It is a little more advanced than the Braun unit. The whole brush heads moves from side to side, and special electronics inside the handle create ultra-sonic waves, similar to the equipment that we use in the Clinic, to break up the debris and remove it. The results that have been obtained are outstanding and great interest in the Sonicare has been shown since an article in the Daily Mail Newspaper. Most contain Fluoride, which gets incorporated into the tooth surface and makes the tooth more resistant to decay. An increasing number of toothpastes also contain special chemicals that alter the bacteria in people's mouths.
Oral bacteria are highly specialised organisms.
They have a special cell wall that is resistant to fluids and chemicals found in the mouth. By adding chemicals that alter the cell wall, and interfere with how the bacteria attach to the plaque layer, it is now possible to increase the effective cleaning potential by manual and mechanical brushing. Since bacteria also depend on sugars to breed and survive, the addition of chemically altered sugars denies bacteria their essential food. Mouth washes too, contain many of the chemicals found in toothpastes, so that some rinses are used before brushing and cleaning, to chemically loosen the attachment of bacteria to the tooth surface, and others after brushing, to increase the fluoride levels in the tooth surface, and reduce the number of bacteria present in the mouth. Your Dental Team is here to advise you how to care for your teeth.