• @enbyecho
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    191 month ago

    An electric toothbrush and more importantly a water flosser have saved me thousands in dental treatment costs.

      • @ours
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        21 month ago

        Having to buy new ones because the battery can no longer hold a charge seems so wasteful.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 month ago

        to be fair, it does need to be very waterproof, I’m not saying it can’t be done but it’s one of the very few limited uses where I’m ok with it

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Making a piece of equipment totally waterproof isn’t that hard, but when planned obsolescence is the order of the day …🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      I’ve got a waterpik and I just can’t get on with it at all. How on earth are you supposed to use it? You can’t use it sideways because there’s no pressure, so it has to be sort of vertical, which feels really weird to aim and you can’t see what you’re doing. The last time I tried, it was like I hosed down the bathroom, with water everywhere. It also managed to be so powerful that it cut my gums.

      • @RawrGuthlaf
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        141 month ago

        The right way to use one certainly doesn’t feel elegant. You just have to flip it around a lot while facing down at the sink and hope you don’t snipe a spider on the ceiling by accident.

      • @aesthelete
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        1 month ago

        Use the lower pressure settings to start and just get a feel for manipulating it around your mouth. I try to spray between my teeth and you can reach that gap from the sides as well as the bottom.

        • @[email protected]
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          41 month ago

          Agreed. Two things that worked for me: -open your mouth and let excess water run out as easily as possible. It feels dorky but the stream is way more effective if it doesn’t have to cut through water -just do a little bit and come back to it the next day, there’s no need to start with a deep clean