 Hello everybody Andrea here with dental L. I want to talk to you guys and give you the honest review and why on those like do-it-yourself vibrating sonic electric toothbrush. So if you don't know what I'm talking about I'm going to show you guys a picture right now. I'm getting a lot of people asking me about them including friends and family just people wanting their my opinion on the topic since I'm a dental hygienist I talk about toothbrushing flossing all of this. So what these are they are considered electric toothbrushes that you plug in recharge and you just basically put it in your mouth turn it on and those bristles if you want to call them bristles vibrate and they're supposed to clean the mouth but I'll tell you why I do not like them but I'm also going to tell you why it might be better than nothing okay so I'm doing a couple different things here so I don't like them because how do toothbrushes work to clean the teeth and prevent gum disease prevent cavities are toothbrushes are a mechanical removal of plaque from your teeth so you actually moving that toothbrush is what's removing the plaque from the teeth and the toothpaste is helping apply that protective healthy coating on the teeth afterwards to really prevent cavities prevent gum disease if you're brushing with just water that's still better than nothing but the tooth the toothpaste you do need that to just provide that protective coating and the extra good stuff you need on your teeth so these electric sonic toothbrushes which I'm going to show you my screen again you're putting them in your mouth and it's vibrating but there's not enough mechanical action happening to remove the plaque so you're putting it in your mouth or your child is putting it in their mouth and it's not cleaning anything it's not it might be cleaning that very light plaque that just formed one hour ago but it's not going to clean that thick stuck on plaque so it's not doing a very good job okay but I'm going to go a different way and tell you why it might be better than nothing if you have a child who's you know just doesn't want to brush they don't like it at least you can give them that and it's doing something there are children out there that just simply don't want to brush but they're going to get cavities I tell parents you're going to have to force your children to brush I'm sorry it is what it is it's kind of like when you force your child to go to the doctor to get a needle or whatever it is what it is your child's not always going to like you but if you don't force them to brush they're going to get cavities if they get cavities then you have to force them to get the cavity fixed and that's a lot worse than just brushing the teeth you know we have to give them a needle to put the tooth to sleep we have to spend probably at least a half an hour putting in a filling your child has to stay there with their mouth open perfectly still for half an hour so it's definitely ideal to prevent these things first and prevention means proper toothbrushing so one last time you guys I'm going to show you that picture I do not like the sonic electric toothbrushes it's too good to be true toothbrushing isn't that easy okay I mean it is easy this makes it even easier if you will you just have to put something in your mouth and it's vibrating apparently the plaque away but it's not that easy it's not vibrating much away at all please stick to regular tooth brushing either a manual toothbrush or an electric whichever one you prefer or your child prefers I'm going to talk about in another video manual toothbrushes versus electric toothbrushes and which ones are better depending on if you're a child if you're an adult and kind of what you need for your teeth if you're cold-sensitive if you get a lot of cavities if you never get cavities if your child doesn't like brushing what might work so I'm going to talk about that in another video comment below if you have any questions I'm very happy to help and I look forward to seeing you guys in the next video