Oral-B

First of all, I love the app. It keeps me from being lazy and, at 42 years old, I’m brushing better since I got this brush than I ever have in my entire life. With THAT being said, I have healthy teeth and have had relatively few cavities. My gum health has just started to change a little which is why I upgraded to Oral B. But, it’s IMPOSSIBLE to please the app, lol. I’m careful to cup each tooth on each side for at least 1-2 seconds, as the instructions say. I just think my brush isn’t calibrated correctly. It rarely recognizes when I’m hitting the lower right quadrant of my mouth; it thinks I’m always on the left side so it usually says I neglected the right side even though that’s where I spend most of my time trying to make the app recognize it. The ONE time it says I covered 100% of my mouth with only 7 seconds of overpressure out of an almost 4 MINUTE brush, it only scored me 67%! I’m sorry, but 7 seconds of overpressure - which usually only happens when I first transition sides so I can feel the curvature of the first tooth - is NOT bad. :( It even gave me a frowny face. A smile with an encouraging, “That’s more like it!” or something would have been fun. I might stop using the app. But I love love love the brush.

I replaced my 10 year old Oral B electric with the new fancy Io and it’s more expensive brush heads and app that guides your brushing. The brush feels much different than the original oral b—this one must vibrate faster—it tickles much more and generates some sensitivity in parts of my mouth (which I assume is good because it’s revealing tender gum issues). I believe it is doing a better job of more thoroughly cleaning and protecting my teeth and gums. I like the idea of options of sensitive, daily clean, extreme, fun care, etc—though I am unable to detect much difference in the brushing experience on each setting. The reason I’m writing this review is the grading/scoring on the app—IT IS BRUTAL!!! If I brush for 3 minutes, and over pressured for fractions of 2 seconds, ir will say I had 2 seconds of over pressure and ding me anywhere from like 8-18% on my score. The OCD perfectionist in my is going crazy with this. As soon as I see the slightest red I want to turn it off and start over, because i know I’m not getting an “A”. I just don’t get how I could lose 10-20% of my score when the over pressure only accounts for 1% of my brushing time. Shouldn’t I get at least a 98%?!? Also—this deduction is wildly inconsistent. I may lose 4% for a second, or I may lose 12%. What accounts for these discrepancies?!? I have no clue and obviously I hate it, or I would t be typing this review.

I love most things about this app, I brush my teeth every day but before I go to sleep would be lazy, when I upgraded to the oral b with Bluetooth I decided to download it, now I make myself try to have perfect day. It has made me stop being lazy, and I now brush 2x everyday. The only thing I wish could be changed about this app is if it you don’t have your phone on while you brush it won’t let you fix flossing and mouthwash, tongue cleaning. I had my phone keep stuck one time and messed up my months of work because I couldn’t adjust it. If you have a Bluetooth toothbrush that will update once you sync, but the rest of it will not. So if you’re trying to be a better flosser, it would be hard for them to keep track, if they don’t always have phone while they brush. I know it sounds childish getting rewards, but I make it a goal to try and be better and even when I’m exhausted to get that silly badge, just because somehow that badge is a goal. My 11 year old daughter has a kindle and wanted to get the app but she couldn’t find it. So, not sure if it’s available on all devices yet. Also, I do have an entire week that’s blank, from a few months back that I swear was there so idk if it loses data sometimes or what happened with that. But overall a great app!