An Analogy Roundup
Getting a patient to comprehend, and then accept, a treatment plan is a very important aspect of our jobs as dental hygienists. If a patient doesn’t accept a treatment plan, it benefits neither party. The patient doesn’t receive the necessary dental care, and the office doesn’t receive the production to support their employees.
Increasing case acceptance is something that is usually learned as you go in dentistry and catered to each patient. It is very important to be able to explain treatment needs in an efficient manner. One technique I find useful is using simple analogies to create a comparison between two things. This typically helps to clarify the treatment plan and create a better visual for the patient. For example, in my practice I state:
“You have a (Mild, Moderate, Severe) infection in your gums where bacterial toxins have caused your body to destroy the bone that holds your teeth in.
ANALOGY TIME: Think of your teeth like a fence post, you want a lot of dirt around that post to keep it strong and sturdy. If you lose some of the dirt, or bone, then the tooth can become mobile and possibly be lost.
To prevent this from progressing you will need a therapy (avoid saying deep cleaning) where we remove all of the toxins off of the teeth so that the disease doesn’t progress.”
From there I then go on to explain that the patient needs each quadrant treated with specialized therapy, instruments, and products to stop the progression. My hope in using the analogy is to streamline the patient's ability to understand that they don’t want to lose any more “dirt/bone” around their teeth and therefore accept the treatment plan. In discussing this with other hygienists I found that we all use several analogies to all get to the same result of case acceptance.
Below is a list of many analogies used by hygienists that you may feel helpful in incorporating into your practice. If you use a different one that works well let us know.
PERIODONTITIS
Periodontitis is like diabetes; it can only be controlled but not cured, so it's important to do perio maintenance appointments and practice good home care to keep it under control.
Periodontal disease is like a termite eating away at the bone. You don't know you have it until it's too late
Explaining periodontal therapy like weeding a garden-the calculus is the weeds and you can't have a good looking garden with weeds everywhere.
PERIODONTAL PROBING
Perio pockets are like cleaning under fingernails. 1-3 is normal fingernails and 4+ is when you start getting into the long fake ones.
Explain probing depths by referring to my hand in a fist as a tooth, and my sleeve is the gums.. and use my finger to act as a probe to show how we measure/what we're measuring
PERIODONTAL POCKETS
Perio pocket is like gutters on a house and they need the leaves cleaned out
When measuring perio pockets for perio charting, I explain that it's like wearing a turtleneck sweater. You can put your finger in the first inch or so because it doesn't fit tightly around your neck, but further down, the turtleneck is hugging your neck more snugly. Your teeth and gums are sort of like that. There is a pocket around each tooth that should normally be 1-3 mm deep, then your gums are attached to the tooth. Then I go on to explain how cleaning pockets deeper than that is difficult etc.
Teeth are little castles and the motes are the pockets where all of the BAD nasty critters live
SENSITIVITY AFTER PD
Sensitivity after calculus is removed is like someone ripping a blanket off of you....you get that initial cold shock and then you get used to it.
CALCULUS
Calculus acts like a sliver under your tissues. If you had a sliver in your hand and you left it in there, your hand would get red, irritated and start bleeding. Same thing happens under your gums if plaque is left behind to harden.
Calculus is like barnacles stuck on the teeth.
RADIOGRAPHS
When patients deny X-rays, I ask them "Would you let a mechanic fix your car without lifting the hood? They can't see through the hood and we can't see through the teeth to diagnose."
BRUSHING TECHNIQUES
Brushing your teeth is like cleaning fine China. Clean them gently with a soft brush, not scrubbing aggressively with a hard brush.
When brushing, imagine you are jeweler shining pearls & diamonds. The softer the brush, better the shine.
Brushing "hard " is like using an eraser. Scrub too hard-the paper gets all torn up…go gentle and it gets the job done!
Does your scalp bleed when you brush your hair? Uour gums shouldn't bleed when you brush your teeth either.
Tell them when you dry brush with the toothbrush it's like "sweeping before you mop".
Don't rinse with water after brushing with toothpaste you don’t want to wash away all of the product. Would you moisturize your skin and then take a shower?
FLOSSING
When a patient complains that they don't floss because they bleed, I say it's like going to the gym for the first time in a long time. At first you're sore (like your gums bleeding) but when you do it like you're supposed to, you're not sore (and your gums don't bleed).
