Oral-B Triumph 9900

Technically-advanced toothbrush that contains a wireless transmitter, and on-handset digital display to provide real-time information on how you are brushing.

 

According to the box, Oral-B is the number 1 brand for electrical toothbrushes recommended by UK dentists. This advanced teeth cleaning system has a unique 3D action, pulsates at 40,000 times a minutes, and has 8,800 side-to-side movements per minute. It also uses FlossAction technology… No, we didn’t know what this is either, but the paperwork claims:” A step beyond normal bushing, this offers outstanding plaque removal, outstanding interdental clean, and it helps to keep gums healthy”.

Brush unit: Four segment battery display, on/off button and a mode selection button (Clean, Sensitive, Massage, Polish modes)

Digital unit: The digital display unit shows a clock when idle, and when cleaning tells you how much time you’ve been brushing or how much brushing time of the recommended two minutes remains. It also identifies when it’s time to change the brushing head, if you’re applying too much pressure, what cleaning mode you’re in, a ‘Quadrant circle’ (which quarter of your mouth you should be focusing on), and when your battery is low

Supplied with: brush unit, wireless digital display unit, charging lead, base station, storage for four heads, two brush heads (FlossAction and ProBright), travel case.

Starting off a clean, one quarter of the digital display tells you which bit of the mouth to concentrate on, and after 30 seconds, you’re prompted on-screen and by a handset vibration to move onto another section. Depending on who you are, you’ll either find this condescending, or a great way of ensuring some discipline After our scepticism, actually this does make you focus on proper cleaning, so has some value. You get a little red warning icon if you’re pressing too hard, and a nice little smiley face when you’ve completed your two minute cycle.

This certainly gives a good brush – a little more rough than the clean with the Philips Sonicare (in a good way – it feels less like a polish, and more of a clean). the brush head looks a little vicious, but is fine. There’s also a polish brush supplied, to be used with the brush’s Polish mode.

 

The Oral-B SmartGuide brush is supplied with one cleaning head, and one polish head, and the base unit can cope with holding four heads. The heads contain some kind of magic sensor to tell the handle which head is connected, so it switches to the appropriate brushing mode. The blue bits on the brush head change over time, to let you know that’s time for a new brush head.