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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / May 2007Sonicare vs. Oral-B - which is better for sensitive teeth?
I normally just use a soft manual toothbrush, but I'd like to get an electric. Does anyone know if one is better than the other for sensitve teeth? Thanks. All are about equal in their capability to clean to be gentle. Get the one which will encourage you to keep it in your mouth the longest. Find out why the teeth are sensitive and deal with that problem in the mean-time.  Signature/ Amatus / >I normally just use a soft manual toothbrush, but I'd like to get an >electric. Does anyone know if one is better than the other for sensitve >teeth? > > Thanks. > All are about equal in their capability to clean to be gentle. Get the > one which will encourage you to keep it in your mouth the longest. > > Find out why the teeth are sensitive and deal with that problem in the > mean-time. Good advice, Amatus. I personally use a Sonicare...have used it for about 5 years, and wouldn't change because it works for me. Having said that, I don't think there is much *good* research out there that says one is better than the other. Either one is fine. More important for the OP to find out why the teeth are sensitive. John >> All are about equal in their capability to clean to be gentle. Get the >> one which will encourage you to keep it in your mouth the longest. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >John Do some people just have "sensitive teeth" for no real reason? Maybe genetic? I know my teeth are more sensitive to dental work than say, my wife's? Cleaning always hurts my teeth more than most people's, even when they're not that dirty. (i.e.; every 6 month cleaning) > Do some people just have "sensitive teeth" for no real reason? Maybe > genetic? I know my teeth are more sensitive to dental work than say, > my wife's? Cleaning always hurts my teeth more than most people's, > even when they're not that dirty. (i.e.; every 6 month cleaning) Assuming everything is equal (eg. no cavities or equal amount of recessions on the same teeth or gum pockets equal), we all have different tolerances to the discomfort caused by scaling or planing the teeth. I have some patients who have significant gum problems with recessions/deep pockets, and you can go to town on them during their cleaning and the don't flinch or report discomfort. On some others with no periodontal problems, just polishing their teeth can be uncomfortable to them. We are all different. John I have grown to believe that those patients with thermal sensitivity or extreme sensitivity to dental cleaning, are clenchers (isometric bruxism). I could be wrong. Signature/ Amatus / >>> >> Do some people just have "sensitive teeth" for no real reason? Maybe [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > John >I have grown to believe that those patients with thermal sensitivity or >extreme sensitivity to dental cleaning, are clenchers (isometric bruxism). >I could be wrong. I have noticed that in several of these types of patients. Can't say its universal, but will monitor it more closely. John I think you are both right. Lot's of individual variation, but almost all of the sensitivity cases involve clenching as one of the major factors. Tartar control and whitening toothpastes add to the difficulties as well. 'Course, patients will look at you (with masseters and temporalis muscles bulging) and say, "*I* don't clench *MY* teeth". Some will say, "Yeah...I *DO*. How did you know that?" I made 4 NTIs yesterday, and that's not a record. JME, D >>I have grown to believe that those patients with thermal sensitivity or >>extreme sensitivity to dental cleaning, are clenchers (isometric bruxism). [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > John If you think about it,,,,,,,,,,, there should be a reason these teeth remain sensitive and do not cease being sensitive as the pulp recedes. Constant abfraction from isometric bruxism during clenching would be one explanation. Signature/ Amatus / > >I have grown to believe that those patients with thermal sensitivity or > >extreme sensitivity to dental cleaning, are clenchers (isometric [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > John >I have grown to believe that those patients with thermal sensitivity or >extreme sensitivity to dental cleaning, are clenchers (isometric bruxism). >I could be wrong. But I don't think you are wrong at all on this subject. >I normally just use a soft manual toothbrush, but I'd like to get an >electric. Does anyone know if one is better than the other for sensitve >teeth? > >Thanks. One thing you might want to consider is that I have heard people having problems with the SonicCare hurting when the non-brush part of it accidentally hits a tooth. The OralB seems to be better in this respect. The latest greatest OralB's have about the same cleaning ability as the SonicCare in my estimation. I like the OralB myself. I am not a dentist, I'm a lay person. > One thing you might want to consider is that I have heard people > having problems with the SonicCare hurting when the non-brush part of > it accidentally hits a tooth. The OralB seems to be better in this > respect. The latest greatest OralB's have about the same cleaning > ability as the SonicCare in my estimation. I like the OralB myself. > I am not a dentist, I'm a lay person. Good point. I have tried both small round OralB first and the cheap(est) Sonicare after that. Overall the Sonicare leaves me with a cleaner feeling and is easier to use. However, because of the large head it's easy to hit another tooth with the backside of the Sonicare head and that is not pleasant at all. Good test for cracked teeth ;) |
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