The issue of children's oral care has been a matter of great concern to parents in recent years. According to authoritative statistics, the rate of dental caries in children has reached 78%. As a professional oral cleaning tool, children's electric toothbrush has attracted much attention from parents because its cleaning ability is better than that of traditional manual toothbrushes. However, parents often blindly follow the trend to buy products such as Internet celebrities or cross-border brands for their babies, children, and children, because the professionalism of such products is not high, and they do not do age-specific design, which is easy to cause tooth injury. So is it good for children to use electric toothbrushes? As a professional dentist, Lin Qing is ready to share science with everyone, focusing on the benefits of children's electric toothbrushes and the harm of hurting teeth. (Here are some of the product images I have reviewed)
1. Is it good for children to use electric toothbrushes?
Is it OK for children to use an electric toothbrush? This problem has been bothering many parents who want to buy children's electric toothbrushes, I can clearly tell parents that children's electric toothbrushes are very good oral cleaning items, and its stable cleaning power has also been recognized by many dentists, and it is directly recommended for children over 4 years old. But some parents always have questions about children's electric toothbrushes, why can they be favored by dentists? What are the specific advantages over traditional manual toothbrushes?
According to the latest statistics, the current caries rate of Chinese children has reached 72% (see the figure below), and it is very important to do a good job of prevention work, so children's electric toothbrushes with strong cleaning ability are recommended for children. Here are five benefits for parents to understand.
Benefit 1, stronger cleaning power, has the effect of preventing tooth decay
The cleaning effect of children's electric toothbrush is far better than that of traditional manual toothbrush, and its cleaning effect is more significant for blind areas such as dental disease high incidence areas that cannot be cleaned by manual toothbrushes, such as dental sockets, crowns, teeth interstitials, and tooth backs, and can also remove dental plaque and reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
Benefit 2: Stable vibration frequency, precise control of brushing strength
Children have small palms, it is difficult to hold and use a manual toothbrush, and the brushing force and angle control are not flexible, not only will the brush not be clean, but also easy to hurt the teeth. However, the children's electric toothbrush accurately controls the brushing force, and the vibration is uniform and stable, which not only has a significant cleaning effect, but also makes it easier to protect the child's mouth.
Benefit 3: Save time and effort
Manual toothbrush wants to present a better cleaning effect, at least ten minutes, but almost no children in life have the patience to brush their teeth for such a long time, and children's electric toothbrush only takes 2-3 minutes, saving time and effort, and the cleaning effect is not bad.
Benefit 4: The brushing threshold is lower and the operation is simpler
The vast majority of children under the age of 10 have inflexible hand muscle control, and manual toothbrushes are very insensitive to correct brushing with Pap brushing. The brushing threshold of children's electric toothbrush is low, and the brushing strength and angle problems can be well avoided, the operation is simple, and it is more time-saving and labor-saving.
Benefit 5, interesting, children are more willing to take the initiative to brush their teeth
In the eyes of children, children's electric toothbrushes are like electric smart toys, most of the products are based on cartoon shapes, give small stickers and other gifts, children are more interested in products, natural brushing enthusiasm will be higher.
Second, what are the dangers of children's electric toothbrushes?
Is it OK for children to use an electric toothbrush? After taking stock of the benefits of children's electric toothbrushes, I believe parents have already had a clear idea. It is okay for children to use children's electric toothbrushes, and dentists also recommend that children over 4 years old use professional children's electric toothbrushes, but these benefits are based on high-quality products, which parents must be clear.
According to relevant statistics, the caries rate of children aged 2-5 in China has now exceeded 70% (as shown in the figure below), and the overall situation is not optimistic, so it is very necessary for professional children's electric toothbrushes for children. However, parents should be wary here, whether it is a children's electric toothbrush or a traditional manual toothbrush, there is a risk of tooth injury if it is unprofessional, inferior products or brushed in the wrong way. Therefore, before purchasing products, I summarize the following three points about the hidden knowledge of the harm of inferior children's electric toothbrushes, and suggest parents to understand.
Injury to teeth hazard 1: aggravate the child's original dental problems
Many children's mouths have a little problem, if the products used are also inferior, then it will be easier to stimulate the mouth during daily use, aggravate the original dental problem, and if it is serious, it will also affect the subsequent development of permanent teeth.
Dental injury hazard 2: Chronic tooth injury hazard
If the inferior or unprofessional children's electric toothbrush is used by the child for a long time, the hidden chronic tooth injury hazard is not visible in the early stage, at least half a year or even more than a year to find, and when parents find these tooth injury symptoms, the child's situation is irreversible.
Tooth injury hazard 3: Tooth enamel wears, causing bleeding gums
The vast majority of parents have only a one-sided understanding of children's electric toothbrushes, and will always chase the wind to buy celebrity endorsements or Internet celebrity products, but the dental care technology of such products is insufficient and lacks age-divided design, so once such products are used by children, it is easy to have problems such as bleeding gums.
