Smart Toothbrush Tracks Your Brushing Habits

By Dwell @dwell
For the people who use them regularly, fitness trackers give feedback that can be the difference between staying on the couch and getting up and going for a walk. It seems logical that the same motivation-through-metrics idea might eventually make its way to toothbrushing. When synched with the free Oral B app on an iOS or Android device, the Oral-B SmartSeries brushes connect via Bluetooth and give x-y graphs showing your brushing habits. Two models will be available: $219 for the Oral-B SmartSeries 7000 and $159 for the Oral-B SmartSeries 5000. Slideshow

The brushes works like regular electric toothbrushes, but they have embedded sensors that record your frequency of use, and even how hard you’re pressing against your gums.