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i dunno if it was of how rotating electric brushes work, cause i did use an extra soft brush head - though, i haven't replace it in a recommended time period?
some people are saying they are professionals and they dislike oral b toothbrushes because they are known to cause gum recession.
fuck. making mistakes with my teeth always makes me so fucking anxious
Don't believe everything you read. This reads to me like a sonicare astroturfing. Electric toothbrushes in general are preferable to manual toothbrushes because if you use enough force that could do you harm, they stop working by design. Furthermore, a brush head becomes less able to do damage to your teeth or gums over time due to loss of strength and durability in the bristles (and by extension, less able to clean your teeth).
Gum recession is not caused by brushing too hard, it's caused by lack of flossing. If you're worried about gum recession, build a habit of flossing daily before bed
thank you for the response,
oof, i guess i should have purchased a more expensive model
i hate to say this (because i want to find the root cause), but i remember reading somewhere that said old brush heads can cause gum recession because they can harbour more bacteria, and other sources suggested that the jagged edges of a worn brush can cause gum recession
it is plausible that this occured due to a lack of flossing, although the recession only occured in certain spots instead of all of them, (saying this without knowing pattern of recession)