We may be telling everyone to brush for at least 2 minutes, but adults typically brush for just 87 seconds with a manual toothbrush.
Adults who use a hydrosonic brush increase their average brush time to over 2 minutes.
Both numbers are slowly increasing as we raise awareness about oral health - dive deeper into the numbers behind brushing habits here.
Apparently, 2 minutes of hydrosonic brushing is equal to 6 minutes of plaque removal with a manual brush.
Let’s agree to keep this a secret from our less disciplined patients for their own benefit.
Here’s one more fun fact for today, or maybe a medieval curiosity.
Restorative dentistry was apparently a thing in Scotland even before dentistry became a profession.
