The Best Electric Toothbrush for Kids in 2023

We’ve updated pricing and availability information for our picks.

More than half of all children in the US will develop a dental cavity by roughly the third grade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Although using an electric toothbrush is not guaranteed to reduce dental issues, experts say a powered brush can make it easier for some kids to achieve good oral health habits.

For children using an electric toothbrush for the first time—or for anyone who prefers gentler vibrations and is okay with doing some manual brushing to achieve a complete cleaning—we think the Quip Kids is a great choice.

An onboard timer helps to ensure that children brush for the amount of time experts recommend.

A proper-size brush head can help kids more effectively brush all of their teeth—including the rear molars, which can be hard to reach in smaller mouths.

This AAA-battery-powered toothbrush has a two-minute timer and a manageable brush head and handle. And it's the quietest, lightest, gentlest, and most aesthetically pleasing of the brushes we’ve tested. It's a great choice for kids learning to use a powered brush or anyone who prefers less-powerful vibrations.

The AAA-battery-operated, vibrating Quip Kids toothbrush has the primary features our experts said a children's brush needs: a smaller brush head and handle. These make it easier for young kids (or adults) to manipulate the brush and reach small spaces in the back of the mouth. This is the quietest, lightest, and—importantly—gentlest brush we’ve tested, and it impressed our kid testers, who had various levels of experience with using an electric toothbrush. The Quip Kids toothbrush is also one of the most affordable electric toothbrushes we tested (replacement brush heads are about $5 apiece, if you sign up to receive a new brush head every three months). The built-in, two-minute timer helps with encouraging kids to brush for the amount of time recommended by leading dental associations. We also like that the Quip Kids comes in simple, solid colors, which we think give the brush wider appeal than those that come only in limited character or cartoon themes. The Quip Kids brush runs on replaceable batteries, instead of recharging on a base unit. But we think this is a worthwhile trade-off, especially for an introductory toothbrush with powered assist.

This rechargeable brush has a fun app, and it could encourage reluctant brushers to develop good habits. But it's twice the price of our pick, and the handle and brush heads are bigger and may not work as well for younger kids and smaller mouths.

*At the time of publishing, the price was $40.

If you want a kids electric toothbrush that recharges by plugging into a base (rather than relying on replaceable batteries), the Philips Sonicare for Kids is a good option. Like the Quip Kids, it vibrates, and it also has a built-in two-minute-timer. Unlike the Quip, its vibrations do much of the "brushing" action. This model pairs via Bluetooth with a fun and robust interactive app, which could be helpful for kids who need encouragement to brush. The Sonicare has a much longer, heavier brush handle than the Quip (it's effectively adult-sized) and larger brush heads (though you can buy compact-sized replacement heads), so it may be too big for younger kids. The Sonicare comes in only two colors (pink and aqua), but it can be customized with stickers.

The rechargeable Oral-B Kids has a small rotating brush head. The body of this electric toothbrush is a bit larger than that of our pick, but our kid testers still found it easy to manipulate. However, it is significantly noisier, and it doesn't sync wirelessly to an app.

*At the time of publishing, the price was $35.

If your child doesn't like the sensations produced by a vibrating toothbrush (which can feel unpleasant or ticklish to some), the rotating Oral-B Kids is an appropriately sized choice that spins instead of vibrates, though it is noisier than the Quip and the Sonicare brushes. This brush is a bit larger than the Quip, but it's smaller than the Sonicare. Like the Sonicare, the Oral-B Kids brush recharges by plugging into a base, and at about $5 apiece, its replacement heads are among the more affordable of those we tested. (Quip replacement heads are also $5, if you subscribe to receive them every three months. Sonicare replacement heads are around $10 each.) Like the Quip and Sonicare brushes, the Oral-B Kids brush has a two-minute timer, and it comes in a plain blue version as well as in several character themes, including Frozen and Star Wars. There's no option to sync wirelessly to an app, which may be a pro or a con, depending on your needs and preferences.

*At the time of publishing, the price was $40.

*At the time of publishing, the price was $35.

To learn about pediatric oral health and using electric toothbrushes with children, we spoke to three experts: Mary Hayes, DDS, a Chicago-based pediatric dentist and spokesperson for the American Dental Association; Joe Castellano, DDS, a pediatric dentist in Laredo, Texas, and president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) at the time of our interview; and Jessica Lee, DDS, MPH, PhD, a pediatric dentist in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and president-elect of the AAPD at the time of our interview.

I’m a senior staff writer for Wirecutter with an extensive background in health journalism. I also have two children (ages 11 and 8) who, bizarrely, love to brush their teeth. Wirecutter senior editor Courtney Schley, who wrote the previous version of this guide, tested brushes with three of her kids, then aged 5, 3, and 1½.