Flossing is like washing your hands without cleaning between your fingers and once you start the habit, it's like working out. I demonstrated with my hands and the faces I see are priceless!
Flossing is like cleaning the space between their finger and nail... and it gets just as dirty.
Starting to floss is like learning to play the guitar. Your gums/fingers will be sore at first but will toughen up the more you practice.
WATER PIK
Waterpik vs flossing: Waterpik is like washing your car with a hose, flossing is like taking a sponge to your car which will remove dirt better? Both together leaves it squeaky clean!
SEALANTS
Sealants are like putting grout on flooring, you use it to seal the cracks so no trash gets in them, we seal the teeth so no bacteria or foods get caught on the pits and fissures (little cracks).
CAN’T YOU JUST DO THE FREE CLEANING?
If you work on the crowns of the teeth before addressing what's going on UNDER the gumline, it's like putting a nice, pretty house on a shoddy foundation!
Compare it to trying to rinse a bowl you have used to microwave oatmeal- there is a sticky film that has to be scrubbed- teeth are smooth like the bowl, plaque is sticky like the oatmeal and must be mechanically removed with specialized instruments.
Doing a prophy instead of periodontal therapy is like going to a salon and only getting your ends washed and not your scalp and roots.
In your case, having a “regular cleaning" is like painting over rust.
It’s like you have a broken foot but you are asking me to give you a pedicure.
ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSHES
Use electric brushes slow and let it do the work like driving a car slow through cars wash... if you drive through fast (like long swipe brushing), car doesn't get clean.
Have you ever mixed a cake mix by hand? It takes twice as long, and there is still lumps left behind, versus if you use a hand mixer. Power toothbrushes do a superior job in less time than a manual.
Would you rather wash your clothes by hand or with a washing machine? Teeth are the same.
IMPLANTS
Think of a bone graft as pouring cement for the foundation of a home; before getting a dental implant.
CROWN OVER RCT
Root canal tooth needs a crown: a tooth with a root canal is like a tree that has died. It still stands but it's no longer living and is weak and brittle. The crown is required to strengthen and protect it. (Or an apple without the core.)
ARESTIN
It's like trying to scrape ALL the peanut butter out of the jar, no matter how much you scrape you will never be able to remove every bit of it, the same goes with periodontal therapy, no matter how much I scale, irrigate, and clean below the gums, I'll never be able to remove all the bacteria. I explain how Arestin will continue to kill the bacteria causing the infection for an additional 21 days after treatment.
It's like taking out the extra full trash bag that has sat for however long they haven't been to the dentist. After you take the bag out, you need to bleach the can to get rid of the germs causing the smells. Without the Arestin, you haven't treated the entire problem.
LASER
Explain the laser by comparing their necrotic tissue to a bacteria harboring dirty kitchen sponge. I'm gonna get rid of the sponge! Or leaving a band-aid on a wound for months.
DENTURE CARE
Not taking dentures out at night is like never taking off your shoes. Eventually your feet would get nasty and infected, the same thing happens with your mouth
CARIES
Your tooth is like a peanut M&M. You have a hard outer shell (enamel) and inner softer chocolate center (Dentin) and the peanut is like a pulp or nerve. A cavity progresses slowly through the outer candy shell, but once it gets into the soft center it moves quickly to the peanut and needs attention before it reaches the peanut center.
We’d love to your know favorite analogy you use regularly! Which one’s work for you?
Dental Hygienist Spotlight: Patricia Blundon
We love learning about dental hygienists and how they can fix a problem! Dental hygienists are definitely some of the smartest people we know, and Patricia is no exception. She noticed a problem of the difficulties of seeing while using a mirror and suction, and decided to combine them with the Clip Mirror. Learn more about Patricia in our interview below!
Where did you go to hygiene school? I graduated from the Dental Hygiene Program at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada in 1992 and previously from the dental assisting program at the same college in 1988 so I am almost 30 years in the dental field.
What inspired you to go into dentistry? I decided on the Dental Hygiene program in my last year of high school and dentistry has been my passion now for almost three decades.
