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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
I don't think you need to be worried. If your gums for example bleed from brushing, it likely just means that you have some gum inflammation going on or have dental stone under the gumline.
Gums can take a pretty heavy handling, you are even supposed to floss pretty strongly from under the gumline. This was a revelation to me when my dentish showed me how to do it. It was a lot more hard handed than I ever thought. She also adviced to brush over the gums to aid circulation and massage the gums a bit. Ever since I've done these I've had a lot less issues.
I use an oral B brush, cheapest possible one. So do most people I know.
One advice I found handy is using the brush from back to front, one tooth at a time, instead of doing any kind of sawing type motion like you would do with a handbrush. This apparently is better for the gums.
My dentist told me this is the way to use an electric toothbrush, it does the "brushing" motion for you, so you just hold it there and let it work on each tooth, trying to brush like a normal toothbrush defeats the purpose of using an electric one.
Yes, you explained this a lot better.
One thing I also want to add as I understand the worry about doing dental care "wrong" or not well enough (I've struggled with this all my life) is that with age this also just happens and it has a lot to do with stuff like environmental factors and genetics etc. I got myself on E for perimeno about 6 months ago and my gums are a lot happier now, so it isn't necessarily about the doing, my care routine is the same.
My dentist said that around mid age teeth just sort of start falling apart and for some it is a lot sooner and more dramatic than for others, regardless of how much care they have done. All sorts of things like acid reflux, stress, hormones, nutritional deficiences and even longterm dieting can show up in our teeth.