The three pediatric dental experts we spoke to agreed that kids don't need an electric toothbrush in order to brush well. (Neither do adults.) "The proper application of either [a manual or electric toothbrush] is fine for kids," Hayes said. If your child brushes properly and long enough—ideally, for two minutes—with a manual brush, there's no reason to switch. If they have sensory differences or don't like the noise or feel of the electric toothbrush at the dentist, you may want to stick with a manual brush.

But both Hayes and Castellano told us that electric toothbrushes can make it easier for some kids to achieve good brushing habits. An electric toothbrush can also take some of the work out of moving the brush over the teeth and gums. In studies with adults, electric toothbrushes have been shown to remove more plaque and reduce gingivitis compared with manual brushes.

Electric toothbrushes can make it easier for some kids to achieve good brushing habits.

Though the packaging of most of the toothbrushes we considered states that the products are meant for kids age 3 and older, according to Castellano, "There are no formal guidelines on when you can use an electric toothbrush versus a manual toothbrush." Castellano said that some children dislike the noise and vibrations made by an electric toothbrush, while others are enthusiastic users (the novelty of the moving parts can be motivating for reluctant brushers).

Most electric toothbrushes for kids, including most of those we tested, have fun or cute designs—cartoon characters and animal designs as well as (sometimes) musical timers or flashing lights—which may also help motivate young brushers. Some can pair with apps that track and reward good brushing. There's no data to support the idea that the use of apps or interactive games helps kids maintain better brushing habits, so whether you want to introduce an app into the brushing routine will depend on you and your kid (you may well not; we had to wipe a lot of toothpaste spray off of the iPhone screen during testing).

Some parents may worry that the rapid rotations or vibrations of an electric toothbrush could hurt their child's gums, but both Hayes and Castellano said this shouldn't be a concern with a brush from a well-known company. "Electric toothbrushes are generally designed to be good to gums, and not hurt the gums whether it's an adult or a child," Castellano told us.

Hayes cautioned that no matter the toothbrush type, most kids don't have the dexterity or maturity to properly brush their teeth by themselves until around age 8. Using an electric toothbrush won't take away the need for adult supervision and instruction in proper techniques. The electric toothbrush does not know where to go by itself," Hayes said. "You need to be brushing mindfully and thoughtfully."

Electric toothbrushes are more expensive than manual brushes. The brush itself may cost at least $20, and replacement heads can cost $5 or more apiece (we do not recommend buying knockoffs). You need to change them at least every three months, and in our experience, more often, depending on how rough your kid is on the brush head.

You can find disposable electric toothbrushes for kids in drugstores and supermarkets that cost only slightly more than a manual brush, but they’ll last only until the battery dies or the brush head wears out. We didn't test these, but if you want to see how your kid takes to an electric toothbrush before investing in one of our AAA-battery-powered or rechargeable-battery-powered picks, they can be a good way to start.

After more than 100 hours of research and considering nearly every model available, we think the Oral-B Pro 1000 is the best rechargeable electric toothbrush.

As long as your child can hold and manipulate it comfortably, they can use an adult-sized toothbrush. However, kids often need smaller brush heads to effectively brush their teeth, especially the back molars. The Oral-B Pro 1000 and the Philips Sonicare 4100, the picks from our main electric toothbrush guide, are compatible with those brands’ kid-sized replacement brush heads.

Like adult brushes, the bristles on kids electric toothbrushes can move by oscillating/rotating or vibrating ("sonic") motions. There's no consensus that one type of movement works better than another at removing plaque or preventing gingivitis.

Our experts told us that the only thing a kids electric toothbrush really needs to be effective is a kid-sized brush head. Kids have less space between their back molars and jaws than adults, and a standard-sized brush head may not be able to reach the crevices. "If it's too big, you can't brush the back teeth properly," Hayes said. All of the electric toothbrushes for kids we found either come with or offer separately a smaller brush head, typically about half the size of a standard brush head intended for adults.

Kid-sized brush heads don't have a common standard, and mouth sizes vary by age and kid, so it's important to confirm that whatever you buy fits your child's mouth. Hayes recommends checking with your child's dentist if you’re not sure. She also said it's fine to continue using a small brush head even as your child's mouth gets bigger—some kids and even adults prefer it. (AAPD president-elect Jessica Lee proudly uses a manual baby toothbrush to brush her teeth.)

Kids have less space between their back molars and jaws, so they need a smaller brush head to brush their back teeth properly.

Another useful feature for electric toothbrushes, both for kids and adults, is an automated timer that can help you make sure you brush for the full amount of time recommended by the ADA. Though each of our three picks have built-in two-minute timers, a simple sand timer or egg timer can work just as well.

