Philips' New Bluetooth-Enabled Sonicare Toothbrush Connects to Your iPhone

[rdlink]

doesn't connect with my apple watch... useless!

But if you were wearing your Apple watch while brushing your teeth it would tell you that you had closed your exercise ring for the day once you finished.
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I'd get it if it were like $120 cheaper

Um, Sonicare toothbrushes usually run in the $140-$230 range, anyway. And I get a pat on my back from my hygienist every time I get my teeth cleaned because I have one.

 

[urbanlung]

I want it to connect with my blue tooth fridge and calender so it knows what I eat and whether I have a hot date and then can tell me if it's worth my while brushing my teeth.
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[Doc C]

Here ya go.

What's next, connected toilet paper?
"You're wiping to hard, Harry. Please slow down and be gentle with me."

So you beat me to this....


There is a limit to how much our phones need to know.
This is so far past the line, it boggles the mind.

 

[boast]

I actually find the bluetooth aspect of my Oral-B kind of meaningless. But the app for this Philips one seems better. The Oral-B one does not tell me any information post-brush, just the duration.

 

[Benjamin Frost]

I own the oral-b bluetooth connected toothbrush, and I have to say the bluetooth feature is more useful than you would think... It's kind of like a fitness tracker for your mouth, it reminds you to brush your teeth, it keeps track of when and how long you brushed and it nags you to brush if you forget for a day... TBH my oral health has improved significantly since i bought the thing, if for no other reason than the "gamification" of the process...

Reminds you to brush your teeth???!!!?!

I trust you're eagerly awaiting an app to remind you to breathe...

 

[Slippery Gimp]

This whole state of "interconnectedness" with every appliance, device, utility, computer, phone, tablet, etc. that I own is beginning to get a little much.

I always thought from the beginning that the whole conceptual idea of a cellphone was frightening from the start; always being in touch and connected with the outside world via a mechanism able to facilitate a communication connection despite the circumstances nor geographic boundaries nor day not time, rather than a convenience device when you didn't feel like stopping at a phone booth to respond to a page.

This is an exercise in futility at a micro level of management governing inadimate objects that yield nothing useful to the end user "tracking the data" for real world purposes.

I have no desire nor the patience to "manage" another appliance via my phone/watch.

I honestly do not know where it ends.

If this IS for you, however, then I'm glad they made it possible and the best of luck.



Best,

USVet

Agree 100%. As much as I love my gadgets, some things like this needn't exist.

Wipe tracking on your Bluetooth enabled toilet roll next?

Edit *Ha ha, whoops, didn't see someone had posted something like this above

 

[C DM]

Agree 100%. As much as I love my gadgets, some things like this needn't exist.

Wipe tracking on your Bluetooth enabled toilet roll next?

Edit *Ha ha, whoops, didn't see someone had posted something like this above

And if someone finds it useful for whatever reason, does that mean that something like that shouldn't exist because other people don't care about it or think it's useless?

 

[Lostanddamned]

I regularly forget to brush my teeth. I’d LOVE something like this.

 

[carrrrrlos]

Evidence that people get paid for stupid ideas.

 

[Jakeoster]

This is actually useful.

"Hey dumby! Quit brushing so damn hard it's putting excess wear on your teeth!" Or "do more brushing here, your missing it!"

Only get one set of teeth, no harm in your toothbrush making sure you do it right.

There's a 1,001 utterly worthless "connected devices" on the market. I wouldn't call this one of them.

 

[AlexH]

Technological overkill.

 

[ipedro]

People who don't "get this" don't understand how important oral health is to over all health. A person with poor oral health is inevitably going to have other health problems as a result.

Tracking how well you take care of your teeth, and more importantly what spots you're routinely missing, can lead to intelligent guesses as to where cavities may pop up, but more importantly, help you avoid them all together.