Why did you decide on developing the Clip Mirror? The Clip Mirror idea came to me about ten years into my career. I was working on a patient with a super strong lower lip and a protruding tongue. With the Cavitron in one hand and mirror in the other and the patients tongue pushing out the saliva ejector, I thought to myself “why did this need to be so hard?”. I then imagined having a mirror clipped directly onto the saliva ejector to free up a hand. The usual question is “So why doesn’t someone invent this?” then I thought to myself, who better to invent a dental tool than a dental hygienist? So then it began, I decided I would learn everything I needed to know to become an inventor. I went to the library and gathered and read all the books I could find on inventing, patents, licensing and intellectual property. I started by searching for prior art which is just a fancy term for has anyone else made something like this. I learned to navigate the USPTO (patent and trade office) and read and researched every patent possibly similar to my own invention. I had binders of patents printed off, progress notes and alike and read so many patents that I actually learned to proficiently write my patent application for the Clip Mirror. So after more reading I did just that and with a few hundred dollars for drawings and a reduced small entity filing fee, I was on my way. I then decided to put to use the information I learned on licensing and royalties and tried to find a partner to co-create the Clip Mirror. I hit one road block after another. One company would not sign a confidentiality agreement thus protecting my intellectual property while others were not willing to invest or take a chance on me. I became discouraged until one day out of the blue, I received a phone call from a dental hygienist who told me that I needed to just go ahead and start manufacturing because the larger manufacturers in her experience did not want to fairly compensate independent inventors. This one phone call changed everything and I began to delve into manufacturing mode. I knew the design I wanted and began to phone anyone and everyone who would talk to me about dental mirror manufacturing. The steel for the clip had to be medical grade 400 series so it would not rust and the clip itself would be designed to snap securely to the saliva ejector while still allowing a clinician to rotate it if they needed. The rolled clip ends would allow a line of floss to be secured as an added precaution. I began the manufacturing process, building my website and all the small business essentials including a Medical Device Establishment License with Health Canada. I then began market testing and research for a few years until introducing the Clip Mirror by DH Essentials at home and across the globe in January of 2017. Then 2020 and Covid-19 changed the face of dentistry forever. So much uncertainty and the realization that dental aerosols were more dangerous than we could ever have imagined, I was thinking of redesigning the Clip Mirror for the HVE but with my clinical work shutdown and a huge financial investment required, I was nervous. So, I did nothing until one day I received a call from a fellow RDH and educator who loved The Clip Mirror for SE and had been using it with her students. She said “the Clip Mirror is amazing and you need to make it to fit the HVE. Once again, I jumped back in to full production mode, thanks to Marcy.
What is the role of ergonomics for dental hygienists? Since I myself struggled to provide treatment for some patients, I designed the Clip Mirror to make the job of the Dental Hygienist/Clinician easier on the body and with greater ease and efficiency. As the population ages, a dental clinician may find oneself using less than ideal posture while craning their necks and contorting their bodies to complete necessary treatment. I would encourage dental care providers to try all available ergonomic products to find what works best for them to help maintain proper posture. As we all know dentistry takes a huge toll on your body. For those who have struggled in the past like I have, the Clip Mirror has been a great body and time saver. Many comment on the brightness and clarity of the Ultravision mirror from Germany and users report they find it very helpful when they have a patient who cannot recline and need to Cavitron the maxillary lingual.
What are the pro/cons of owning your own business? User feedback has been great with the Clip Mirrors and I love corresponding and meeting Dental Professionals from all around the world. I enjoy reading and analyzing all the information available and there is plenty to decipher. For example, there are many products that claim to reduce aerosols but lack the requirements that science has shown to be effective like a large 8mm open ended HVE must be used and it must be used close to the area generating the aerosols, not stationary.
What advice do you have for others who are interested in inventing? I have to admit it is super exciting when one dreams of something and then through hard work and dedication it actually comes to life. I would love to help others attain their dream and know this excitement. It is so important to believe in yourself and that anything is possible with hard work and dedication. I totally believe in paying it forward and helping others. I would not be where I am today without the help of others and kindness of strangers.
A huge congratulations to Patricia for all her hard work and dedication to helping dental hygienists! Check out the Mirror Clip today!
Dental Social Media Hand Out, Just for YOU!
We are loving being back in clinic, seeing patients, and working with students. But secretly, we’re kind of missing the hours of CE classes being offered online for free while we were all home. We were lucky enough to even present some!
