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I’m not a germaphobe but all this talk about swine flu is making me nervous.

I see people on the train with little bottles of hand sanitizers, and even a few masks. Maybe this whole flu scare will make people more aware about general health, even oral health. I know I have been washing my hands more often.

Will this health crisis cause more people to sanitizer their toothbrush?

Should we be sanitizing more things?

No doubt things are different in my mouth as a result of my new Oral-B toothbrush. After more than a week of brushing, I must say I am quite addicted.

It’s like going for a professional cleaning each time I brush. That sounds a little like a commercial, but it’s true. And I’m not partial to Oral-B over Sonicare…it’s just that it’s the brand I am using, and I am loving it.

Maybe, as a perk of being in the oral care industry, I will get myself a Sonicare too.

And while I am at it, maybe I’ll get me a Rotadent, thanks to the tip from Nancy on my last post. Check out the Rotadent; our good friends at dentist.net have them in a bunch of colors to fit your decor.

Only problem now is whether I will have enough AC outlets in my bathroom to accomodate all those chargers. I certainly have enough Violight Toothbrush Sanitizers to keep all those heads germ-free.

Not sure how divided people are in their passion for their electric toothbrushes, but like Republicans vs. Democrats, Macs vs. PC’s, Made in America vs. China, and Tap vs. Bottled Water, I have a feeling that Sonicare users vs. Oral B users might fall into a similar camp.

I had a Sonicare Elite a while ago and loved it, until we needed to shoot some video that demonstrated how our Violight VIO100 works with electric heads. My shiny new electric toothbrush got lost in the sea of props and people and catered croissants, and I never saw it again.

So I went back to a manual brush, then dabbled in the Oral B Pulsar. Then, last week at Rite-Aid, while I was shopping for something totally unrelated to my pearly whites, I splurged.

I got home, ran up to my bathroom, plugged in my new state-of-the-art Oral B Triumph, and watched the clock all day (about 12 hours) until I could get back upstairs and use my fully charged mega-toothbrush, just like the user manual said to do.

I’ve only been using it for a few days, so stay tuned for an update.

Passionate about your ivory-scrubber? Let us know how you feel.