How advanced does your toothbrush have to be? Oral-B, a dental manufacturer has created a “smart toothbrush” along with an app on your phone that shows you how long you have been brushing for and how well you’re brushing. You get real-time feedback for two minutes – the amount of time each brushing session should be. When you finish, the app will rate you based upon time and distribution and even give you a score (either a frowny face or a trophy)!
It is definitely a cool invention in the dental and technological world but, is it necessary? How effective do you think this toothbrush and app will be? What are the chances of this becoming the next new trend?
Maybe in a few years, we will have robots to brush our teeth.
By looking at the title I thought your post talks about the kind of toothbrush I won. My rechargeable brush is by Oral-B and it beeps 3 minutes after I start brushing to notify that I’m done. But you are talking about something even smarter! Can’t wait to see what’s next!!
As creative and amazing the product may sound, I do not think that this product will last. Majority of the people are used to using ordinary toothbrushes, if not then the toothbrushes with spinning heads, etc. Not many people have the time in the morning to focus on the benefits of the “smart toothbrush”, and will thus be using it as any ordinary toothbrush. Maybe the actual benefits of the toothbrush will come in handy at night. As cool as this product may sound, I personally don’t find this necessary.
This sounds really good for people that are lazy and do not brush enough. The product seems like it would be popular for parents that are instilling the proper amount of time to brush to children. I do not think it will be a new trend. It would only be popular in a niche market. An average person would probably see this as unnecessary. I still think its a good idea and app though!
This kind of reminds me of those tooth brushes that came out when having an electronic tooth brush was the coolest thing for a child to have. It was a tooth brush that played a song while you brushed your teeth. By time the songs ends you should have squeaky clean teeth!.