soon a new type of completely silent electric toothbrush

New electric toothbrushes are about to hit the market. With one particularity: they will be completely silent.

In principle, electric toothbrushes make noise. Whether they are “oscillo-rotating”, or “sonic”, they have their own little noise. The first have a small round head that rotates, effective against tartar, the second have the bristles of the head which vibrate at very high speed and are practical when you have sensitive gums.

Now, a third category is developing, completely silent. It relies on electric micro-currents, very weak currents that we cannot feel. These are currents designed to disrupt the structure of plaque, so that it comes off more easily. As a result, there is nothing that vibrates, nothing that moves, and therefore no longer makes any noise.

Several manufacturers in the ranks

A priori, the system is effective. The promoters have published a clinical study which shows that with this technique, six times more dental plaque is removed than with a manual brush. So similar numbers to the best electric toothbrushes. With the advantage of being both silent and gentle on the gums.

The first models were presented by the start-up Proxi Healthcare. Several other manufacturers are also in the running for this category, which will probably be called “microcurrent” brushes.

The price is more than 200 euros, which is rather indicative of the current technological escalation around electric toothbrushes. Recently, we’ve seen models with whitening LEDs, radio waves that are supposed to break down tartar. There is even a residue detection to ask you to concentrate on an area before going to brush another. Result: the bill soars with models sometimes sold for more than 400 euros.