I've been looking forward to getting a connected toothbrush but held off because I wanted to switch from Oral B to Sonicare technology. A month ago, Phillips tweeted @ me: "@PhilipsSonicare Good things come to those who wait". Indeed they do

 

[Chupa Chupa]

A bridge too far. Life is already too complex. Do not need this. Brushing one's teeth properly just isn't that difficult if you are over age 10.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Um, Sonicare toothbrushes usually run in the $140-$230 range, anyway. And I get a pat on my back from my hygienist every time I get my teeth cleaned because I have one.

You could spend that much if you wanted to, but several models sell for less than $100.
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People who don't "get this" don't understand how important oral health is to over all health. A person with poor oral health is inevitably going to have other health problems as a result.

That's a bit of an overstatement. The Sonicare is great product, but even the basic models will do what you need, and if you are missing any spots, your hygienist will let you know.

 

[Zedcars]

I own the oral-b bluetooth connected toothbrush, and I have to say the bluetooth feature is more useful than you would think... It's kind of like a fitness tracker for your mouth, it reminds you to brush your teeth, it keeps track of when and how long you brushed and it nags you to brush if you forget for a day... TBH my oral health has improved significantly since i bought the thing, if for no other reason than the "gamification" of the process...

Forget for a day? How does anyone forget to brush their teeth for the whole day? Most electric toothbrushes have 2-minute timers on them these days so the Bluetooth connectivity really is overkill for most people. Just make sure you spend 30 seconds on each quadrant and you're good. I'm glad it helped in your case however.
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A bridge too far. Life is already too complex. Do not need this. Brushing one's teeth properly just isn't that difficult if you are over age 10.

Agreed.

Have you seen the new video streaming toothbrush which allows you to watch a live video of the inside of your mouth as you brush? Might want a sick bucket on standby when you start watching that!

https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/04/prophix-smart-toothbrush-hands-on/

 

[ipedro]

Reminds you to brush your teeth???!!!?!

I trust you're eagerly awaiting an app to remind you to breathe...

Is it that hard to imagine that not everybody has a mundane routine life where every day is like the one before it and where everything is done repeatedly on a schedule?

Some people have wildly varying schedules where they eat out and only have time to brush their teeth when they get home or when they arrive at a hotel that they're staying in and under those circumstances, yes, it's possible to forget to brush your teeth routinely or to rush it when you do.

Just like having a personal trainer — or having a virtual personal trainer like the ones we now carry on or wrists — it's useful to have a smart monitor of our oral health.

 

[C DM]

You could spend that much if you wanted to, but several models sell for less than $100.
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That's a bit of an overstatement. The Sonicare is great product, but even the basic models will do what you need, and if you are missing any spots, your hygienist will let you know.

Your hygienist will let you know a couple of times a year. Seems like time between those times kind of matters too. Your hygienist will also not be there to reinforce what was mentioned just those couple of times a year to make sure the right parts are getting the right focus.
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A bridge too far. Life is already too complex. Do not need this. Brushing one's teeth properly just isn't that difficult if you are over age 10.

Brushing one's teeth isn't that difficult, brushing them actually truly properly all the time is actually closer to difficult than easy. But most people don't realize that and even when they are told don't really want to believe it because, you know, what they think is more important and more correct than the actual reality that they and everyone else actually lives in. But sure, "funny" one-liners are fun, so clearly they are right and the way to go.

 

[ekwipt]

Love my sonicare toothbrush, I'd check this out for sure if I we in the market again

 

[kentsydney]

"Buy more replacement heads now"
!!!

Maybe this is why they did it?

But sorry this is getting silly.

People are getting obsessed with how many steps they take, there heart beats and now how long you brushed your teeth.

We should all get a grip. We do not need this

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Brushing one's teeth isn't that difficult, brushing them actually truly properly all the time is actually closer to difficult than easy. But most people don't realize that and even when they are told don't really want to believe it because, you know, what they think is more important and more correct than the actual reality that they and everyone else actually lives in. But sure, "funny" one-liners are fun, so clearly they are right and the way to go.

