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Oral B Triumph 9950 with Smart Guide - 4 Brush Heads - Dental Office Exclusive Model + Additional 3pk of FlossAction | 
 enlarge | Brand: Oral B
Buy New: $399.99
Rating:  13 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.7 x 4
Model: 9950
Availability: Usually ships in 6-10 business days
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| Features:
| • | Improved Brushing Guide: Takes you through all the quadrants of your mouth, ensuring that each section is equally well cleaned. | | • | Pausable Professional Timer: If you need to stop brushing, you can pause the timer and resume where you left off | | • | Change Your Brush Head Alert: When it's time to replace, a message appears on the SmartGuide. | | • | 4 Brush heads - 1 FlossAction, 1-ProWhite, 1-Tongue Freshener, 1-PowerTip |
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Product Description
Introducing The Next Generation of Oral Health
Oral-B's most advanced rechargeable toothbrush, Triumph with SmartGuide enables better brushing for better oral health. Clinically proven to give extraordinary cleaning and improved brushing habits for healthy teeth and gums, Triumph with SmartGuide's 3D Excel Action has 40,000 in-and-out pulsations per minute that gently loosen plaque, and 8,800 side-to-side oscillations that sweep it away.
Its innovative remote wireless display is specifically designed to give you the knowledge and guidance to brush thoroughly, gently, and for the dental recommended two minutes. This wireless monitor features the first visual pressure sensor alert to help reduce hard brushing and prevent gum recession--a precursor to tooth loss.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 Best Power Toothbrush, Hands Down! January 27, 2008
M. Pickering (MI, USA)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Oral B has been a leader in personal care products for quite some time. They consistently make high quality products that are built for high performance and to last for many years. The Oral B Triumph series power toothbrushes are some of the finest on the market, and the Triumph 9950 is surely the best there is today.
I purchased this kit from Amazon at a great price. I received my order within just a few days and was delighted with how well it was packaged. Setup was a snap, taking just 10 minutes or so to set everything up, and the brush was fully charged and ready to use in just a couple of hours. I was excited about the wireless Smart Guide display, which seemed to be a great idea at the time. The instruction manual gives an easy to understand set of instructions, with plenty of illustrations. I mounted the Smart Guide display on the wall, just to the left side of our mirrored medicine cabinet (in the master bathroom), using the included double-sided adhesive pads. You have to wait several hours before actually inserting the display module into the newly mounted holder, so that the tape has a chance to fully adhere to the mounting surface.
Using this power toothbrush is a delight. Brushing my teeth no longer seems like an unpleasant chore. The 9950 is powerful, and the battery charge lasts for several days before the unit needs to return to the charging base for a refill. The FlossAction brush heads are firm yet gentle, providing a soothing feel on your teeth and gums. The brush does not hold much toothpaste, but you will find that you really don't need as much as with a normal toothbrush. If you are used to running your toothbrush under water before brushing, you will probably NOT want to do that with this power brush. If you do you will likely find that you end up with a sloppy liquid mess, dripping from your mouth and down the shaft of the brush head and onto the motor unit. You apply the paste (or gel) to the dry brush head, press against your teeth, and close your mouth most of the way. If you don't you may find toothpaste spattering off from the fast moving brush head. You are supposed to move the brush slowly and gently across your teeth, spending roughly 15 seconds on each zone (upper right, lower right, lower left, upper left). The compact brush head makes it very easy to scrub the inside portion of your teeth, removing tough stains. I drink a great deal of coffee and tea, and I am finding that the Oral B Triumph 9950 has removed nearly all of the stains within just a few weeks. AWESOME!
I have only a couple of minor quibbles with this model. First, although the Smart Guide wireless display seems like a neat idea, I find it to be silly and useless. Its purpose is to inform you which zone you are supposed to be brushing, displays a countdown timer so you know how much longer you need to brush (2 minutes total brushing is recommended), provides a graphic alert if you are brushing too hard, shows what kind of brushing mode you are in (clean, sensitive, polish, and massage), and even lets you know when it is time to change your brush head. At two minutes the Triumph 9950 brush motor will create a pulshing brush action for a couple of seconds, to let you know that you have brushed for the recommended amount of time. The Smart Guide display then presents you with a big smiley face, as a reward for your proper brushing habbits. If you continue to brush the counter will begin showing the accumulated time (counting up if you set it to do so), and at 2 minutes and 30 seconds the smiley face will change to a broader smile. If you brush even longer eventually the smiley face wil close one eye to give you a wink. WOW...isn't that friendly! The first couple of times I used the Triumph 9950 I was intrigued with the Smart Guide display and watched it with amuzement. I have since stopped looking at the display at all, as it is just silly and repetitive. I do like the fact that it will alert me as to when to change the brush head, but the onboard LCD display on the brush motor could have been designed to show this information as well, which would eliminate the need for the Smart Guide remote display altogether. This is just my opinion though. I'm sure some people will enjoy the wireless display a great deal. I think younger teens and adults may find the display a nice feature, but I just find it a useless addition which just elevates the price of an otherwise great power toothbrush. I also don't think that the 2 minute brushing recomendation is long enough. I brush for at least 3 minutes, and that pulsing action at the 2 minute mark just tends to annoy me. The Smart Guide display shows that you are supposed to change quadrants, in your mouth, every 30 seconds, which just doesn't seem long enough. I barely get the front of the teeth, in each given quadrant, cleaned in that timeframe. I end up spending about 30 seconds on the front and another 20 on the backside of the teeth. This is why my brush time far exceeds the 2 minute recommended timeframe.
