August 18, 2008 | Contests
Long ago and far away, I had a dreadful dentist appointment where my sensitive teeth and I were put through the (figurative) wringer, and in a fit of dentalphobia, I stopped going to the dentist. For, ummm… well, the number of years is unimportant. Ahem.
When I resumed (with a different, kinder, dentist), I was told to get myself a fancy sonic toothbrush for maximum dental health. And I shopped around and bought myself something and used it for many years, but these days I find myself going for my regular toothbrush more often than not, because my sonic toothbrush feels big and bulky and sometimes it hurts my sensitive teeth.
So perhaps you’ll understand when I say that I have a big ol’ crush on the new Oral-B Pulsonic Toothbrush; it’s the slimmest, lightest model they’ve ever made, but it boasts over 27,000 vibrations per minute. It not only has a 2-minute timer (and beeps every 30 seconds to facilitate equal cleaning for all four quadrants of your mouth), it has a “sensitive” mode, too. For sensitive people. Like me.
You can’t buy this baby in the stores until September 10th, but guess what! One lucky Want Not reader is going to win one—pocketing it ahead of the rest of the world, along with the $69.99 it would’ve cost.
Want it? For a chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post by 3:00 p.m. Eastern (noon Pacific) on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008. One entry per person, valid email address required, minty fresh breath recommended. Winner to be determined by random number generation and flossing technique.
Ready? Go!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I need a better toothbrush. I just went to the dentist last week and have 2 cavities. This would help!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I’m ready! Sounds like the gold medal of toothbrushing!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Me please, pretty pretty Mir!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I’m ready for a new sonic toothbrush! I had one several years ago and used it until it finally died - it’s time for a new one!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
In the same exact state of affairs-why oh why did I stop going to the dentist. My flossing technique is pretty simple. Using Oral B waxed floss I gracefully wind what feels like 1 inch rope through my teeth and when I’m all done you would think I could use the floss to mend little red riding hoods cape-if you catch my drift. A good dentist is a boon companion, a treasure hard to find.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I’m in!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
27000 vpm? If I win I’ll never leave the house!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Now my pearly whites may be really pearly white.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Add me!!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
This would make my dentist so happy! Not to mention my teeth.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Pretty, clean teeth.
Wheeee! Pick meeeee!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
My funky mouth could really go for this snazzy toothbrush.
Yeh, we won’t talk about how long it’s been since my last visit to the dental torture chamber.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Teeth rule…couldn’t live without them!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Pick me! Pick Me! Maybe this will make my first visit to the dentist, in a long, long time,less painful.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Sounds like the fanciest toothbrush known to mankind.
I would love to own it
August 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I, too, could love this toothbrush! I like the timer as I tend to skimp on the time I brush (like taking a full 2 minutes are really going to make a difference in my day). this would sufficiently guilt me into it!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Sounds like a great toothbrush and since I would like to keep all my teeth, put my name in please.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I finally went back to the dentist last week, after a 3+ year hiatus. Surprisingly, I only had 1 cavity! I’m sure this toothbrush will help my (also sensitive) teeth survive until I finally break down and go again….
August 18th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Oh this would be so great!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I have to admit - I love the dentist… I love the clean feeling when they are all done. I would love to have a toothbrush that gave me that clean feeling all on my own.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Well, I’d have minty fresh breath if I had this toothbrush! Count me in.
But my daughter and I were at the dentist on Friday, and they liked my flossing technique. Hers, not so much. 2 cavities. Hey, maybe I’d give this to her, and a high tech toothbrush would help?
August 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
AS someone who is also afraid of the dentist, I say that I need this!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Ohhh….me me me….please!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Awesome! Count me in, please!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Pick me! I’m not a good brusher and could use the timer!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Please Pick ME!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I would love to win such a fancy smancy tooth brush!
you and your random number generator are so pretty.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Awesome! I would love to win this. I hate going to the dentist. It seems almost every single time they find at least one cavity. Grr…
August 18th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Please me, I want it
Thanks
August 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Woot! What lucky timing I had coming over here today (after I’ve failed to keep up to date with this one, though I read your other first thing every morning). I just moved back to a reg. toothbruth too, for the same reasons. Of course this one sounds awesome!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
AAAwwwww,pick me, don’t “brush” me off! I really need a new super sonic, super duper, super cleaner for my teefs.
(Love your site by the way, you’ve saved me lots of muney and tyme)
August 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Oh, my sensitive teeth would love one! Thanks Mir!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Oh, yes!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Pretty, pretty Mir, I know I’ve said this before, but I really NEED this one. You have no idea the depths of my dentist phobia. And there are flossing techniques? I thought everybody just flossed the week before a dentist appointment?
