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While I could spend some time chatting about the odd law suit I’m involved in (donation link at the end…thanks), today I bring you instead, a letter to the American Dental Association.

Unlike many of my corporate missives, I didn’t have any particular beef with them, I was just curious about something.   Please to enjoy:

I apologize for kind of a crazy question, but I was wondering something after my last visit.

The rule of thumb is 30 seconds per quadrant.  I’m assuming that number is based on the use of a manual toothbrush to get to a point of “clean as it’s going to get given the equipment in use”.

But I was curious about something.  If this is an acceptable baseline, is the recommended time actually reduced if you’re using a high speed brush such as a Sonicare?  Given you’d be doing an equivalent amount of brushing in far less time, it stands to reason that the “required” brushing time would be significantly lessoned, no?

As such, is there a secondary recommendation for automated toothbrushes vs. the manual type?  I can certainly understand a stance that more might be better particularly with better equipment, but it would seem that at some point there’s a decline in actual efficacy of brushing with the high speed brush.

Thank you!

Tom

So if you made it this far and are curious about the tin cup rambling above, I’m indeed named in a law suit with 29 others vs some confused person in Texas who’s selling cookies from one face, and promoting healthy eating from the other.

If you’re interested in flat out donating to the legal fund established to help us defend ourselves against the vague ranting in the legal link above, you can donate here:

If you’d like to help out, but also get some truly kick ass handmade glass art in the bargain, you can peruse the group’s Etsy store here.

Thanks.