Electric Toothbrush Care and Maintenance
Disclosure: Noelle Copeland RDH is the oral care specialist and dental consultant to the Brilliant and Baby Buddy oral care lines. The environment your toothbrush lives in, outside of your mouth, is important. D id you know that you need to clean your toothbrush after your toothbrush cleans your mouth? If you skip this important process, you are potentially introducing contaminants to your body! This is where we start our conversation today. Your toothbrush does a good job of cleaning your teeth and mouth, so maintaining your toothbrush is just as important and brushing your teeth. Whether you choose an electric brush or a manual one, the care is pretty much the same. Keeping your toothbrush clean every day is a sanitizing process and is something you should do with a regular, effective oral care routine. When you sanitize something, you reduce the microorganisms and bacteria present down to a safe level with cleaning practices. This is done on a toothbrush by removin...