$1 vs $300 Toothbrush | Style Theory

LETS GET BRUSHING !!! 💜💜💜

I'm a dentist. You can brush your teeth with a manual or an electric toothbrush. It's all about your technique! Electric toothbrushes are great because they make brushing easier. They can also have cool features like a timer and a pressure sensor. That's why I recommend them. But remember, toothbrushes bristles can't fit between your teeth. That's why we say to use floss, to clean those tight spots. It's best to brush your teeth two times every day, but if you can only do it once, do it before bed. When you sleep, you don't want the germs in your mouth to eat your dinner leftovers all night. When you brush with toothpaste that has fluoride, only spit it out and don't rinse if you are a grown up. You want the fluoride to stay on your teeth to make them strong!

Please, if anyone from Team Theorist is reading this, please ask Amy to keep the tradition of saying “Hello Internet” when she takes over Style Theory

Oh matpat..how i miss your voice…

I mean, I think the most important thing that you are getting here: Even after each day, after brushing, you still have plaque build up. Do not skip brushing. It builds up quick, and eats through your virtually irreplaceable teeth.

I love how when they were talking about there past with dental hygiene every one was like “yeah I had some problems in the past” and mat was like “my teeth are great!”

could a future style theory go over which toothpaste to buy? I always get so overwhelmed by all the options in stores

The Oral-B manual brush is the toothbrush I use everyday. I’m glad to hear it’s all in the technique!

Dental hygienist here! The sonicare technique is important for it to work best. If you brush with it more like a regular toothbrush, like how everyone seemed to, it doesn’t work as well. It really is technique sensitive. If you brush too hard with it and do actual scrubbing it will leave more behind. And I’d love to see what you guys gather about flossing!!

Yes, water pick v regular floss v floss picks! That should be an upcoming episode.

For me, the strength of the Sonicare is in what it does to my gums. For as far back as I can remember, whenever I went to the dentist they ALWAYS said I had gingivitis in varying degrees of strength. The day of my appointment several months ago, I got a Sonicare on their recommendation. When I had my appointment a few weeks ago, they said everything looked amazing and that I (finally) had very healthy gums!

Immediately feeling biased towards Amy in this episode as a fellow manual brush user. I really like how she's describing everything; her word choice and annunciation makes it really easy to follow along and fully understand what she's explaining.

For these kinds of episodes, I think it would be great if you folks would approach experts (dentists, in this case) with your results to discuss and get their opinions!

As a person who uses the manual toothbrush for years and years on end, I see this as an absolute win.

Can we take a moment to appreciate Amy’s sense of style? She was killing it!

The nano is only Nordic inspired because of the appearance of the brush. It has that Scandinavian minimalist design. That being said I lived in Norway and their tooth brushes look the same as in America lol

Style theory idea: does those shampoo/body wash combo soaps clean better than individual shampoo and body wash, or does mixing them cause the effectiveness to fall off

If matpat is doing an episode for different floss. can you please compare the long string kind vs. short string atrached to plastic handle kind vs. soft picks (plastic toothpick with soft silicone bristles around) vs. Water floss.

You should have also tried miswak brushes. They are sticks taken from the root of a specific African tree that has been used for thousands of years as a natural toothbrush. It naturally has silica, flouride, enzymes and antioxidants that produce anticavity, antiplaque, antibacterial, and teeth whitening properties

The clip of the nano not hurting a strawberry just immediately told me that it would not get any of the dirt out