One class was all about Social Media for your office. We’ve shared some content ideas that you could be working on right now for your office, but now we’re including our quick hand out with more ideas for you to think about! It also includes steps to think about before posting anything. If you can’t answer YES to all the steps, it may not be the best idea to post it.
Download your own free HANDOUT right here!
Let us know your office’s social media, especially if you help run it! We’d love to check it out and support. Let us know your handle below!
Healthy People 2030 just released
Have you seen the new Healthy People 2030? If not check out the oral health objectives on the Healthy People website. https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/oral-conditions
Several objectives are listed and are similar objectives we work on every 10 years. I sometimes wonder if we are making even small improvements. When I read through these objectives, I am reminded of the many barriers that we have as hygienists to preventing oral health diseases. I know that we are a key workforce in reaching these objectives though prevention. Prevention is more cost effective than restoration.
Sitting in an operatory and educating only 8-10 patients per day on proper home care in my limited amount of appointment time has always been a struggle for me. I have always had a desire for ALL to receive oral health education on a regular basis. Just as we see smoking cessation commercials everywhere, I have a dream to see oral health recommendations everywhere. Sadly in our system, oral health care seems the first to go when there are tight budgets.
One thing I do know is that a cost effective solution to better those objectives would be to better utilize the workforce that we do have of highly trained dental hygienists. If the barriers are reduced or removed it would increase access to care and lower overall costs.
I have listed a few of the objectives below where the dental hygiene workforce would be a cost effective way to improve oral health.
Adolescents
Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with lifetime tooth decay
Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with active and untreated tooth decay
***Allow dental hygienists to work in collaborations with dentists in school settings.
Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Reduce consumption of added sugars by people aged 2 years and over
**Allow dental hygienists to work in alternative settings such as pediatric physician offices, under a physician, to provide FL2 treatments, referrals and education to parents.
Older Adults
Reduce the proportion of older adults with untreated root surface decay
Reduce the proportion of adults aged 45 years and over who have lost all their teeth
Reduce the proportion of adults aged 45 years and over with moderate and severe periodontitis
**Allow dental hygienists to treat the home-bound population in collaboration with dentists.
Preventive Care
Increase the proportion of low-income youth who have a preventive dental visit
Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental sealants on 1 or more molars
***Allow dental hygienists to work in collaborations with dentists in school settings.
We don’t have a perfect system, but I do know that we can make small improvements to it. My hope is to see more legislation throughout the states to allow dental hygienists to better work with dentists to increase access to care.
A Letter to the Dental Hygiene Class of 2022
To the Class of 2022
Welcome to the best profession. And we’re not going to lie, can be one of the hardest.
This is definitely an interesting time to start hygiene school. Honestly, no one has ever started school at a time like right now. There have been lots of changes to your program, updates in protocols, and new ways of doing things that no many people have done before. Lots are for the better. Some you may not love, but that’s ok. We’re all trying to navigate the longevity of these changes.
Here is some advice as you embark into this new world of dental hygiene school.
1. Get a great planner or utilize Google Calendar like crazy. There will be lots of assignments in the first few weeks that will have due dates weeks out. Write then down immediately on the date they are due. Having them written down gets them out of your head and feels so much more manageable to see them on a calendar.
2. Be patient with your instructors and professors. This is the 1st time they’ve had a class start in the middle of a pandemic, and they’re getting new information from your institution, administrators, and the government each day. They may change policies in the middle of the semester or even after the first week, which isn’t want they want to do. Changing things last second is no fun for anyone! As changes come, you’ll be feeling them and it may be frustrating. But, please, be open minded to these changes and roll wit the punches.
3. Stay healthy! We know there is so much going on- reading, watching videos, study groups, and practicing instrumentation. However, it’s going to be so important to stay healthy, especially this semester. Make sure you’re drinking tons of water, sleeping as much as you can, and taking your vitamins. It’s going to be so important to be healthy to stay activity engaged in your classes and in clinic.
4. Stay positive. It’s so easy to go to class and feel everyone’s stress or negativity. We as instructors can totally feel it. And it spreads like wild fire. I remember in school, I didn’t feel to stressed at home in the evenings or on the weekends, but my stress was through the roof when I was around my classmates. Strive to be the one who sees the positive in each situation, learn from each failure, and keep things light when you fine your classmates start thinking or talking with negativity.
