My recommendation for the vast majority of people is to choose between the Oral-B Pro 3 3500 and the Sonicare ProtectiveClean 4300. Both come with a premium travel case and a 2+ week battery life. A visible pressure sensor, 2 minute timer and pacer are built-in too. iO Series vs Genius X Whilst the Genius is the premium brush it offers inferior battery life. Our testing has confirmed that the 9000 offers 12 days of usage time compared to the 18 days on the Smart 6. Below, is a list of models we have compared to one another, plus some that we have compared to their Sonicare equivalents. It’s a bit like having a gas or electric heating in your home. Both can heat your home but they do so in slightly different ways.

The reason I believe that Sonicare is the best quality overall is because of the feel and performance in hand. Sonicare, to me at least feel more robust and premium, the plastics look and feel stronger and the overall experience is that more effort and attention to detail has been put into the product. For optimal results, we recommend you change your brush head every 3 months, after you have been ill or when the bristles become worn.A normal clean lasts for 2 minutes and you should spend 30 seconds cleaning each of the 4 quadrants of the mouth. Most Oral-B and Sonicare brushes have both timers built in. The 30 second pacer is a pause in the brush head motion that in turn changes the sound emitted from the brush. Overall, research does support the Oral B technology as being better at removing plaque than the Sonicare technology. There are individual studies in favour of each respective company. Both are better than using a manual toothbrush. Sonicare put a clause in their warranty that the battery is only supported for twelve months (one year) whereas no such clause exists for Oral-B models.

It offers a blend of features and functions that benefit us as users at a price that most will find affordable. For a more detailed scenario, imagine cleaning your teeth in the bathroom of a house in the middle of the night when everyone else is asleep. With an Oral-B brush unless you closed the bathroom door you would likely wake someone up. With Sonicare you could leave the bathroom door open and probably nobody would hear you. Although subject to model most in both ranges have battery indicators that give a guide as to when a charge is required.Given that this icon only lights up when the mode is selected, it is hard to tell, but the Genius 9000 does offer a Tongue Cleaning mode that the Smart 6 does not. You have a dedicated cleaning mode button too. Press this to change cleaning modes on the 9000. With the 5000 you have to press the power button multiple times. In 2014, Klukowaska et al again concluded that the oscillating rotating brush from Oral-B outperforming Sonicare. They reported So this is perhaps one of the most personally influenced categories on which to judge a toothbrush. Some Sonicare models get close to the sound levels of the Oral-B brushes but this is usually on specific deep clean/power intensive modes.