Bear with me on this one. I know dental hygiene may not be high on your list of priorities, but if you're over 30, it soon will be. We've got a great dentist, we're really lucky in the UK, I know. But he nags, and he nags and he insists that we floss as well as brushing. But I can't. I hate it and every six months, I'd get a telling off and I'd be shown my gum disease. Now, before you judge me, 75% of the UK population suffer from gum disease. If your teeth bleed occasionally when you brush, or if your gums are not light pink, they're red, then the chances are you too have gum disease. So I bought floss; and it sat inthe cupboard. I bought the miniature chimney sweep things, they were agonising. I used one, once and left it well alone. I bought the horseshoe shaped floss handled floss thing, and that was ok, except you used the same piece of floss over and over, and they frequently snapped. So I looked for a tech solution and without seeing it. I took a gamble on this. The Panasonic Dentacare EW1211. Based primarily on reviews. For starters, even if you don't use it as intended. If you have annoying kids in the street, you can get them wet from about 20 feet away. Upstairs windows are a great place to hide and you can soak them on their bikes as they ride past your house. So in a nutshell. This thing is a powerful jet wash. And it works. I all honesty, it takes some getting used to. Reviews vary based on how long the owner has used it for. But after a year. With one fill of the water tank, I can blast all the food debris out from in between my teeth in under a minute. Whats really interesting is whether you use this before or after you brush you will find various amounts of food will end up in your basin. Cereal, first thing in the morning, you'd be amazed even after you've rinsed your mouth out with a cup of tea first, in between your teeth there are still loads of bits of food left behind. If you brush, you'll get rid of some of it, but then you'll use this and still find pretty big chucks left over that would otherwise simply sit in between your teeth, and slowly rot. The unit stands on a base and recharges, from a 110v shaver socket. It can be wall mounted as well. The tips are interchangeable, so other family members can have their own tips. There are also a couple of modes, but the straight jet wash is the only one I really use. So long as you can stop yourself gagging, and you make sure you don't squirt it down the back of your throat, then this thing will really improve your dentist check ups. For the past 2 visits, I've needed a minimal amount of tar tar removing, and I no longer have gum disease. No fillings, none likely, I guess it's already paid for itself in reduced dentist costs. If you need something like this, invest in the purchase and invest in the time to get used to it, you won't regret it.
