Toothbrushes are a significant instrument for maintaining your overall oral health by helping you to clean your teeth, gums, and tongue. There are different types of toothbrushes available for your convenience. As per your requirement, you need to select the one that suits you the best.

Manual toothbrush
A manual toothbrush is the one we normally use to clean our teeth and maintain good oral health. Circular, horizontal, and vertical motions entail cleaning with a manual toothbrush. Some salient features of a manual toothbrush are

• Easily available
• Cost-effective
• Can move the way we want
• Cleans teeth very well
• Can be replaced very often

Electric toothbrush
These toothbrushes are battery operated and are available easily in the stores these days. Electric toothbrushed are available in different forms, and come with features such as

• Easy on/off buttons
• Small spinning head with extra soft bristles tenderly cleans little teeth
• Lays flat for easy toothpaste application
• Includes batteries that can be replaced regularly

Disposable toothbrush
Disposable brushes are usually mini-brushes with a freshening bead. These are convenient for one-time use, are usually coated with a cleaning agent, and are very handy. Some of its features include

• Mini pre-pasted toothbrush, some are sugar-free too
• Rinsing is not necessary
• Bristles gently remove the residues
• Whitens teeth by removing surface stains
• Single-use toothbrush
• Travel-friendly

Which one is better?
It is very important to use a good toothbrush to have cleaner teeth, removing plaque, food residues from teeth and hence good oral hygiene. To attain this regular brushing and proper brushing technique is also important. Choosing a good toothbrush is also of utmost importance.

Let us see what are aspects considered while selecting a toothbrush.

• Cost
  When it comes to cost, manual brushes are budget-friendly. Electric brushes cost higher to manual brushes. In such case, When it comes to replacing electric brushes cannot be often replaced as done with the manual ones. But we cannot deny the fact the electric brushes provide cleaner teeth.
• Likability
  People usually reach out to manual brushes often. Some might not like the vibration effect generated by the electric brushes, people perhaps like a battery-operated toothbrush for its built-in timer. Because of which one needs to keep track of time duration for which he needs to brush. Also, people with mobility issues, such as patients, like to use electric brushes for its ease. Though there is no evidence but the electric brushes such as oscillatory ones are more effective in removing plaque from the teeth.
• Safety
  It is important to choose a toothbrush that is tested and approved by the American Dental Association, such toothbrushes, may be manual or electric, are safe. For people who tend to vigorously brush teeth, which leads to tooth-enamel damage, can use electric brushes for its controlled vibrations, which proves to be gentle on teeth and gums. Both the type of brushes needs to be maintained well and cleaned properly to be germ-free.

Using a toothbrush that suits you in person is highly important. It is always recommended to have a routine teeth check-up, cleanups with the dentist and take suggestions about the one toothbrush suiting your dentures and as well the oral health.