You’ve got this! We’re rooting for you and want this to be the best experience for you. Have a question, or need some support? Watch our videos and reach out to us. We’re here for you.
With so much love from some seasoned RDHs and instructors,
Jessica, Melia and Shelley, the Hygiene Edge Team
Oral Cancer Foundation
We’re excited to be taking part in the Oral Cancer Foundation Virtual Walk this month to help raise funds and awareness for oral cancer. You should join us! Join our team and let us know when you walk! Let’s keep the conversation open about oral cancer, and the important screenings we can perform each day on each patient. With patients less likely to go to their family doctor for well checks, and probably being outside more with everything going on, this is the perfect time to add in oral cancer screenings and take the best possible care of our community.
Head over to the link below to sign up and join our team. All the money collected goes to the Oral Cancer Foundation to help raise awareness about oral cancer and help with cancer research.
https://donate.oralcancer.org/participant/hygiene-edge
Introducing The Vera® Splatter Guard®
Have I ever told you how much I LOVE it when companies create products for the Hygiene department? That is just what Young has done, they created a prophy angle with a splatter guard. This helps to reduce prophy paste from flying into unwanted places. Next time you are in the market for prophy angles be sure to consider these. Check it out in action in our latest video below.
What You Need to Know about the Dental Hygiene OSCE
With all the changes happening right now (and honestly- lots for the better for our public health and wellbeing), dental and dental hygiene school was greatly affected. One of the biggest culprits of change? The live patient clinical board exam. So, to change with the times, an OSCE was put in place to test students skills, let them get their license to practice, and keep both the student and patient safe. Instead of taking a 1 time live patient exam, many states allowed a written exam with clinical questions.
As a side note-the implantation of the OSCE exam was also state by state. Here in Utah, our state allowed it this year. However, to this point, California is not accepting it. You’ll definitely want to check with your state to see what changes they’ve implemented, and if they’ll be going back to a traditional patient exam over the next few months.
We asked a few dental hygiene recent grads about their experience with the exam, how they studied for it, and any advice for someone else about to take the exam and compiled all of their advice.
How did you study?
“I studied for about 2 weeks and I used the student RDH OSCE study packet for $55! What helped me was that I had just studied for months for the NBDHE. So I had a lot of material on my mind.”
“I would tell people to just use the National Board Package (on StudentRDH) to study for the OSCE because the OSCE study packet didn’t have enough information.”
How was the test administered?
“The test was taken on an iPad it was 107 questions (if I remember right) it took me around an hour to take, but you are given 2 hours to complete the exam, I would definitely go through the test twice because I found that some questions I was more confused about were much easier the second time through.”
What was the content like?
“All the questions are extremely applicable to clinical practice, things you are going to run into more commonly than questions that you'll see on the NBDHE.”
“Know the information for Nationals, plus h knowing facts about whitening and the latest on the 2017 AAP classifications”
“All the questions are extremely applicable to clinical practice, things you are going to run into more commonly than questions that you'll see on the NBDHE.”
“Honestly, the thing that helped me the most was just being familiar with everything that goes into an appointment... from medical conditions and what you would do of a patient presented with a specific condition, to periodontal disease diagnosis”
Any advice?
“What took me off guard honestly was the questions. They were worded way different then NBDHE or what we see in school. It was a lot of critical thinking. Most of the questions were easy and straight to the point. Then you would get a random question.”
“Honestly, clinic experience and studying for NBDHE is the best thing for this exam.”
“There were questions on whitening which I wasn’t expecting.”
“It definitely focuses on clinical dental hygiene, and things you’d see in an office regularly.”
“Working in private practice for a few weeks before the exam really helped with my critical thinking during the exam.”
Did you take the OSCE this year? What was your experience with the exam?
If your state is only accepting live patient exam results to get your license, you’ll definitely want to check out our “Tips for Passing Clinical Boards” Ebook, full of helpful hits and videos to make the most of your time.
Tips for Finding a Great Dental Hygiene Clinical Board Patient
My sister in law has been a dental hygienist for over 12 years. She’s had kids, moved to a different state and different country in the time, and they’ve now settled in California. She’s ready to get back into the hygiene world and work clinically in her town. But because it has been a bit since she’s taken WREB, she’s back at it again this month. With taking the test comes finding a patient. I’ve been teaching students and assessing patients for the exam for years, but being back in the spot of actually finding a patient has been tricky and is taking me back for when I took the exam, both a few years ago and when I graduated! Here are a few tips and tricks for finding a great patient over the years that we’ve been using to find the perfect patient.
