Can anyone recommend my an electric toothbrush?

[Luke.]

Just been on Amazon, and there's loads of the things.

Anyone got any recommendations?

Cheers

[MacGee]

braun/oral-B..or sonic care..by far the best.

[Ozone]

I've got a Philips Sonicare with the UV sanitiser which is really good, even my dentist is impressed how much cleaner my teeth are.

[Luke.]

Thanks all.

Just bought this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Sonicare-HX6972-10...

£100 for a toothbrush

Was £200 though, so not so bad.

[Driller]

Should have taken the advice of the dentist and saved yourself 80 quid.

[Luke.]

Driller said:

Should have taken the advice of the dentist and saved yourself 80 quid.

Eh?

[rix]

i am confused in what can possibly justify £100+ on these things. I assume the head is the important bit, the rest of it is basically just a battery and motor. What do the expensive jobbies do what the entry level stuff doesnt?

[Driller]

Luke. said:

Eh?

Nothing will clean your teeth better than this, except maybe Rach*.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oral-B-Vitality-Precision-...

ETA Whoops didn't the the Sonicare bit at the end

[MacGee]

with Driller on this one....a good basic brush is just the dogs' wotsits!

[Rach*]

Driller said:

Nothing will clean your teeth better than this, except maybe Rach*.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oral-B-Vitality-Precision-...

ETA Whoops didn't the the Sonicare bit at the end

I am very "thorough" I take it as a complement

Yep Oral B or Sonicare, I'm not a preacher of either, would prob recommend Sonicare if you can afford it. I use a SC and wouldn't go back now.
But Oral B also very good.

Don't forget to tongue scrape, floss and interdental brush!

• forget the mouthwash it's a load of ste*

[Mobile Chicane]

Luke. said:

Thanks all.

Just bought this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Sonicare-HX6972-10...

£100 for a toothbrush

Was £200 though, so not so bad.

What do you think of it?

I'd been pondering an ultrasonic toothbrush for a while, however this thread finally prompted me to get one, and I ordered that same one you've linked to.

It arrived yesterday and I used it for the first time. Absolutely fugging amazing - my teeth have never felt so clean.

I never thought I'd rave about a toothbrush, but there you go.

[Ozone]

That was how i felt, it was very much a surprise.

[Gareth79]

I used an Oral-B with Precision Clean heads until recently when I switched to Sonicare - Argos had the old model at £25 for a twin pack (I sold one on ebay for £20). The older Sonicare has larger heads than the Precision Clean, so it seems harder to get it into the right position to clean the back teeth. The newer Sonicare has smaller heads, and (importantly) only the top piece needs to bb replaced, the old model you need to change the lower plastic shroud and magnets and everything when the head wears out!

[LordGrover]

So those who bought sonicare brushes a couple of years ago... still happy with them? Are they a good long-term buy?

[Rachie]

I didn't pay for my sonicare of course, but I think it's brilliant. I wouldn't go back to a manual or oral b now. Even though I promote both oral b & sonicare at work.

[Ozone]

Very happy with mine still. I don't rely on it totally for teeth cleaning, I still floss as well but it's still doing a good job. The replacement brushes aren't cheap but they seem to last 4 - 5 months each.