Ever wonder to what point will toothbrushes no longer be researched and developed?
I still remember the days when toothbrushes were primitive things, and this has not changed in some countries, and when you get those travel ones from airlines and so forth, they are just straight stick with straight bristles in a block. Voila, simple, literally a brush, for your teeth.
Nowadays, you have these fangdangled toothbrushes with microbristles, extra long and thin tips, soft, medium, hard, tongue and cheek cleaners, and the handle itself has been ergonomically shaped and soft gel gripped. I mean, you're meant to brush for like what, 3 minutes each time? So thats like 9 minutes a day if you brush 3 times a day.... you don't need to have a ergo grip for that!
Anyway, I ponder this because I bought a new toothbrush today (got myself a Colgate 360 longtip Medium) at the supermarket today, and I gave it a test brush earlier when I got home (how tragic lol) and it certainly does feel different. When I'm brushing my molars it certainly scrubs your cheeks also which also feels super strange. You have to actually push harder on it to get the contact with the stiffer bristles in the middle and I guess this is how it forces the "thin" tipped bristles into the gaps between your teeth.
In any case, since I bought it, I'll be using it, but it still makes me wonder at what point will no more development be available on toothbrushes.... I mean really, what else can you put on/with them? I wonder what it is like to be a R&D on a toothbrush. Wake up in the morning and go to work thinking, Ooooh goody, today I'll put on 10 more bristles and see what that does.... lol
I'm not knocking their work, oral hygiene is very important in this day and age especially with so much processed foods and sugars, but it just seems a little comical to me, thats all :P
I still remember the days when toothbrushes were primitive things, and this has not changed in some countries, and when you get those travel ones from airlines and so forth, they are just straight stick with straight bristles in a block. Voila, simple, literally a brush, for your teeth.
Nowadays, you have these fangdangled toothbrushes with microbristles, extra long and thin tips, soft, medium, hard, tongue and cheek cleaners, and the handle itself has been ergonomically shaped and soft gel gripped. I mean, you're meant to brush for like what, 3 minutes each time? So thats like 9 minutes a day if you brush 3 times a day.... you don't need to have a ergo grip for that!
Anyway, I ponder this because I bought a new toothbrush today (got myself a Colgate 360 longtip Medium) at the supermarket today, and I gave it a test brush earlier when I got home (how tragic lol) and it certainly does feel different. When I'm brushing my molars it certainly scrubs your cheeks also which also feels super strange. You have to actually push harder on it to get the contact with the stiffer bristles in the middle and I guess this is how it forces the "thin" tipped bristles into the gaps between your teeth.
In any case, since I bought it, I'll be using it, but it still makes me wonder at what point will no more development be available on toothbrushes.... I mean really, what else can you put on/with them? I wonder what it is like to be a R&D on a toothbrush. Wake up in the morning and go to work thinking, Ooooh goody, today I'll put on 10 more bristles and see what that does.... lol
I'm not knocking their work, oral hygiene is very important in this day and age especially with so much processed foods and sugars, but it just seems a little comical to me, thats all :P
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slow-release antibiotic bristle coatings! get to work, Dr. Chiou!
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