August 18th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I’d love to give this a try!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I love that it has a sensitive teeth setting and that it’s more compact.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Please enter me!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
My sensitive and I would love this!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Me and my super sensitive teeth need this!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Mir, this is great! My teeth are not sensitive, but I am!
(Seriously, I cry at cotton commercials.)
August 18th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I’m in!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I hope I finally win.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
OH me me me!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I’m a dental Luddite, still using my good ol’ fashioned manual toothbrush. Gosh, I hope I win this. If I didn’t have to scrub the plaque from my teeth so vigorously every morning, I might have more energy for flossing…LOL!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Cool! Thanks for another great giveaway!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Oh yes! My old SoniCare is in need of replacing!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I love oral b!!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
my sensitive teeth would love this!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
my sensitive teeth would love this!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I’ve never had anything but a manual toothbrush!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I’d love to try this out, thanks Mir!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Wintergreen minty fresh breath!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I would love to win one of these - I am afraid to go to the dentist at this point.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Sensitive and pretty…? And you give stuff away for FREE? I do love you, Mir!
Hey, why don’t you send that fancy toothbrush to me to help keep my pearly whites sparkly! I’ll give it a nice home. Promise.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Minty fresh here I come!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I have the little cheapy electric toothbrush. I would love to see what the real deal is like.
Thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Can’t wait for minty, fresh breath! : )
August 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I would love to try this!!Thanks!!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
OHMYGOD, I would be so excited to get this. And, you would totally make my dentist so happy!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Yah! Thanks for the great giveaway
August 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Thanks for the awesome free offer! I would love to try this toothbrush.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
My 9-year-old with her dental appliance needs this badly. Pretty, please, pretty Mir??? (and you too, random number generator).
August 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I would LOVE to win this one!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Would love this for my son! You’re so pretty, number generator! (does kissing up like that work?)
August 18th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
My dentist-phobic teeth would totally appreciate one of these!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
My teeth aren’t sensitive…but they could be cleaner.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I would love to get this…and my dentist would love for me to get this. Although then I would probably have to buy one for my husband too.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
yay! what a great contest
August 18th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Oh me, please!!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
pick me!!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
oh man, would I love to have one of these! thanks Mir. and oh, hey - your shoes are really pretty.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Oh pick me! My friend got an electric toothbrush and says she can’t go back to a regular one, she loves the way her teeth feel with the electric one. What a great give-away!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Count me and my rotten teeth in!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Sounds great - count me in!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Whoo hoo!!! I would love this
August 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
that would rule!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
please, I have sensitive teeth too. pick me, pick me and my oh so sorry teeth
August 18th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Not only do you take care of my wallet but my teeth too. You Rock!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
would love it
August 18th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Oh, I would looooove this. Thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Ooo! My battery operated Braun just died a (non-battery related) premature death. This sounds like just the thing to keep my teeth healthy and pretty!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Wow that is nice! I’m in a bit of shock by how small the handle is.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Please?!?
August 18th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I don’t know if there is anything better than the feeling of freshly clean teeth … well maybe the feeling of putting on a pair of brand new too cute pair of shoes … but still most days, I’d take the super clean teeth
August 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
oh wow! cool. this is the number you want oh number generator!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
oh glory. the teeth weep. merci.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Oh I want one please!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Oooo… lovely!! I’d love to try this! Thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Oooh, oooh, ooh, pick me!
(What is it about all these pretty, pretty contests that turns me into a 7-yr-old girl with the gimme-gimmes?)
Ahem. May I please have it, Miss Random Number Generator?
There. Much better.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Thank you!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Oh please please please let it be me. Please!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I went to the dentist recently & was told that I need one of those special super sonic toothbrushes too. I sure would like to win one. Oh, Pretty & Wonderful Mir!!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I would love to have a new toothbrush!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I would love to have a new toothbrush!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
My receding gums thank you!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
OMG please pick me! I’ve been reluctantly in the market for a new toothbrush as my trusty Oral-B’s battery is showing it’s long long age.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Oooh boy, my husband sure could use one of these. Please!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I have been coveting a sonic toothbrush for Chico. I have my fingers, toes, and eyes crossed that I’ll win this one.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Please?
XOXO
August 18th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Would love to give this sonic toothbrush a good home. My bathroom is very pretty.
Thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Pretty please?
