Philips Sonicare UV Sanitizer :: Education by Design Store

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UV technology effectively cleans your brush heads. View larger.

Philips Sonicare introduces a breakthrough innovation with a UV Sanitizer that helps kill up to 99 percent of bacteria* on your toothbrush. With a simple push of a button, UV Clean technology sanitizes your brush head to clean right down to the bristles.

The Sonicare UV Sanitizer not only cleans but also offers a storing solution to help ensure you are maximizing your oral hygiene regimen. Once activated, your toothbrush goes through a 10 minute cycle to kill up to 99 percent of bacteria off your brush head.

The unit fits Sonicare e-series and ProResults brush heads as well as other leading rechargeable brands including Oral B Flexisoft** and Floss Action***. The UV Sanitizer holds up two brush heads at a time. Remember to continue to replace your brush head at least every 3 months to ensure optimal results.

Philips Sonicare is the number one brand used and recommended by U.S. dental professionals. Recognized as a leader in oral health care since 1992, Philips Sonicare products are backed by more than 140 publications representing clinical and laboratory studies conducted at more than 40 universities and research institutes worldwide.

Sanitizes	Simple	Worry-free

UV Sanitizer Features
	UV Clean Technology Specially engineered Philips UV sanitizing technology helps kill bacteria on brush heads
	All Around Clean The reflector distributes sanitizing light around entire top of brush heads for optimal results
	One Touch Simple push of the button safeguards against bacteria
	Auto shut-off Turns off after 10-minute UV cycle is complete
	Storage Hygienic storage for your brush head

Fits These Brush Head Brands

Sonicare e-series
Sonicare ProResults
Oral-B Flexisoft
Oral-B Floss Action

What's in the Box
Sonicare UV Sanitizer, one set of brush head attachments for Sonicare brush heads, and one set of brush head attachments for Oral-B Brush heads (note that brush heads are not included).

Customer Reviews

Use Hydrogen Peroxide Instead!

2008-06-25
There is a much cheaper alternative to this product.

Go to the drug store and buy a quart bottle of hydrogen peroxide. It should cost about $.99. Come home and fill a small glass with the hydrogen peroxide. Then put your toothbrush in the hydrogen peroxide for about an hour. At the end of the hour you will have a disinfected toothbrush. You will notice that bubbles will form around the toothbrush as the hydrogen peroxide disinfects it.

Phillips Sonicare UV Sanitizer

2008-06-15
I purchased the Phillips Sonicare UV Sanitizer because I was concerned about how healthy my toothbrush heads were. I like having this product. It fits nicely on my bathroom counter and is attractive. I not only feel that my toothbrush heads are more germ free, but I also like it because I can store my heads in the sanitizer between using. The sanitizer has a convenient tray that the brush heads fit into and if the tray gets dirty it takes just seconds to clean. I would recommend this product to others.Philips Sonicare UV Sanitizer

Not All Bacteria

2008-06-05
I bought this not to kill the bacteria that might accrue from general toothbrushing in my mouth, but any bacteria that lingers in the bathroom in general. There is another review which goes into detail about digestive bacteria, etc. which is all very well and good (what? I can give up yogurt?) but I personally am not the only source of bacteria in my bathroom.

And if I linger on that, I might buy a new toothbrush head daily. Bleah.

It's proven that this type of product does zap bacteria, that's enough for me. Nice compact size, and it stores nicely too.

Philips Sonicare UV Sanitizer a Must Have

2008-05-20
The Philips Sonicare UV Sanitizer a Must Have for any household. It's easy to set-up, use, and care for. I'm for keeping personal hygiene items as clean as possible; and the Philips Sonicare UV Sanitizer does a fantastic job of meeting my needs. I know it will meet your.

Philip's Sonicare Sanitizer

2008-04-20
This product is everything is was made out to be. I highly recommend it to anyone considering buying it.

Sonicare UV sanitizer set: small space and WORKS!

2008-03-21

UV technology effectively cleans your brush heads. View larger.

Sanitizes	Simple	Worry-free

UV Sanitizer Features
	UV Clean Technology Specially engineered Philips UV sanitizing technology helps kill bacteria on brush heads
	All Around Clean The reflector distributes sanitizing light around entire top of brush heads for optimal results
	One Touch Simple push of the button safeguards against bacteria
	Auto shut-off Turns off after 10-minute UV cycle is complete
	Storage Hygienic storage for your brush head

Fits These Brush Head Brands

Sonicare e-series
Sonicare ProResults
Oral-B Flexisoft
Oral-B Floss Action

*Kills up to 99 percent of E. Coli and Streptococcus Mutans
**FlexiSoft is a registered trademark of Braun Aktiengesellshaft Joint Stock Company, Germany.
***FlossAction and Oral-B are registered trademarks of Gillette Canada Company dba.

Breaks easily 2008-03-01
After one month took off the protective screen for cleaning. Now it doesn't sanitize - just get a blinking light. The Philips website says the bulb needs to be replaced. Also says the bulb should last five years. Yeah, right. Thank you very much, Philips!

No more recycled germs 2008-02-10
We love our Sonicare toothbrush. The cost of the replacement brush-heads was actually quite reasonable, considering you only had to do it every six months, and we found it did an outstanding job for our family. (I loved that the 'beep' after each quadrant helped my kids to keep brushing longer and do a better job!)

I have long been an advocate of throwing away your toothbrush after you get sick and starting with a clean one so that you don't reintroduce germs to your body through the dirty brush-head. Using the Sonicare we couldn't do that without having to replace the brush-head early and incurring the cost. Enter the UV Sanitizer-- problem solved. Now we clean our brush-heads on a weekly basis and I don't ever worry that we are recycling germs from the brush-head.

A side note: we had a problem with a bacteria in swimming pools last summer and they tried everyting to get the water clean-- increasing the chlorine in the water to a ridiculous level, closing pools and cleaning them... all to no avail. After researching the problem they have announced that this summer they have a much better plan for keeping the public pools safe for all-- they're going to use UV rays to kill all the bacteria. That just confirmed to me again that this is a really smart investment for a family that wants to keep their teeth clean and healthy without having to buy new Sonicare brush-heads every time someone gets sick. Thanks, Phillips!

Does what it's supposed to do great 2008-01-31
While that may be an excellent view for a biologist, there's no denying that the product does what it is intended to do: kill bacteria on brush heads. I've had mine since they first came out and had no problem with it. This space is for product reviews, not scientific theories, by giving a product a bad rating on the principle of the thing you undermine the process and mislead consumers. Sodium laureth sulfate and other similar agents do not act to kill bacteria as was stated:

"Sodium laureth sulfate is an anionic surfactant that is used in household products such as toothpastes, shampoos, shaving foams, some disolveable asprins, and bubble baths for its thickening effect and its ability to create a lather. The molecule has a tail of 12 carbon atoms, attached to a sulfate group, giving the molecule the amphiphilic properties required of a detergent."

Those substance are detergents and surfactants used for their foaming properties, they disrupts hydrogen bonding in water causing the bubbling in toothpaste. So, if you value your oral health much then I feel it's a small price to pay for a product that kills the bacteria in tooth brush heads.

Sonicare sanitizer 2008-01-27
This was an asked for Christmas present for our daughter. Called her and she is very happy with it. Uses it daily!