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Comment author: khafra 06 June 2012 12:07:47PM 2 points [-]

Good question. I looked, and--although electric toothbrushes do remove more plaque and tartar--they also remove 3x as much healthy tooth enamel.

Comment author: kybernetikos 06 June 2012 12:49:40PM * 3 points [-]

3x sounds really scary, but I have no knowledge of whether a 4 micron extra loss of sound dentin is something to be concerned about or not.