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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,
if you use enough force that could do you harm, they stop working by design
oof, i guess i should have purchased a more expensive model
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
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
flossing
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)
I don't think there's any evidence to suggest electric brushes cause gum damage any more than vigorously applied manual brush, which is capable of exerting equal or more friction than electric ones.
It comes down to how hard the brush tips are, the speed of which you brush at simply would accelerate the damage similarly, slowing it down would only slow the damage. There's also the amount of pressure applied, which is why electric ones are designed to stop when too much is applied, note that manual toothbrushes don't have such an alert mechanism so technically you could argue they're more dangerous I suppose.
This is why I don't brush my teeth.
If I'm gonna lose my teeth anyway, I don't want to spend days of my life worshiping big toothbrush. I'd also prefer my third eye to be free of fluoride for when I kill the demiurge.
Idk my experience is that I was doing much worse to my gums until I got the oral B that lights up red when I’m pushing too hard.
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.
One advice I found handy is using the brush from back to front, on 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.
She probably heard that from a Phillips sales representative.
I have heard this concern before, and I think there may be an element of truth to it. You can push to hard and hurt your gums, possibly accelerating natural gum recession that comes with age. I have not heard that Oral B are worse than others. Best listen to your body, be gentle, floss. And I know what you mean regarding mistakes with teeth. Our teeth are so important, can't really be ignored, mistakes or bad dental work can be forever.