushes can also be used to unblock those tiny holes on a shower sprayer.
Tooth brushes aren’t meant to or designed to clean between teeth, that is literally what floss is for.