CE week: Ionic tech in toothbrush repels plaque, keeps teeth whiter

Written by Young Jeohn

Toothbrushes. The one thing we desperately depend on to keep our pearly whites, well... pearly and white. Other than attempting to bleach them or heading to the dentist's office in a last ditch effort before heading to Comic Con (as a vampire with fake - but very white - vampy teeth), there's no way to remove plaque on your own. Don't fear though, Global Ionics has heard the call with a new tool to avoid the situation in the first place - the Ionic ProClean toothbrush.

So how does it work? If you recall from your high school physics and chemistry texts, all of life has a charge, either positive or negative. Negative charges inherent in plaque like to stick itself to the positive ones present in the calcium of your teeth. As you brush, the clever toothbrush magically creates millions of negative ions, thus changing the polarity in your mouth from positive to negative (effectively repelling plague from your teeth).

Ok, that bit about being magic was a joke - there's real science involved. But it can't do the job alone and it needs your help. In addition to its patented booster technology, it utilizes the conductivity of your body to enable a 1.5 volt battery to function as a 9 volt, which in turn creates enough ions needed for all this to work. All you have to do is wet the toothbrush and hold a bit of acti-strip on the handle. Then brush as per usual. 

While I like the idea of this, I'm now disappointed after understanding the science behind it - it was just so much cooler when I thought this thing was performing magic.

The Ionic ProClean toothbrush is available on their website for $9.95 (link below). You might want to check out some of their other products using this technology on their global website.

More info:
Ionic ProClean: www.ionicproclean.com
Global Ionics: www.globalionicsllc.com
Twitter: @IonicProClean