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Toothbrush 'Cleans In Six Seconds'

Posted October 02, 2013 2:29 PM

From BBC News - Technology:

A team of dentists creates a toothbrush they say can clean teeth thoroughly in less than six seconds.

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10/03/2013 7:37 AM

It would take half a tube of toothpaste, and I'm not putting that thing in my mouth....not to mention $400 a year?! What about cleaning the thing? It would take 5 min to clean it! ...Just ridiculous....

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10/03/2013 3:00 PM

Its makers say it eliminates brushing errors that people typically make

We can operate motor vehicles, hand guns and go to the moon but cannot be trusted to operate a toothbrush.

This just sounds like another gimmick we have to have because we have been doing it wrong all these years. Remember the tongue cleaner? I am surprised they don't just put all this dentistry breakthrough stuff up on the home shopping network.

"Because you are brushing all your teeth at the same time, you are brushing extremely quickly," the company says.

I demand to see the thesis proving this!

Jack - Works in marketing too.

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10/18/2013 11:29 AM

I'm way behind on threads. This sort of thing is a prime example of our species having way too much time on our hands, and too narrow a perspective with what to do with it. I'd put it in a similar category with the atomic watch in another thread.

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