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Electric or manual? The question is the wrong one

Both brushes work. Something else is what matters.

Dentistry – and the field of prevention in particular – is developing quickly. Our editors sift through the wealth of information and put together what is new and worth knowing:

    18.11.2025

    Electric or manual? The question is the wrong one

    The question of which brush cleans better leads nowhere. Both achieve a good result if the technique is right and there is enough time.

    An electric brush takes over part of the movement. That helps especially where mobility is limited — with children, with older people, after a stroke. It does not replace a system, though: with it too, every surface has to be worked on individually.

    The best brush is the one that actually gets used for two minutes twice a day. Everything else is secondary.

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