Third, the five major IQ tax products should avoid pits
Is it OK for children to use an electric toothbrush? Sharing here, parents also understand that children's electric toothbrushes are very good for children, but with the rapid development of the children's electric toothbrush market, many brands in order to quickly seize the market, are publicity efforts, using various publicity gimmicks to attract parents to buy. However, these unprofessional and inferior products can easily cause tooth injury. Here are five common IQ tax products that I have summarized for you, hoping that parents can better avoid pitfalls.
IQ tax products 1, high-value products
High appearance will attract children's attention to a certain extent, but its cleaning effect is very low, it is recommended that parents pay attention to the professionalism of the product, cleaning power and tooth protection ability and other factors when buying children's electric toothbrushes.
IQ tax products 2, international brands
International big brands have a high reputation, product quality passes, this is the majority of people's cognition, in fact, this is not the case, in the field of oral cleaning, many international brands are cross-border production, OEM processing and production-based, and the age design work is basically not, the product can not well match the domestic children's oral conditions, so the cleaning effect is poor, and the risk of tooth injury is greater.
IQ tax products 3, low-priced and inferior products
Many children's electric toothbrush brands will emphasize the cost-effective problem, but we should know that you get what you pay for, the quality of low-priced products is not high, they generally use inferior materials, the products hide a variety of tooth problems, and the cleaning effect is poor.
IQ tax product 4, does not support unpacking, returning, and exchange
Nowadays, many products are marked to support seven days without reason, but the after-sales work is not in place, especially does not support the unpacking trial, once the product is not suitable, only the customer can pay for it, so parents are reminded to buy products that support the unpackable trial.
IQ tax product 5, U-shaped brush
This design that simulates the curvature of teeth will make people mistakenly think that it is very useful, but they simply do not match all children's tooth shapes well, and tooth injuries are more likely to occur frequently. In addition, the soft silicone bristles are selected, and the cleaning effect is difficult to satisfy.
In the children's electric toothbrush market, each brand emphasizes that their own products do not hurt teeth and the cleaning effect is significant in the sales process, but there are still children who have tooth injury problems after use, so what aspects should professional children's electric toothbrushes pay attention to in the purchase? The figure below is a statistical chart of the cleaning power and tooth protection index of 15 mainstream children's toothbrushes compiled by professional institutions, and parents can learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of the products. At the same time, I also combined my previous evaluation experience to recommend a few good products to you:
In terms of technology and professionalism, Joy can be said to be the originator of the domestic "no tooth" field, and it is also the most professional and outstanding brand in this field. It belongs to the children's electric toothbrush is very rare and has a professional medical background, as well as rigorous medical research and development standards of the brand, the cleaning power of the product is the strongest children's electric toothbrush brand, and the tooth injury rate is currently the lowest in China, by the national authoritative testing agency testing power and reduce 90% brushing damage, which is a very good existence. It not only has strong power and low attenuation, but also has a stable and balanced vibration frequency of the product, which is better compatible with the complex children's dental environment in China. The key to its super comprehensive performance lies in focus and professionalism. For the high performance of the product, never engage in redundant functions, models, etc., for a product for seven or eight years, iteration more than 20 times, optimize more than 300 product details, focus on creating eight "high performance and not hurt teeth" black technology.
Joy is the first brand to create "six-type segmented care" for children, which provides strict segmented and directional care based on the characteristics of children's teeth. Known for claiming to use 300% technology to kill international brands with high tooth injury rate, it also pioneered a number of "high-performance does not hurt teeth" technology, and focused on more than 100 parameters such as motor and vibration frequency for years of adjustment and optimization, within 3-5 years the overall performance deviation value of the product is not higher than 0.1%. Joy has never advertised, but now it is recommended by many dentists to lead the fire, and the sales of offline channels are hot and often sold out. Now more celebrities and celebrity parents are choosing their products for their children. Relying on its own strong high professional, high-performance, safe rigorous style, the electric toothbrush as a medical product R & D and production and recognized by the market and customers!
Philips this brand, internationally well-known, a variety of different small appliances they almost do, product workmanship and quality are OK, in addition to its vibration and power, cleaning power is similar to Joy. However, as a brand born in Europe and the United States, its overall vibration frequency and power range are small, which is more suitable for European and American children, and it is difficult to match the needs of domestic children's teeth at different stages, so there is a certain risk of tooth injury.
In addition, some people strongly hope to recommend low-priced products, then recommend Bayer can try, its basic function experience can meet the entry requirements of people who are not high, but the core cleaning and dental care performance of the product is decent, not as good as professional products, and there are also its own shortcomings. For example, the product does not support trial now, and once it is unpacked, it is not returned, then parents should be cautious when buying, in addition, the product has a 1-year warranty service, and the cost of brushing the head is about 80-100 yuan a year.
