Can you recommend an electric toothbrush?

[pambeasley]

My DH suffers from horrific bad breath despite brushing twice a day, flossing, regular dental checks, been checked for tonsil stones etc. I want to get him an electric toothbrush, a really good one. Not concerned about price so if you can recommend one I'd be grateful. He's had $40-$50 dollars ones before but I have seen really pricey ones. Figured it can't hurt.

Does he also brush his tongue ?

Has he had a blood test to rule out any conditions that could cause the bad breath?

Oral B make the best electric toothbrushes. and he he needs those small red TePe dental brushes to get right between his teeth and gums.

No he's never had a blood test. He's asked about his breath to doctors, specialists, dentists and that's never been mentioned before. He does clean his tongue yes, he has a tongue scraper.

Right I will look up Oral B then!

The Sonicare one priced around £50 is absolutely ace, can highly recommend.

I have had both Oral B and Sonicare, and the Sonicare are better. It isn't just the brushing the tooth surface action, it is the fact that they clean between teeth by forcing saliva through the gaps (gross but effective)!

They are particularly amazing at holding their charge - I charge mine once every 5 - 6 weeks. Oral B devolved rapidly down to needing to be charged every week or even more often.

As ever, buy the base model that has the same charge capability as the 'higher' models, not the more expensive ones with different settings etc etc. They don't make any difference, you won't ever use them after the first week and they are simply a way to upsell and cost you more!

However... I am not sure that brushing is necessarily the answer to bad breath. If he could drink an extra litre of water a day that may make a difference? It did for an acquaintance of mine.

This one.

You can use it with any of the diff. shaped brush heads - my personal preference is a smaller mini head, but the standard is also good.

The blood test would be to check for markers of other conditions where a side effect is bad breath.

I have had an Oral B electric toothbrush for nearly 20 years, ever since I was a university student & lost my regular dentist as I couldn't get to appointments - obvs a few different toothbrushes over that period - & they are fab, IMO. I've got no fillings, no extractions, no gum loss, & only very minor staining in a couple of places at the back due to fairly heavy tea consumption in my 20's, by UK standards my teeth are in fantastic shape. I don't buy the fancy heads either - just the plain heads for sensitive teeth.