Oral-B

• ADA Accepted
• Visible Pressure Sensor
• Free Shipping and 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee 
• High Tech Features

ADA Accepted

Oral-B is one of the first electric toothbrush brands to be accepted by the American Dental Association (ADA), demonstrating the highest standards of safety and efficacy.  The ADA’s Seal of Acceptance was created in 1931 to help consumers identify safe and effective oral health care products. Select Oral-B toothbrushes have met the rigorous requirements for ADA-acceptance. This is a great indicator of the effectiveness of the company's toothbrushes for customers. 

To achieve this distinction, Oral-B’s toothbrushes had to pass a series of ADA laboratory tests and meet the dental standards of the ADA and American National Standards Institute. It also had to submit studies proving clinical safety and effectiveness. 

Visible Pressure Sensor

Protecting your gums when brushing is very important. Brushing too hard can damage teeth and gums, leading to problems like gum recession and enamel wear which can lead to tooth sensitivity. Several electric toothbrush companies now offer some sort of pressure sensor and pressure monitoring with their toothbrushes. Oral-B’s electric toothbrushes have various pressure sensors. Its lowest line has built-in pressure sensors that automatically stop the pulsations if you brush too hard. Its top of the line electric toothbrush models have built-in pressure sensors that display a red light on the brush when you brush too hard. 

We like that Oral-B’s pressure sensors either provide visible feedback or turn off oscillations to protect your gums and enamel without needing users to have an app open on their phone simultaneously as with some competitors. Having immediate, visual feedback is very valuable.

Free Shipping and 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Like many of its competitors, Oral-B offers its customers free shipping within the contiguous 48 states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia. It also has a generous money-back guarantee. The company's 60-day money back satisfaction guarantee is one of the best in the electric toothbrush industry. Customers that are not satisfied with their Oral-B product can call its customer service phone line and receive a one-time per household refund within 60 days of purchase. 

High-Tech Features

Oral-B has been a leader in oral care and dental hygiene technology for over 60 years. Its electric toothbrushes feature some great dental technology such as smart sensors, interactive color displays, and magnetic quick-charge station.

Its top of the line brushes feature Bluetooth connectivity with its app. The Oral-B app, coupled with its iO and Genius series brushes, uses sophisticated 3D brushing recognition and AI technology to assess brushing behaviors across 16 zones in the mouth. Its brushing recognition technology can monitor brushing across the front, top, and back surfaces of a user's teeth.

We like that even its most affordable toothbrushes include some high-tech features like a pressure sensor. This makes it stand out from its competitors that only include such features on higher-end models.

Oral-B’s technology has been recognized with awards. Its top of the line Oral-B iO brush was a 2020 Red Dot Award winner of its best product design category. This award recognized it for state-of-the-art technology, functionality, and superior performance. It was also a winner in Allure’s prestigious Best of Beauty 2020.

• Potential to Be Loud
• Expensive

Potential to Be Loud

Reviews of Oral-B’s toothbrushes are overwhelmingly positive; however, some customers complain that its electric toothbrushes can be loud. It is possible that the Oral-B electric toothbrush could be louder than other electric toothbrush designs due to its unique oscillating/pulsating motion rather than sonic vibrations.

Oral-B heads are completely round, which is unique, and they move in a spinning motion. Though the speed varies from model to model, Oral-B says its top tier brush rotates at 8,800 oscillations per minute. 

Expensive

While Oral-B has a full line of toothbrushes with a large price range its top of the line model, the iO, rings in at top dollar. The iO is packed with technology that took years of development and that is highly impressive within the dental hygiene industry.

The cost of the Oral-B iO toothbrush is in line with the cost of the highest-end toothbrush offered by its top competitor. But, yes, the company's most impressive toothbrushes are also very expensive. And some reviewers question whether the features that command this high price are even needed.