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An electric toothbrush, motorized toothbrush, or battery-powered toothbrush is a toothbrush that makes rapid automatic bristle motions, either back-and-forth oscillation or rotation-oscillation (where the brush head alternates clockwise and counterclockwise rotation), in order to clean teeth. Motions at sonic speeds or below are made by a motor.
A few months later Optiva Corporation changed its name to Philips Oral Healthcare, Inc. By the end of 2001, Sonicare had become the number-one selling rechargeable power toothbrush in the United States. [11] In 2003, to improve Philips brand recognition in the US, Philips rebranded the Sonicare toothbrush as "Philips Sonicare".
“This electric toothbrush offers advanced features such as multiple brushing modes, built-in sensors for real-time feedback, and highly effective sonic cleaning action.” The model has four ...
An ultrasonic toothbrush is an electric toothbrush designed for daily home use that operates by generating ultrasound in order to aid in removing plaque and rendering plaque bacteria harmless. It typically operates on a frequency of 1.6 MHz, which translates to 96,000,000 pulses or 192,000,000 movements per minute.
CVS Pharmacy is currently the largest pharmacy chain in the United States by number of locations (over 9,600 as of 2016) and total prescription revenue. [8] [5] [9] Its parent company ranks as the fifth largest U.S. corporation by FY2020 revenues in the Fortune 500. [4]
2012: Oral-B Trizone 1000 electric toothbrush with brush head shape and brushing technique similar to a manual brush. 2014: the first toothbrush with Bluetooth 4.0 Oral-B SmartSeries technology. 2017: New version of the battery, holds a charge 2 times longer and charges 2 times faster. 2019: Genius X toothbrush with artificial intelligence.
Any electric toothbrush is technically a powered toothbrush. If the motion of the toothbrush is sufficiently rapid to produce a hum in the audible frequency range (20 Hz to 20,000 Hz), it can be classified as a sonic toothbrush. Any electric toothbrush with movement faster than this limit can be classified as an ultrasonic toothbrush.
CVS is revamping the way it reimburses its pharmacies for prescription medications, a move that could make prescription drug pricing simpler and change how much consumers pay for their medicines.