I’ll freely admit that I’m obsessed with cleaning my teeth and have been since I was a child. Some days I clean them more than twice as there’s no such thing as teeth that are too clean. I gave up on manual brushes long ago as electric brushes are so much easier to use and give a much better result. The hyG intrigued me as it was very interesting looking and I’m always happy to add new cleaning methods to my obsession.

The hyG is battery powered but feels like a normal toothbrush.  What’s not so normal is that instead of moving it around in your mouth, you just have to hold it still on one spot and let it do its work. Another oddity to this brush is that it can be used without toothpaste, great for travelling, not so great when you’re at home hunched over your own basin. I tried the no-toothpaste method for a couple of days and decided that I didn’t like it. In the end I compromised by using just a tiny bit of paste and it worked just fine.

The brush works by changing the negative charge of your teeth. Apparently teeth have a negative charge and plaque is positive, so by changing the charge you repel the plaque – all very technical but it seems to work. By using this brush I apparently have a 48% greater chance of cleanliness success than if I were manually brushing.  After using this brush for a couple of weeks I’ve concluded that the hyG cleans as well as my electric, though I miss the vibrations.

They say that once you use an electric toothbrush, you never go back to the manual one.  That is true, but the hyG Ionic is clearly superior to any manual toothbrush that I have used.

Priced at around £9.99 and available from Amazon, www.pharmacy2U.co.uk and www.freshbreathonline.co.uk