From hallway jets to ‘pregnant’ toothbrushes: my chaotic water flosser showdown | Health & wellbeing

CATS and teeth. This is my contribution to the candidate so far, and writing Recommendations for new cat owners and Electric toothbrush. Instead of combining the two in a piece on a cat paste, I instead doubled the latter, and write about the wonderful world of Water.

Water properties, for those who do not know, are exactly what it looks. Instead of sticking to a little bit of dental thread or identical brush between your teeth and along the gum, the idea is that instead you can launch a plane of water. It is more convenient and provides you with embarrassment to see the dark waste you imagined between your teeth every day.

Is it effective like a regular thread? “Maybe not” was the consensus that I got from the dentistry experts to which I spoke, but it also improved anything, which is what most of us do now.

“With regard to the removal of the plaque, the thread and the inter -brushes will be better,” Dr. Sam Githua, President of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dental Medicine, told me. “The example I give to patients is a boat sitting in the dock for a long time – it contains algae at the bottom.

Wireless models like a pregnant toothbrush – although this is not from where the children’s toothbrush comes from. Instead, the swollen lower section is designed to be filled with between 150 ml and 400 ml of water, then it can be released on your teeth and reassuring gums.

Flosser water facing

After collecting machines such as Oral-B, Panasonic, Waterpik and Philips, and of course along the pelvis like a police identity procession, I am working on how to test a set of products, on the surface of things, very similar.

For beginners, some manufacturers list water pressure in PSI, a pound per square inch. However, others do not bother you with this nonsense that leads you to guessing against the people who do it.

He saw a messy test (but not in particular scientifically, given its various heights and jet corners) shot them in the hallway and measuring their arrival. The other half had an unenviable function in following aircraft below the hallway with a towel, and the measurements like the caller shouted, while I executed the numbers on the laptop that was still dry in some way.

The water tank test was more civilized, if not fun. This included filling the tanks from the tap before responding to the contents again in a measurement cup to see if the announced specifications are accurate. Some were somewhat optimistic, while others reduced the amount of water you could get there.

Daily thread

Other scales are clear once the box is opened, such as how easy it is to keep and manipulate it, and the number of tips that are provided. The standard jet head is compatible with all of them, but others are designed with orthodontics and gum pockets in mind.

But there are many self -characters as well. For example, one model has been distinguished because you need to press a button to stop and start the water flow. This is a very reasonable design for a safe travel speech, which provides you with a suspicious way that can be detonated by excessive airline employees, but less positive when you fill your mouth quickly with water and need to cut power quickly.

for me Personal favorite modelMeanwhile, it is not the strongest, nor is it practical for those who do not have much space, given that it is connected directly in the bathroom tubes. But its handle is light and easy to maneuver, and provides 10 pressure levels to make it the most flexible in the group.

Near the end of the test, I had a long time ago a dental health specialist where, once, I could proudly say that I was not only for mistakes per day, but several times per hour. While a psychological scientist can undoubtedly turn, there is certainly no dentist?

Unfortunately, I was not asked, but I did not give a comfortable criticism on the cleanliness of the teeth. So I am calling this very little victory, and unannounced harassment to keep a plane that washed my teeth and my gums. Although it is not regularly, the test period is now – fortunately – has ended.

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