Overall this is a truly wonderful product. The entire kit has a look and feel of high quality. The charge stand has a snap-on brush holder, which holds 4 brush heads and has a hinged, clear lid. You sit the 9950 motor into the charging base, which uses inductive technology to charge the batteries of the handheld motor unit. This prevents the need for metal electrical contacts, which means that even if the motor is wet you will not have to worry about the threat of an electrical shock. As mentioned before, brushing with the Oral B Triumph 9950 is a real delight. Using it is virtually effortless, and it does an excellent job of cleaning your teeth and even removing stubborn stains. The replacement FlossAction brush heads aren't cheap, but they aren't that bad. Aagain, some of this inflated cost is due to the wireless chip installed into each head, which is what transmits a signal to the Smart Guide display, so you know if you are brushing too hard and when you need to replace the brush head. If Braun were to remove this wireless chip, I would expect that the cost of the replacement heads would be at least a few bucks cheaper. A 3 pack of these heads can be had for about $20. That's not too bad, but again it increases the cost of your brushing hygiene. Oral B has definately creatd a power toothbrush that is as close to perfection as you can buy on the market today. I highly recommend the Triumph 9950 to everyone, and I have encouraged all of my friends and family to get one for themself. It also makes a great (although somewhat costly) gift! =o)
Worth it! January 29, 2008
RdotHolla (NoVA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I generally have pretty good oral hygiene, but on my last dental visit, my dentist noticed I'd been brushing really hard...really hard, to the point I was wearing away my gums on a few teeth. She suggested I invest in a good powered brush and suggested this one. I thought twice, since I've never owned a brush over fifty bucks or so, and over a hundred for one seemed crazy, but it was totally worth it. I've been using it a few weeks now, and is much better than any other powered brush I've used. The smart guide thing is a bit wierd, but the brushing too hard sensor is good for me, as even the first time I used this I tried to still scrub the hell out of my teeth...this kept me from doing it. Other than that, I just like its a clock in my bathroom, haha.
From my understanding the 9950 differs from the other brushes in the 9900 series by the number of brusheads it comes with...otherwise, its the same. I highly recommend this brush for anyone who has been brushing their teeth way too hard; oddly enough, it's a hard habit to break. I guess I always thought the harder I brushed the cleaner my teeth...eh, not so much. So, if you're brusing too hard, this may be an expensive, but highly useful solution for you too.
I love this thing August 12, 2008
Benjamin (Warrensburg, MO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an awesome toothbrush. I can tell my teeth are getting whiter and my gums are getting healthier. I really like the display unit as it is great to have a clock in the bathroom and a timer while I brush, and the fact that it is an all in one unit makes it even better.
I have found that 2 minutes is actually two short to brush all of my teeth the way that I want to. With a regular brush, or a cheap power brush I only brushed about a minute or so because of the technique I was using. With this I am brushing for about 3 minutes on average. This is because I spend more time on each tooth. I can do this because the brush is doing the work, not my back and forth motion. All of this is leading to the whiter teeth and healthier gums.
The included polishing head is great and I use that with Crest Vivid White toothpaste. The tongue freshener is also a great addition, as well as the fourth head that comes with this kit. With the additional 3 pack of Flossaction tips included, I found this to be a good value.
The bottom line is you can't go wrong with this product if you want a healthy mouth.
OUtstanding May 5, 2008
John Bonnes
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had this toothbrush for about a month now and I must say that it is the best toothbrush I've ever used. I used to think that an electric toothbrush was for pansies but since my dentist recommended that I get one I decided to take the plunge and get the best one I could find.
Using this brush makes it a pleasure to brush my teeth and if I had it when I was growing up I would have brushed my teeth more often and I wouldn't have gotten so many cavities.
Oral B Triunph 9950 December 28, 2007
J. Richter
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
A powerful clean. Using the Smart Guide makes those two minutes fly by. The mouth feels far cleaner and fresher than was ever the case with the Sonicare Elite. Highly recommended.
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