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Team of Dentists Create "The Six-Second Toothbrush"
dryriver writes "A team of dentists has created a toothbrush they say can clean teeth thoroughly in less than six seconds. Manufacturer Blizzident uses the same scans dentists use to fit braces and an extremely precise 3D printer to create a brush for each individual customer. Each brush contains about 400 soft bristles and requires the wearer to grind their teeth in order to clean. Its makers say it eliminates brushing errors that people typically make, but experts say more research is needed. The technology comes at a price — a customer's first brush, which will last for a year, costs 299 euros ($405; £250). Subsequent brushes are cheaper, and old ones can be reconditioned for less than 100 euros, the company says. 'Because you are brushing all your teeth at the same time, you are brushing extremely quickly,' the company says. 'You brush all the difficult-to-reach and interdental regions without even having to think about it.'"
I predict that this item will show up very shortly for around $100 in SkyMall magazine...
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Just chew on this for six seconds...
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Does this mean trolls teeth get cleaner due to surface areas being easier to access? Should I roll a troll for better hygiene?
If we do heroic brushing runs will we get epic gum lines?
Will it be a bad thing if a good tooth drops?
Can I rez a molar to avoid an extraction?
Will we be able to eat on Tuesdays, or will nutrition be down due to maintenance?
Should I just go ahead and plan to make my wisdom teeth shamans, priests and mages or are there options?
Subscription based MMORPG's (Molar-based Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) are obviously the wave of the future. I can see Blizz changing the Headless Horseman to the Tooth Fairy this year.
Getting ME to brush my teeth for even six seconds as a kid was an amazing feat.
Laughter is the Spackle of the Soul.
You just have to pop the device in, let it run for 10-30 seconds, and your teeth are clean, and it could even floss for you.
That doesn't really sound better than something that you use for 4-24 seconds less, doesn't have any moving parts, and doesn't require a power source. The device from TFA already reaches the interstices of your teeth, so it should have the same effects as flossing anyhow.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
An EU company says you only need to brush for six seconds....
Yeah, but those are metric seconds instead of US imperial seconds...
Next up is the 1000 blade shaver, perfectly moulded to your face. One quick stroke and your whole face is clean shaven.
Either that or you are bleeding to death.
Boffoonery - downloadable Comedy Benefit for Bletchley Park
and probably worth it to a fair number of people.
That is absolutely insane.
That 11 1/2 hours is not in any way contiguous -- what could you accomplish in that time, in 114 seconds a day? How could that possibly offer any advantage, let alone one worth $35/hour?
Even if you could come up with some fantastic task that could justify the value placed on that tiny bit of time, who the hell can't manage to find 114 seconds of extra time per day? Go to bed 114 seconds later than normal, no weird untested toothbrush or dentist appointment required.
What if you shaved 19 seconds off the beginning and end of every meal? But I'm thinking too narrowly here. Just think how much time you could save by eliminating all those unnecessary trips to the toilet with a catheter!
You suggest that "fair number of people" would benefit. I'd love to know who these folks are, why their day is packed down to the second, and (most importantly) and why they're not all cathed.
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Oh shit... I'm supposed to be at work in 10 minutes... pull on clothes, shove toothbrush in mouth, grind teeth, run out the door.
Sometimes 2 minutes is the difference between brushing and not brushing. This would have a place in the glove box, next to the cordless razor and the cologne. They should make a watertight case so you can leave it soaking in mouthwash when you put it away.
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It's not about the 2 minutes you save, but about the knowledge that you have properly brushed your teeth without missing a single spot every time you use this brush. It's easy to claim that more than half of the people that come into a dentist that need work done, end up there because they haven't brushed their teeth properly at least once a day for their entire life. You may not safe money on toothbrushes this way, but you will possibly break even on total dentistry costs even at the price point this brush is at now. It's not even about the money, having "perfect teeth" is a health and social benefit that has merit on it's own.
I was promised a flying car. Where is my flying car?
Not necessarily. Brushing too much can be hard on the teeth and gums (but I think this is more related to brushing too hard), and brushing also removes the amoebas that feed off of the bacteria in your mouth (or so I have heard, but it might just be somebody extrapolating), so you might be worse off brushing 10-15 times a day.
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/eurofxref-graph-usd.en.html
The euro started at about $1.17, in 1999. It's now about $1.35. The highest value was close to $1.60, just before the 2008 crash.
that high of $1.60 was due to Khadaffi trading his oil in euros..... ;)
9 day week? not sure if trolling, or just dumb....
Sometimes being two minutes late for work means missing the train, meaning you're 30 minutes for work, meaning you get seen as a not-hard worker, meaning you get fired and have all the time in the world to brush your teeth! Problem solved!
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