Talk:Electric toothbrush

Removed edit
I removed "There is little evidence to suggest such features have any value, though other than as advertising gimmicks" by user 24.210.211.132. This was found under "Visual Stimuli" The reason for removal was because it wasn't balanced in my view. I added the statement back, though edited to make it more neutral. I welcome user 24.210.211.132 to comment on my edit, since 24.210.211.132 has added a lot of knowledge to this page. 68.51.41.46 (talk) 00:40, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

History section cleanup
I tagged the history section of this article for cleanup because it seems to focus too much on the history of a particular product (Broxodent) and doesn't go into much detail about other more recent developments, such as the Sonicare-type toothbrushes. Much of the Broxodent-specific history probably should be moved into its own article. -- Hawaiian717 (talk) 18:13, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Broxodent bias?
This article seems way too heavy on the Broxodent history and seems to be some kind of endorsement/advertisement. For example: "But this [Broxodent] innovative product started a trend and enjoyed 30+ years of product leadership."

The edits about Broxodent are made by user "liwoog". Woog is also the last name of the person who invented it. I'm thinking someone is trying to promote a family member's legacy or something. 16 April 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.249.244.63 (talk) 05:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree the history is a little biased. I've used electric toothbrushes every day since the 1970s and never heard of Broxodent or GE toothbrushes. Back in the 70's we had Ronson and later Braun. Does anyone know the history of these? Andy 82.152.115.137 (talk) 16:43, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Effectiveness of electric toothbrushes
This section is poorly argued and contained some inaccuracies. Manufacturers recommend you change heads frequently (well, they would, wouldn't they - that's how they earn their profit), but there is no evidence cited (and none exists to my knowledge), that dentists offer such advice; indeed, electric toothbrush bristles are short and inflexible, and some splaying is likely to improve their gum effectiveness. The reference supplied (now dead) was not a scientific or even an independent source (see archive.org). Heenan73 (talk) 09:05, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

"For certain patients with limited manual dexterity or where difficulty exists in reaching rear teeth, however, dentists strongly feel that electric toothbrushes can be especially beneficial" - actually, according to the reference, ONE dentist feels that way (and not particularly strongly). Heenan73 (talk) 09:09, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Overcoming the fear of the dentist
The sentence in the Effectiveness section:

"Some dentists also claim that they help children with overcoming their fear of the dentist."

introduced here cites an electric toothbrush review website and does not reference a particular study. I suggest we remove this unless we have a better citation. Ericandrewlewis (talk) 22:53, 3 December 2017 (UTC)