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I was so excited for it to tell me how well I’m brushing. It does track how well your brushing an area, but not that well. You could miss an entire tooth and it wouldn’t know because of how large the sections it tracks are. But my biggest problem is that it controls when you brush what area. It’s really hard for me to jump around to different areas instead of brushing in the same order I’ve brushed my entire life. Why do I have to brush the front top incisor teeth right after brushing only the front of my bottom molars? It doesn’t make since. Why not completely finish brushing the molars and then move on? I really, really hate that. I decided to brush as usual one day and it said only 1% of my teeth were brushed properly even though I brushed for an entire 2 1/2 minutes. It thought that because it can only track the area it shows you even if it’s pattern is nonsensical. Other than that, I love it. When you follow the irritating pattern, the app works well enough and I love being able to track my brushing habits. The reward points are also great because I can eventually get some free replacement heads. Over all, I think it’s a so-so app. It has some problems, but it also has some good features.

I purchased this particular product because of a tech review that said it doesn’t misjudge brushing accuracy, particularly on back teeth, as similar products do. I have had a very different experience. If I use guided brushing, it always tells me to “check your zone” when I brush my last molar in each side zone. If I followed the app, the back sides of my last molars would never get brushed. It also frequently misses that I’m brushing the front of my upper center teeth. Additionally, it will briefly remind me to brush at a 45 degree angle in a zone or two, as if I have the correct angle at least 90% of the time, and then show abysmal results for the percent of brushing time the angle was correct. How am I supposed to correct it if the problem isn’t flagged while I’m brushing? The message I see most of the time is, “You’re doing great!” Although I think brushing with the app is better than guessing, and it does ensure I spend enough time brushing each zone, the inaccuracies are truly irritating. If I’d known it would not be nearly as accurate as the review indicated, I would have shopped around more.

I absolutely love this humm toothbrush and app, after using the guided brushing feature for a week, I can already see a visible difference in my dental health (plaque on the inside part of teeth reduced + I’m spending recommended time brushing + reaching all the areas I otherwise would rush/miss) and points system is a great incentive to actually use the guided brushing even when a lil laziness creeps. In a couple months I can use those points to get new brush heads! And they’re less bulky and plastic that regular toothbrushes so I feel better about the environmental impact too. The small head of brush at first reminded me of a toddlers brush but works really well for me as I can reach all the hard to reach crevices in the back without discomfort, specially with TMJ lol — BUT — I wish the guided brushing included ALL areas of the mouth eg the tongue or gums + was more intuitive eg if I clean one area and spit out I can’t resume back to it on my log, it assumes it’s “64%” clean even after I resume irl