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The short answer
An electric toothbrush with a sensitive or gum-care mode can clean teeth with controlled oscillation or sonic movement; use a soft brush head and light pressure rather than scrubbing.
What does this question mean?
The question refers to powered brushing for people with tender gums, exposed root surfaces, or sensitivity from dentine near the gumline.
What can you do next?
Angle the bristles toward the gum margin, follow the device timer, and let the brush do the movement; replace a splayed head and clean between teeth with floss or interdental brushes.
When should you seek dental care?
Arrange dental care if sensitivity is localised, persistent, triggered by heat or cold, or accompanied by bleeding, recession, swelling, or pain, because brushing technique alone cannot diagnose the cause.
What should you ask the dentist?
Ask which head and mode fit your gum condition, whether recession or exposed dentine is present, and how to clean around fillings, crowns, implants, or braces.
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What is the main point?
An electric toothbrush with a sensitive or gum-care mode can clean teeth with controlled oscillation or sonic movement; use a soft brush head and light pressure rather than scrubbing.
What should happen next?
Angle the bristles toward the gum margin, follow the device timer, and let the brush do the movement; replace a splayed head and clean between teeth with floss or interdental brushes.
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This library is published by Dental Nation, a licensed dental group practising in the United Arab Emirates. Pages are written and overseen by the same clinical team that treats patients in our clinics, and are held to a fixed editorial standard for safety and accuracy.
This page is patient education, not medical advice, and cannot replace an examination. Anything urgent — facial swelling, trauma, uncontrolled bleeding or severe pain — needs a dentist or emergency care now.