The Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000: Offering Cool Connectivity – Just in Time for Father’s Day

~ Disclosure: Oral-B is a client of Mom Central Consulting. We also received a complimentary Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 Electric Toothbrush with Bluetooth Connectivity to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed here are our own.

As parents, we know we represent our kids’ best role models. We have the ability to model good behavior and set expectations by the way we live our lives. Sometimes that involves taking a good, hard look at what we do and seeing the kind of example we set for our kids.

Case in point involves one of the parental rites of passage – hovering over the bathroom sink monitoring bedtime brushing. As we offer up encouragement ranging from “try making little circles like they showed you at the dentist’s office” to “I think you need to brush a little longer, buddy…” we may want to look at our own brushing habits. When was the last time we tried the “little circles” technique? When was our last cleaning and check-up? How long do we brush?

This Father’s Day can be a great place to begin. For any gadget-loving Dad who has ever encouraged his kids to develop better brushing skills, Oral-B now ensures that Dad can do the same. The Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 Electric Toothbrush with Bluetooth Connectivity – yes, we just said Bluetooth – enables Dad to lead by example with a toothbrush that changes the way he thinks about brushing.

Since creating its first toothbrush in 1949, Oral-B continues to lead the way in developing products that have transformed dental care – from specially shaped brushes to ones steeped in connectivity. Moreover, the Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 launched a three-step system designed to help users hone their brushing skills. In addition to helping reach the elusive two-minute brushing mark dental-care professionals recommend, the Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 offers up lessons in better brushing techniques, provides ongoing encouragement, and recognizes when milestones have been reached.

To get the inside scoop from a Dad’s perspective, we asked Influence Central Dad Dave Cutler to test-drive the Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 Electric Toothbrush. In addition to being a Dad of four – three boys and a girl, all under the age of 6 – Dave loves technology, so the idea of a Father’s Day gift with Bluetooth Connectivity really put a smile on his face!

Dave described the Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 as “robust” and marveled at how the accompanying app “does the thinking for you,” providing real-time information while brushing. It told him his brushing applied too much pressure and then reminded him to clean his tongue and floss. It also notified him when the recommended two-minute brushing time limit ended.

In addition, the Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 collects data while you brush, so afterwards, Dave could look back on his stats and see how he could improve on his brushing technique. Finally, for that last brush before bedtime, Dave noted that he could check the next day’s weather while brushing. So what’s Dave’s new favorite hashtag? #OralB!

Now to help with Father’s Day gift-giving, Oral-B offers up digital coupons – $20 to $30 off – for the Oral-B PRO SmartSeries 5000 Electric Toothbrush with Bluetooth Connectivity. Go to www.oralb.com/coupons to see a full list of participating e-Retailers. The offer remains in effect until July 4^th.

By Stephanie Kaufman

Mom Central