DENTAL NEWS: Two health professionals from New York have developed a toothbrush that doesn't require the use of running water. Called AquaFree, the toothbrush uses its own water supply concealed in the brush's handle for rinsing.
AquaFree is the brain child of entrepreneurs and health professionals Todd Spinelli and Frank Ottaviani and was unveiled earlier this month at the annual Greater New York Dental Meeting and Convention.
More than 100,000 of the new toothbrushes will be handed out to local school children in New York City and Long Island in the upcoming months to conserve more than 2 million gallons of water from local residents a day.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated the average citizen wasted 2 gallons of water daily as part of brushing teeth and oral hygiene.
More than 2 billion people in the world don't have access to sanitary water and the AquaFree toothbrush could provide a healthy alternative as well as contribute to the well being of others in which water conservation is mandatory, Spinelli and Ottaviani said.
DENTAL VIEWS: Saving water is all well and good but I think the creators of this toothbrush fail to realize the biggest advantage of their product is not that it'll save a few gallons of water per year but rather that it'll make it easier for the average person to brush of their teeth more often without having to have access to running water all the time.
Count me as one of these "average persons".
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