If you think about it, your toothbrush is probably the household item you use most often.

It’s also one of those designs that have stood the test of time. Yeah, you get electric and vibrating varieties, but the basic ‘bristle on a stick’ idea is still in play.

Until now, anyway.

One French company is attempting to redesign the product for the first time in more than a century, with a gadget that it claims can clean your teeth in just 10 seconds, reports The Telegraph.

Check it out:

As you can see, the device looks like a mouthguard kitted out with hundreds of small nylon bristles laid out at 45-degree angles. Apparently, that’s the recommended angle for brushing – who knew?

“Y-Brush functions like an electric toothbrush – a handle activates a brush with sonic vibrations, but its head is in the shape of a Y allowing complete coverage of all of the teeth,” the company claims.

While the time saving is great, I’m not entirely convinced that it’s going to take off. If nobody has managed to change the toothbrush in 1 400 years, it probably isn’t going anywhere any time soon.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

[source:telegraph]