Unlike electric toothbrushes for adults, which exist in dozens of designs and permutations, there aren't many different models for kids. For our initial round of testing in 2018, we made a list of every electric toothbrush for kids with rechargeable or replaceable batteries that we could find at Amazon, Target, Walmart, and other retailers. With the above criteria in mind, we identified four brushes to test:

Oral-B Pro-Health Jr. (now discontinued)Philips Sonicare for KidsBrusheez Kid's Electronic Toothbrush SetBrush Buddies My First Soniclean

We had a 3-year-old and almost-5-year-old tester use each of the brushes over the course of about a week for morning and nightly brushings. (We also used some of the models with an 18-month-old.) After using each brush for about a week, the kid testers continued using the top two performers for regular brushings.

The two testers brushed semi-independently, with an adult supervising but the children mostly holding and manipulating the brushes themselves.

We noted how easily the child was able to move the brush around their mouth, and if the handle was easy to grip. We paid attention to how the brushes endured being chewed on, twisted, dropped, and occasionally thrown around the bathroom. We also noted if the brush heads could detach easily during use.

Each of the brushes had a two-minute timer, which the kids used during each session. We noted how easy it was for the kids to time themselves and know when the brushing session was complete.

We paid attention to how the brushes endured being chewed on, twisted, dropped, and occasionally thrown around the bathroom.

Two of the brushes we tested had apps meant to track and incentivize brushing, which we tested on an iPhone.

All electric toothbrushes buzz, vibrate or spin, and make noise. Because everyone has different preferences, we paid attention to how the brushes felt and sounded, but didn't eliminate any brushes based on type of motion or noise.

After learning that our former top pick—the Oral-B Pro-Health Jr.—had been discontinued, we did a new round of testing in late 2019 with four brushes: the Oral-B Kids (the updated version of our previous top pick, the Oral-B Jr.); the Philips Sonicare for Kids (our previous runner-up pick); the Quip Kids, which was released after our original testing; and the AutoBrush for Kids V3. Two additional kid testers, ages 8 and 5, used the brushes over six weeks. In 2021, we also tested the Quip Kids Smart Electric toothbrush.

The AAA-battery-powered Quip Kids offers the best combination of kid-appropriate sizing, design, durability, affordability, quietness, and aesthetics of the brushes we tested. The Quip is small and slim compared with most electric toothbrushes for kids, and we found the shorter handle and lighter weight was appropriate for our 5- and 8-year-old testers’ hands and fine motor skills. They were both able to move the Quip around their mouths with more dexterity than they could with longer or heavier brushes, such as the Sonicare and Oral-B Kids. And unlike those larger electric toothbrushes, the Quip Kids can fit easily in a standard-sized medicine cabinet.

The Quip Kids has the same handle and vibrating bristles as the Quip for adults—which we tested for our main guide to the best electric toothbrushes—paired with a scaled-down brush head. We dismissed the adult Quip in our main guide because it had weaker vibrations compared with other toothbrushes, but we found the Quip Kids’ weaker vibrations to be a benefit for younger users and smaller mouths. (Plus it helped keep the bathroom mirror free of toothpaste spray.) Compared with our kids’ picks from Philips Sonicare and Oral-B, the Quip Kids requires more manual brushing action in order to achieve a complete cleaning. But it is by far the quietest of the brushes we've tested, with a near-silent vibrating hum during use.

The Quip Kids brush head is made up of 1,200 soft nylon bristles surrounded by a perimeter of thicker rubberized plastic nubs. The back of the brush head is constructed of rubberized plastic, which is far more comfortable against teeth and gums than the hard plastic of our other picks’ brush heads. The Quip Kids brush handle has an easy-to-hold grip, which helps small hands better control the brush. In our testing, the Quip has held up well to wear and tear: After a month of being used twice daily, the brushes still looked brand new. Replacement heads are available only on the Quip website; they are among the least expensive of those we tested, costing $5 apiece if you subscribe to a refill plan, which sends you a replacement head every three months (they’re more expensive when purchased individually).

At the time of publication, the Quip Kids was available in four simple, solid colors. It's the only kids brush we’ve tested that does not have a default character or cartoon theme. And we think this makes the brush more broadly appealing to kids of different ages (and to their parents). Our 5- and 8-year-old testers appreciated that the Quip looks like a "grown-up toothbrush." For households with more than one kid, the multiple color options also make it easier to identify whose brush belongs to whom.

The Quip Kids has a built-in timer: Every 30 seconds, the brush pauses briefly (and silently) to alert the brusher to move to a new quadrant of their mouth. This can be helpful when teaching some kids how to pace their brushing over two minutes, but the silent pause may be too subtle for younger kids to notice. After two minutes, the brush pulses to signal that the cycle is over and then shuts itself off, a wonderful feature for any parent who has entered the bathroom after a busy morning only to find a sentient toothbrush noisily crawling around on the tile floor.