August 18th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I would love one of those.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I could use a new fancy schmancy toothbrush.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Another great giveaway, Mir. One of these days, I’ll get picked!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
What a great giveaway! My teeth would love to win this!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I’m a pretty bad tooth-brusher, so this would be great.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Me and my pearly whites would love to win this!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I heart fancy toothbrushes.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Since I don’t floss (I know - shame), this would be great for getting my teeth really clean!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I like free! I like teeth! A free, fancy toothbrush? Sign me up!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
clean teeth - i like!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Thanks! My teeth feel cleaner already.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Clean teeth! Priceless! Thanks for entering me!!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
So cool!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
My dentist is also my landlord, I’m pretty sure it’s clause 14A in my lease that I need to win this!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Well, I just had pulled pork for lunch, so I have bbq pork breath, not minty fresh, but, in my mind, it might just be better. But who can pass up good oral health opportunities?
August 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
OMG WANT. My teeth are hurting RIGHT NOW because I drank water that wasn’t warm. Sigh.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I want one. Please. Pretty please.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Sign me up! Thanks for yet another contest!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I don’t have a flossing technique or a great toothbrush. Pick me!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I’d love one!!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Ooohhh…I could use a new toothbrush! Thanks for the contest!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Me and my sensitive teeth would love one!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Oooo, my sensitive teeth would be very grateful!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I love fancy toothbrushes!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I just finished brushing my teeth before sitting down with my laptop. Lo and behold! A Want Not post about clean teeth? What timing! Thanks for the contest, Mir.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
oooh, I have a dentist appointment Thursday - if I won this I could finally tell him I got one!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I would really like this!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I’m skeered of the dentist too. This could make going a lot less traumatizing. Thank you, pretty Mir!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I would love a new toothbrush!!! Pretty Pretty please.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I would love this! Please……
August 18th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
My sensitive teeth could really use this!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I covet this toothbrush. I am in!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Be true to your teeth, or they will be false to you.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Oooh, fancy toothbrush!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
My teeth and gums would love this! Hope I win.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
could this be my lucky day?
August 18th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Happy birthday to me!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I would love this!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I’ve never had one so this would be great to try!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Count me in.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Nice!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
My wife told me to enter to try to win. But, now that I see what you are giving away- I may keep this for myself if I win it!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Me want this toothbrush.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Woo! Clean teeth=good!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Mmmmm clean teeth! And it won’t hurt my wrist to brush! Pulsonic!!! (Why ARE electric toothbrushes so dang heavy anyway?)
August 18th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
ME!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
me me me me!!! please.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I would really like this. You are pretty and so are your teeth!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Sign me up!!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Sensitive teeth, exposed nerve, dentist-phobia… yeah, that’s me.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Ooh, pick me and my sensitive teeth, O Pretty Mir!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I hope #150 is the lucky number…
August 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I have been needing to get a sonic toothbrush forever, and if I win this, I promise to add flossing regularly to my routine…seriously, promise!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
What a great contst
August 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I would love to have this toothbrush. Thanks for the chance.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I’ve been wanting one of these fancy-type toothbrushes… pick me, random number generator!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I could use a new crush right now. Pick me, pick me!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
This would be really nice, thank you!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I would love one. Thanks for letting me play!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Desire? Check. Minty fresh breath? Check.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I know I should use something like that. And go to the dentist.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Is it small enough to hide from my husband? Because I know he’ll want one too
August 18th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
I think I need this!!!! Thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Dentalphobic here..in the middle of procedures that cause me to gag, get yelled at by dentist, edondontis, hygienist, then cry….would love a better toothbrush…
August 18th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This would be a great gift…for me!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This toothbush looks great! Please add me!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Definitely would love to get this toothbrush!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Wow, would I love this!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Lovely teeth? Count me in!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I could use a better toothbrush in my newly prego state, you know the havoc pregnancy makes for the poor old teeth.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Very cool - thanks!!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
It would be WONDERFUL to have a kinder gentler and yet more powerful toothbrush.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I’m all about good oral hygiene!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Great timing, my sonicare just bit the dust this week!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
bye bye fuzzy teeth.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
pick me! I also have sensitive teeth - and do you have that metal sensitivity too?? yikes!!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Please pick me!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I want it!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Me, me! I love clean teeth. Not that all the other pretty commenters don’t, also, of course.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
“I mean, we’re not ugly, we just stink!”
Pick me.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
4 quadrants? What about the front top and front bottom? I divide my mouth into sections. I mean, I SUPPOSE I could try it your way if I won but you are really asking alot here
August 18th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
It took me years of not seeing one before I finally found a good guy, wish I would have found him when I still had back teeth!!! Sure would love to keep the ones I have left health
August 18th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Sweet giveaway! Though I hope my haphazard flossing technique doesn’t disqualify me. :o/