Category: Recommended

Dr. B Dental Solutions Ultrasonic Cleaner

writ­ten 07/08/2023, updat­ed 07/08/2023

What

A per­son­al ultra­son­ic den­tal appli­ance clean­er for night­guards, den­tures, align­ers, retain­ers, and sleep apnea appli­ances. High fre­quen­cy vibra­tion (108Z??? “Z” is not a real fre­quen­cy unit of mea­sure) with auto-shut­off fea­ture, 3 timer set­tings (5, 10, 15 min­utes), and 2 pow­er options (includ­ed 3 AAA or USB A with no charg­ing block).

Dr. B (Lorin Berland, DDS) has pur­port­ed­ly authored over 100 book, arti­cles, and videos on clin­i­cal den­tistry and edu­a­tion.

Cost

$29.95 + tax on Ama­zon

Test

Product

Half-screw lid
Must sup­ply own pow­er sup­ply
3 AAA bat­ter­ies after unscrew­ing it
Com­par­a­tive size with night­guard

Use

I used Poli­den­t’s tablets
Poli­den­t’s fizz
5 min­utes have passed
How it looks when it’s work­ing
Tak­ing it out
Most of the dots are Poli­dent, but you can see some debris from the NG

Before and After

BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER

Verdict

Rec­om­mend­ed: Yes, with reser­va­tions

Pros: Com­pact, well-made, nice half-screw cap, sim­ple

Cons: Zero tech­ni­cal infor­ma­tion, made-up fre­quen­cy num­bers in Ama­zon descrip­tion and absent on offi­cial web­site,

You be the judge in the pic­tures. The “after” pho­tos are notice­ably whiter and show less tar­tar. How­ev­er, it’s not 100% clean. While the clean­er was work­ing, I felt as if it was­n’t as strong as I’d like it to be. The ones in my office sound and look strong when in use. It clear­ly works and pos­si­bly with repeat­ed use it would fur­ther clean my night­guard, but how much of that is just the tablet and how much is the ultra­son­ic prod­uct, itself? I have not done a test for just those Poli­dent retain­er tablets. My biggest prob­lem with the device is the over­all lack of infor­ma­tion. You can look up 108Z if you want on the inter­net, but noth­ing in the fre­quen­cy world has that unit of mea­sure. Is it made up? It’s Hz. Fre­quen­cy is mea­sured in Hz. The prod­uct also did not come with book­let, nor does it offer one any­where in the Ama­zon list­ing, on the offi­cial web­site nor on a den­tal prod­uct dis­trib­u­tor site. That’s a lit­tle shady, in my opin­ion. Then again, it’s also only $30 where­as a com­pa­ra­ble by iSon­ic runs $50, and it clear­ly does work.

Dis­claimer: I am a Den­tal Hygien­ist by trade and am test­ing these on my own with NO com­pen­sa­tion from any­one

Most Useful Tools/Items in My Life

Here is an on-going list of extreme­ly use­ful, and effec­tive­ly essen­tial, things that are, and con­tin­ue to be, an inte­gral part in my life. If I had kids, I’d make sure they all owned at least one of these. In no par­tic­u­lar order.

  1. Head­lamp — Recharge­able bat­ter­ies, mul­ti­ple beam choic­es, bright light, water resis­tant. Pos­si­bly the sin­gle most use­ful tool I own. From dog walk­ing, to beach walk­ing, to fix­ing var­i­ous things, to trim­ming dog claws, to gen­er­al illu­mi­na­tion, a wear­able, hands-free head­light takes my num­ber 1 spot.
  2. Yak­Trax — Arguably one of the best gifts ever giv­en to me, walk­ing dogs and gen­er­al mov­ing around in icy con­di­tions with­out fear of falling is a big weight off my shoul­ders espe­cial­ly as I get old­er. Dogs have 4 legs, I only have 2. Bro­ken and injured limbs have no place in my life.
  3. Steplad­der — A few years back, we bought a fold­able Cosco step stool lad­der with polypropy­lene steps and a tray at the top. Despite hav­ing oth­er heavy duty met­al lad­ders of var­i­ous func­tions (con­vertable, tele­scop­ing, etc), this is always my go-to lad­der. It’s the per­fect height for tasks around the house and it’s the most sta­ble with grip­py feet and wide steps. Love this thing.
  4. Toast­er Oven — It can do it all. A nice, large sized oven does every­thing from toast­ing to bak­ing, to dehy­drat­ing with­out hav­ing to turn the big one on. Pret­ty much essen­tial in my life.
  5. Let­ter Open­er — I nev­er knew that many peo­ple don’t use these. A long piece of met­al to not only open mail clean­ly, but also func­tions as a pack­age open­er, wrap­ping paper cut­ter, rough hole mak­er, and for var­i­ous oth­er chores that need a stur­dy, pointy piece of met­al. As a bonus, can be used as a defen­sive weapon.
  6. Wet/Dry Vac­u­um — Wow. How much more use­ful can a tool get? Spilled liq­uids? Easy. Spilled solids? Done. Small area? There’s an acces­so­ry for it. Large area? Yup. Large pieces of debris? *SHHUUNNK* Up the hose it goes. I’ve got­ten to the point where I’d rather use a wet/dry vac to clean my bath­room instead of sweep­ing or wip­ing the dust. And it does a great job of it too. Stairs, floors, rugs, cars, what­ev­er the sur­face, there it is. Seri­ous­ly. If you don’t have a nice one, get one.