You are trying too hard to justify this gadget. Of all the complicated skills humans learn over the course of a lifetime, holding a brush to ones teeth and going up and down is not one of them. Now I agree, some people are using the wrong brush, esp. if they have a small month, but that's a different issue with an inexpensive solution: use a compact brush. If one is dedicated to correct dental hygiene they'll figure out the right way to brush, and their hygienist will certainly tell them areas they need to better hit. They don't need an expensive, complicated BT toothbrush for that in 2016 any more than in 1940.

Gadgets are fun, but, yes, it gets to a point where they interfere with life more than enhance it. This is one of those gimmicks that really is overkill for the consumer market. Now maybe as a teaching tool in a professional office, sure. But any competent, conscientious person can certainly brush correctly w/o a screen telling them where to brush.

 

[bsolar]

Of all the complicated skills humans learn over the course of a lifetime, holding a brush to ones teeth and going up and down is not one of them.

That's actually not the correct way to brush your teeth...

 

[beanbaguk]

I'm going to admit this but I have one of these bluetooth brushes already.

I didn't buy it by choice but the offer was ridiculous and I got two brush handsets four brush heads and a travel case for $120 which made it a great deal.

The app is actually quite clever. You can essentially program the toothbrush from your phone for a particular plan and it genuinely works well.

For example, I chose a plaque cleanup journey which takes 5-6 weeks. The toothbrush is pre-programmed by bluetooth to the correct modes and your brushing progress is logged to your phone. The main upside for me was it reminded me to floss (which I do forget at times), and it tells you which areas to focus on and so forth.

I've also done a whitening journey too which takes a while and it gives you details on how to brush your teeth properly (which many people unwittingly do wrong), and what brush heads and paste to use. Obviously it's all Oral B but you can find the equivalent alternative. I use Sensodine as my favourite.

Nowadays however I rarely use the app. I do however sync my handle to my phone to keep a log of my brushing which is good.

Yes, it's a bit of a gimmick and in reality not really needed, but then again so is Apple Watch.

At least it's not completely useless and I can say after three months of ownership, my teeth do feel cleaner and look much whiter than before.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

That's actually not the correct way to brush your teeth...

Well you'll have to chastise my dentist then. Also sparse # fillings and beautiful gums, so whatever I'm doing, it's working.

 

[Boatboy24]

Never use Sonicare toothbrushes. They can crack you teeth and wreck your gums. SC toothbrushes should be taken off the market. Health hazard. Bastards.

Interesting. My dentist thinks they're great (maybe because they're keeping him in business )

 

[johngordon]

I own the oral-b bluetooth connected toothbrush, and I have to say the bluetooth feature is more useful than you would think... It's kind of like a fitness tracker for your mouth, it reminds you to brush your teeth, it keeps track of when and how long you brushed and it nags you to brush if you forget for a day... TBH my oral health has improved significantly since i bought the thing, if for no other reason than the "gamification" of the process...

Agree with that - since having my Fitbit, plus the app and MyFitnessPal app, I actually managed to lose a significant amount of weight that I'd half heartedly tried to lose before, but never gotten very far.

Of course, that doesn't mean Fitbit etc is for everyone, but as far as i know a good number of people have had good results with it. As you say above, I found having the data right there that I could track a very powerful motivator.

We have a Sonicare brush, and its pretty great really. Probably won't rush out and buy one of these, but if the one we had dies, we probably would - I know every time I go to the dentist / hygienist I haven't been doing as good a job on the teeth at the back of my mouth compared to the front, and even though I know that, and know what I need to do, something like this could potentially be a good motivator in the way that Fitbit and the apps are. I didn't really need them to know that smaller portions and a bit more exercise would result in weight loss, but nonetheless making use of those tools is ultimately what I found gave me that extra motivation to really stick at it.