The next generation of sonic electric toothbrushes, the Oclean X Pro Digital, not only helps you clean your teeth, but also grades how well you are doing it.
When I was a kid, my tooth-brushing prowess was often the subject of some debate between my mother and me. How well I’d brushed my teeth was very much in the eye of the beholder. That I’d not brushed them for long enough or that “I’d missed some” was difficult to prove either way. But, with the Oclean X Pro Digital app-connected toothbrush, it’ll tell you if you do a bad job.
When you’ve got a pre-teen who sees very little point in brushing his teeth, but can’t get enough of playing Roblox, gamifying the chore is a stroke of genius. The Oclean X Pro Digital offers kids and adults alike instant feedback on the quality of brushing.
In the box is the brush handle, a bristly professional clean brush head, a softer, delicate care brush head, a magnetic charging base and a USB cable. There’s also a manual with some brief instructions and a QR code pointing you to the free Oclean app in the Google Play and Apple stores.
The charging base can either be placed on a surface or stuck on the wall using the adhesive pad on the back. The included USB cable is used to charge the toothbrush. There’s no plug included in the package, so you’ll have to use the one that came with your phone or other device (unless you have USB ports in your bathroom). You can expect up to 30 days of use with one charge, with a full charge in 3 hours.
Your choice of brush head pushes onto the end of the handle. As you’d expect, the toothbrush is waterproof, with an IPX7 rating, so there’s no problem using it near the sink, bath or shower.
The brush handle has an on/off switch, as you’d expect, but also a colour LED touchscreen. Yep, a touchscreen…on a toothbrush.
There are three preset brushing modes. Sunrise soothing is a timed, two-minute and 30-second clean designed to freshen your mouth in the morning. Sunset clearout is a three-minute clean to remove the day’s plaque build-up. Exclusive mode is a regular, untimed clean. Custom cleaning modes can be set up in the app.
Instead of a rotating head, the brush oscillates at a rate of 84K movements a minute. I suppose that this allows the brush to clean your teeth without grinding off your enamel.
Inside the brush handle is a 6-axis gyroscope tracking the brush movement during use. This data is used to gauge the effectiveness of brushing and plot the areas that have been missed. This allows the brush to give you a score based on the quality of your brushing and show you where you’ve brushed, which is displayed on the LED screen. In the app, you can view your personal brushing report showing missed areas, the angle at which you use the brush and any deficiencies in your cleaning method, with expert tips.
Oclean X Pro Digital sonic electric toothbrush is a fun and effective approach to cleaning teeth. The scoring system on the built-in LED screen gives kids something to aspire to, forming good habits early on, and turning a chore into a game. For adults, the detailed cleaning report and telemetry information on the mobile app will help to efficiently keep teeth clean and healthy.