The weirdest thing about going to the dentist and getting my teeth cleaned is, well, my teeth are clean afterward. For the next few weeks, every time I brush, I’m going to stare at my teeth and think, Where are the coffee stains? What is this alien whiteness?
What I really need to keep that whiteness is the toothbrush in “Conversations With and About My Electric Toothbrush,” by Derek Zumsteg.
This is a very silly story about a toothbrush that aspires to make more of itself. Yes, a toothbrush. A talking toothbrush. Since much of the story is dialogue, it’s fun to read out loud and give the toothbrush a funny voice, just like the one in a lovely reading you can hear on Escape Pod. And unlike “The Unsolvable Deathtrap,” this one you can read to your kids.
Of course if you’d rather have the intelligent toothbrush, the closest thing is probably a Hydrabrush. At least it doesn’t nag you about flossing. Yet.
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I wonder if dentistry has suffered any finiancial setbacks with the influx of electric toothbrush owners. I for one haven’t been to the dentist in years. Since i started using an electric toothbrush, my teeth have never been whiter.
I have a philps sonic care toothbrush, which has to be the smartest of all electric toothbrushs. It actually turns off when my teeth are clean. This is clearly evidence that it knows what “clean” is and how to make “clean”. I don’t know what you think, but that is certainly an indication of intelligence if you ask me.
Sounds like a smart toothbrush to me.