Post about the exam and your need for a patient on local Facebook Groups. However, once you post it, many times they’ll be deleted in a short amount of time, depending on the group. Once you post it, watch your post to see who responds or messages, and get the conversation going right away. If not, the post may be deleted, and you’ll miss who responded. Also, keep an eye on your “other” message folder to see if anything messages you but it gets hidden.
Get your prescreening questions ready. When talking to a potential patient, make sure you ask a few screening questions beforehand to make sure they’ll qualify for the exam. Here are a few I like to ask: Are you allergic to anything? Any medical conditions such as heart disease or diabetes? Are you available on (insert test date)? Do your gums bleed when you brush (don’t include flossing. It’s pretty common for people’s gingiva to bleed if they rarely floss. If they’re a regular brusher with no bleeding, however, they may not qualify for the exam).
Ask other students, past students, or your senior who graduated the year before you for a recommendation. They may have a great lead or two you could follow up with. Sometimes the patient they used didn’t get the rest of their mouth treated and it may qualify, or the patient has a family member or friend to refer to you.
Reach out to surrounding offices. Sometimes, these offices have patients come in that qualify and cannot afford periodontal therapy. If they have someone like you to refer them to, it would definitely help both you and the patient.
Don’t get overwhelmed. I know, this is the least helpful advice. But for some reason, when someone puts in the work, it all works out! I’ve had student’s patients end up in jail the week before their exam, patients that go into early labor before, patients that have gone completely MIA. And for some reason, it all works out how it is meant to be.
There may not be a “perfect” patient. I know, this article is supposed to be all about that. However, sometimes someone that doesn’t seem “perfect” may work and it’ll all work out! Even if you have to treat quad 1 (my least favorite) or you have to treat a few teeth from a different quad, you can do it! You’ve been getting ready for this test for years as a new grad or as a seasoned hygienist
How did you find your board patient? What are some of your tips to finding a great patient for your clinical exam?
Electric Toothbrush Recommendations with Oral-B iO
Recently, we attended the Oral-B iO Virtual Launch Event, and they shared interesting research about patients and their perceptions of electric toothbrushes. Right now, patients think that oral health and overall health are related. However, they don’t necessarily think that oral health prevention is a key to keeping them healthy overall. And interestingly, they often see an electric toothbrush as something for patients that have a problem, instead of an instrument to help prevent oral diseases like carious lesions or periodontal disease. But, the more I thought about it, the more it makes sense. Let’s compare it to going to the hairdresser. If I was getting my hair done, and my stylist mentions I should be using something to prevent dryness, I would agree and forget about it. Later at the store, I’ll remember she mentioned something, I’ll head to the hair care aisle, and be completely confused on what I should be getting, what’s the best product to prevent dryness, and end up not buying anything. Our patients are doing the exact same thing!
Here are a few tips to help you educate your patients on electric toothbrushes.
Be specific in your recommendation, naming a brand they should purchase. You might also want to mention a specific brush head and store to buy it at. This takes away all the guesswork, making it easier for your patient to act on your recommendation.
Give a short demo in your op. Show the patient what they’re missing out on. If they’ve never felt or seen an electric toothbrush in real life, they might be hesitant to invest in one.
Come from a place of love & not the place of a salesperson. When you’re talking about a product, make sure you’re not coming at it as a salesperson, but as a product the patient needs.You know your patients, their needs, and have insight into their life. Make recommendations based on this context and what would best benefit the patient.
We’re excited for you to start talking more about electric toothbrushes if you don’t love to right now! Or, if you do and your office sells them, what do you usually tell your patients about them?
A big thank you to Crest+Oral-B for inviting us to the Virtual Launch of the Oral-B iO! We loved learning about this new product, hearing the updates and new technology, and meeting with so many amazing dental professionals at the same time. Some of our favorite features of this brush are
The new screen. This screen makes it easy to make sure you or your patient is brushing for the full 2 minutes, and gives an instant smiley face reward when they do.
The new linear magnetic drive system. It delivers concentrated energy to the tips of the bristles where it’s needed most, allowing the brush head to glide tooth by tooth for a smooth, quiet cleaning experience.