Laurie4b Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 Just used a Sonicare electric toothbrush for the first time. I found the sensation kind of aversive. Plus if I hit my gums at all, it was really weird feeling. I'm thinking I will need to get some toothpaste for sensitive teeth to help out. How long did it take you to adjust? Quote
YaelAldrich Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 A week or so. I didn't change my toothpaste. But what did change was the cleanliness of my teeth. My husband has used one for years and I thought it was a bunch of hokum since the dentist always told me I did a good job brushing with a manual toothbrush. The cleanings still were bad and I even had to go to more and deeper cleanings with the potential of gum surgery. After I started using the toothbrush and taking my time and multiple cycles in one time (so some days I brush for 4-5 minutes; two or three cycles), making sure I get under the gum line and around every tooth at different angles, my teeth are so clean that hygienist has almost nothing to do and my deep cleaning days are over for now. Four months from my cleaning and my teeth feel slick and I can feel little to no plaque on the gumline. Now I suggest everyone get one! Good luck getting used to it! 2 Quote
EKS Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 I found that using a regular toothbrush with toothpaste first and then using the Sonicare without toothpaste afterwards worked much better. Once I started doing that, I got used to the Sonicare pretty quickly. 2 Quote
Alessandra Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) It took me a few weeks. But I would use it and then go back to regular brushing for a few days. It felt worse on the top teeth than on the bottom ones, so I did the easy teeth first. It was like a pneumatic drill in my head. Now I hardly notice. What kept me going was, first, the very clean feeling I get from using the sonicare and, second, fear of gum disease. Now I have to get used to the waterpik flosser... Probably the biggest motivator for me though is my dentist. I recently started going every three months. Dentist can tell the if I have been using sonicare or not. Oh, and I think plaque can lead to gum disease and teeth falling out. Plus I have heard that plaque can get into your bloodstream and damage your heart. I am so not a medical expert, not even researching this on line, but fear is a great motivator, lol. Good luck, keep at it! Edited March 4, 2016 by Alessandra 2 Quote
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 It took me a couple of weeks. Does yours have a sensitive setting? Many of them have a setting that helps new users get used to the sensation. Now that I have one, I can't imagine going back. My teeth never feel as clean. 3 Quote
Laurie4b Posted March 4, 2016 Author Posted March 4, 2016 It took me a couple of weeks. Does yours have a sensitive setting? Many of them have a setting that helps new users get used to the sensation. Now that I have one, I can't imagine going back. My teeth never feel as clean. No, no sensitive setting. And some of my teeth (I guess the ones I tolerated better!) do feel super clean! How are you feeling? Recovering? 1 Quote
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 No, no sensitive setting. And some of my teeth (I guess the ones I tolerated better!) do feel super clean! How are you feeling? Recovering? Thank you for asking. Doing better. I can actually see being able to start weighting the foot slightly next week. Still have some difficulty with pain, but it is these weird tingly sensations that are not move around a bit. Finally learning how to do stairs in crutches (even though I have crutches dozens of times and have managed before.). That was HUGE. Stitches come out next week and I'll start PT soon. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk 1 Quote
Laurie4b Posted March 4, 2016 Author Posted March 4, 2016 It took me a few weeks. But I would use it and then go back to regular brushing for a few days. It felt worse on the top teeth than on the bottom ones, so I did the easy teeth first. It was like a pneumatic drill in my head. Now I hardly notice. What kept me going was, first, the very clean feeling I get from using the sonicare and, second, fear of gum disease. Now I have to get used to the waterpik flosser... Probably the biggest motivator for me though is my dentist. I recently started going every three months. Dentist can tell the if I have been using sonicare or not. Oh, and I think plaque can lead to gum disease and teeth falling out. Plus I have heard that plaque can get into your bloodstream and damage your heart. I am so not a medical expert, not even researching this on line, but fear is a great motivator, lol. Good luck, keep at it! Like you, I am doing this for reasons of my overall health. You are right about dental health and cardiovascular connection. It's well-established, not woo-woo! I believe it's the kind of bacteria that are involved in gum disease that can get into the blood stream and contribute to the plaque build up in the blood vessels. The same bacteria are also linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's. So that's another motivating factor for me. Now I need to get used to it. :) 2 Quote
Alessandra Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 Like you, I am doing this for reasons of my overall health. You are right about dental health and cardiovascular connection. It's well-established, not woo-woo! I believe it's the kind of bacteria that are involved in gum disease that can get into the blood stream and contribute to the plaque build up in the blood vessels. The same bacteria are also linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's. So that's another motivating factor for me. Now I need to get used to it. :) Alzheimer's? Oh, no. I did not realize that. You have just motivated to unpack the waterpik that I have waiting for me. 2 Quote
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