To ask if you don't like using an electric toothbrush

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Do you often have earache?

Shamelessly posting for traffic. This might sound a bit random, but I really have to psych myself up to use my electric toothbrush as I don't like the sensation of it.

I'd never really thought a lot of it until today, when DH - who has earache at the moment - commented how horrid the sensation of cleaning his teeth was this morning, and that he now understood where I was coming from.

This set me thinking - I have had ear & sinus problems since childhood, and had a particularly awful experience having a crown fitted. I'm not scared of the dentist, but I don't like it as I hate the sensation of having anything done in my mouth. And I dislike the vibrations of an electric toothbrush.

So AIBU to ask if this a thing? or is it just me?

Thanks in advance

I loathe them. I'm currently waiting for an appointment to instruct me in the best possible way to use a manual toothbrush - that's how much I loathe them.

Oddly, yes, I do frequently have ear pain. Hadn't thought there might be a connection.

No earach ebut I really don’t like them much. I now use a soft manual brush and am super careful and my hygienist is really pleased with them. She doesn’t know about the manual brush!

50/50 so far then

DH said he couldn't previously understand why I hated them so much and now he gets it. I just wondered how widespread the electric toothbrush hate is.

I cannot stand electric toothbrushes, I feel as though my whole head is buzzing! I use a manual, dentist is aware of this and have never had a filling in my life so must be doing something right!

For those that hate it, what does it feel like to you?

I can completely imagine some people must hate it, but I'm not one of them – I'm interested to hear what sensations you feel that the rest of us don't...

Is it pain, or the intensity of the buzz, or something else...?

Ladyb for me it's the vibrations. It's a sort of chalk on a blackboard sensation on my teeth & gums, but it goes through my whole head.

I use one but it makes my nose really itchy for some reason

I don’t get earache but the vibration is horrible. I can just about put up with scale and polish twice a year at the dentist but will never get an electric toothbrush for everyday use.

It's a sort of chalk on a blackboard sensation on my teeth & gums, but it goes through my whole head

Yeuch. That does sound awful!

I have electric toothbrush hate, it feels like there's a beehive in my brain. You are not alone!

My teeth don't feel clean with a manual toothbrush (I'm sure user error) had an Oral-B but switched to Sonicare when it broke.
The Sonicare is much more pleasant to use, it doesn't feel as "buzzy" and has different strength settings so I leave it on the mildest.

I do suffer with sinus issues but that's from well before I started using an electric toothbrush.

Hate my over priced sonicare
Doesn’t seem to get between teeth
It is like having a fairy polishing the surface
Probably good for guns though

I get on fine with mine that has a rotating head, but tried a sonic one once and loathed it.

I dislike my electric toothbrush, but when I was cleaning with a manual I wasn't doing a very good job. This was discovered during a rather embarrassing visit to a dental hygienist.
So I use an electric and sick up the discomfort. I also use interdental brushes and they freak me out, but it's better than being attacked by a dental pick every six months which is toe curlingly awful.

Not stealth boasting (promise) but I’m in my 40’s and never had a filling or used and electric toothbrush. I try them every so often but hate them I’ve never figured out why, but I have had ear problems in the past. I wouldn’t say I do anything special with my manual.

I HATE it. I feel like it's rattling me filling/crown and is just generally unpleasant.
I bought a 'better' one and it's just as horrible a feeling.
Sticking with manual for the foreseeable future.