Philips and Joy are the only 2-year warranty in the industry, Joy and support unpacking trial, Philips brush head is more expensive, 100-150 yuan a year, Joy seems to be given away for 5 years for a limited time.
4. Share 8 shopping tips for nanny level
Is it OK for children to use an electric toothbrush? Reading this, parents should also know that children should use electric toothbrushes, so parents need to choose professional products for their babies, children, and children. So how to choose correctly? I have summarized 8 tips for parents to learn from.
Tip 1: Prefer products with a roundness ratio of more than 80%. Professional brands will pay special attention to the roundness problem, only with a higher roundness, the bristles of the product will not be sharp, in order to play a good role in tooth protection, so it is recommended to buy products with roundness higher than 80%, so as to have both cleaning power and tooth protection.
Skill 2: Choose products with excellent technical strength. Professional manufacturers will invest a lot of money in technology research and development, so the technical strength is excellent, and will make a lot of adjustments and optimizations to dozens of core parameters such as vibration frequency and swing of the product to ensure that the product matches the oral condition of children and has strong dental protection capabilities.
Tip 3: Choose a brush handle that fits the size of your child's palm. Small children are sensitive to the grip of the toothbrush handle. The handle is too thick, the child is easy to fall off when held, or it is not hard to strain, on the one hand, it increases the difficulty of brushing teeth, on the other hand, it will also cause children to resist brushing their teeth. It is recommended that parents let their children take it in their hands and try it if they see fit.
Tip 4: Choose products that are designed for different ages. Emphasizing the age-divided design of children's electric toothbrushes, mainly for the core parameters of the product to make a large number of optimization adjustments, can better match the oral characteristics of Chinese children, can match children of different ages, and achieve better cleaning power and dental protection ability.
Tip 5: Products equipped with magnetic levitation motors are recommended to be purchased first. Magnetic levitation motor is more reliable than hollow motor, most inferior and unprofessional products often choose hollow motor, product vibration frequency is uneven, the risk of tooth injury, and magnetic levitation motor runs evenly and stable, the use of noise is small, the product life is long, brushing experience is very good.
Tip 6: Choose a product with a swing angle of 3-6 degrees. The size of the swing angle will also affect the use experience, according to the actual measurement, the swing angle is 3-6 degrees, which not only protects the teeth and gums, but also has a better cleaning effect.
Tip 7: Be wary of so-called "functional" products. Some brands in the market will take antibacterial or fluorine-containing functions as market selling points, mainly to attract customers to buy, but in fact, they basically belong to the IQ tax, just to increase the unit price of the product, and the actual dental care and cleaning effect are not ideal.
Tip 8: Consider brush head life and replacement cost. In the early days, children using children's electric toothbrushes will cause the product to be prone to fried, forked, etc. due to brushing strength and wrong way, it is recommended to replace the brush head in 2-3 months, and this frequency is relatively high, so the replacement cost should also be considered.
5. How old is the children's electric toothbrush suitable for?
Is it OK for children to use an electric toothbrush? Although children's electric toothbrushes can better clean the mouth, but because this new product relies on high vibration frequency to drive the brush head to clean teeth, it will bring certain stimulation, and our children's mouths are very fragile, not all can be tolerated to accept stimulation, once the oral load will hurt teeth. Therefore, before using children's electric toothbrushes for children, we must also understand what kind of cleaning methods are suitable for children of different ages.
(1) 6 months to 1 year old: This is the germination period of children's baby teeth, delicate mouth is not recommended to use toothbrush toothpaste and other products, parents use soft gauze or cotton cloth dipped in water to wipe the teeth and gums.
(2) 2-3 years old: At this stage, children have grown adjacent teeth, and have a certain tolerance, can cultivate the awareness of daily brushing, this stage recommends parents to choose a silicone toothbrush with a shield to brush children's teeth.
(3) 4 years old: children's teeth in this period are gradually stable, and the daily food is more and more diverse, this time oral cleaning must be paid attention to, otherwise tooth decay may occur, so many dentists recommend that children over 4 years old use children's electric toothbrush, cleaning effect is better!
Is it OK for children to use an electric toothbrush? The above is today's popular science sharing on this issue, after reading today's article, I believe that parents also understand more that children can use children's electric toothbrushes is indeed very possible, and professional children's electric toothbrushes will play a very good role in protecting teeth. The 8 points of buying tips shared with you, I hope that parents can refer to when choosing professional products for their babies, children, and children, remember to choose products with strong professional strength and age-divided design, and then stay away from those Internet celebrities or celebrity endorsements and other products, otherwise it will be too late to hurt your teeth.