A Wirecutter senior editor whose then 10- and 5-year-old kids had been using the Quip Kids for more than a year (getting replacement heads via subscription) reported that the brushes continue to work well, particularly for her younger child who has had dental issues. The timer helps motivate him to brush for the full two minutes, they said.

Rather than plugging into a rechargeable base like the Sonicare Kids, Oral-B Kids, and many other electric toothbrushes, the Quip Kids runs on a single AAA battery, which needs to be replaced approximately every three months. Although some people may find it annoying to have to pop in a new battery every few months, we don't think it's too big of an inconvenience. For households with multiple children, it may even be a blessing—we would much rather change batteries every few months than keep multiple chargers on our already-overcrowded bathroom countertops.

While standard (adult-sized) replacement Quip brush heads are now available in some stores, the only way to obtain replacement heads for the Quip Kids is by ordering from the company's website. Quip incentivizes signing up for a "refill plan" to automatically receive a new brush head every three months: The subscription costs $5, ships for free, and includes a new AAA battery. If you want to purchase a replacement head without subscribing, you’ll pay $5 per brush head, plus $10 flat-rate shipping—objectively not a good deal unless you buy in bulk. One Wirecutter staffer, whose two kids use Quip toothbrushes, said that signing up to receive new brush heads every three months has been a convenient way to remember to replace them in a timely manner. And even if you prefer to purchase brush heads à la carte and pay $10 for shipping, as long as you buy at least three at a time, the cost per brush head is still less than that of the Sonicare (and it drops further the more brush heads you buy at once).

The Quip Kids also doesn't come with a brush-head cover, but in our experience, those tend to go missing after about a week, so we don't consider this to be a dealbreaker.

*At the time of publishing, the price was $40.

The rechargeable Philips Sonicare for Kids is almost as quiet as the Quip Kids, and like the Quip, its bristles vibrate instead of spin. However, both the body and the brush head are bigger than those of the Quip—and not as durable—so it may not be as good a choice for younger kids. The Sonicare is the only brush we recommend that can connect via Bluetooth to an interactive app designed to help children improve their brushing habits. But this brush costs twice as much as the Quip, and the replacement brush heads are more expensive too. Unlike the Quip, the Sonicare comes in only two colors (light blue and pink), though kids can customize the brush with included sticker panels.

The body of the Sonicare for Kids is basically the same size as the company's adult-sized models, which we found to be a bit unwieldy for our preschool-aged testers, though it may be fine for an older child. Also, the Sonicare for Kids comes with a standard-sized brush head, meaning the same size as the brush head you’d get with the company's adult brushes. Again, this may work fine for some kids, but as our experts noted, other kids, especially younger ones, will need to use a smaller brush head to clean their teeth effectively. Sonicare's kid-sized brush heads cost about $10 each, nearly double the price of the Quip Kids’ replacement heads (when you sign up for the refill plan).

The Sonicare brush heads are encased in a rubber-like skin, which we found quickly showed teeth marks and began ripping off, wearing out after less than a month of regular use by some of our younger testers. If your child tends to be rough on brushes or bite down on the brush head, you may need to replace the Sonicare brush head more frequently.

Like the Quip Kids, the Sonicare has a built-in two-minute quadrant timer. Every 30 seconds, it briefly pauses and beeps to let the brusher know that it's time to switch to a different quadrant of their mouth. The beep is audible, but so quick that a kid may not notice it unless they are paying close attention.

The Sonicare brush is meant to pair with the Philips Sonicare For Kids app (iOS, Android), but can be used without it. Sonicare's app is interactive and fun, and it may help motivate reluctant brushers to follow proper brushing techniques. You start by adopting a "Sparkly," a creature that hatches from an egg and looks like a saucer-eyed Koosh ball with big teeth (the Sonicare also comes with Sparkly-themed stickers to decorate the brush's handle). After syncing the brush via Bluetooth, once you turn the brush on, a two-minute countdown clock automatically starts on the app, along with an animation showing a toothbrush methodically brushing the quadrants of Sparkly's mouth, with music and verbal cues for when to change from top to bottom, left to right.

The app doesn't track the brusher's actual movements, but the animation will pause if you turn off the brush mid-session. Note that brushing by quadrant isn't a necessary technique for oral hygiene. Still, some kids may find it instructive to watch a visualization of the brushing process, and we noticed that one of our 5-year-old testers attentively followed the prompts when using the app. Once you finish brushing, your Sparkly earns a gift—food, accessories, or a new background—and you can interact with your pet by feeding them, dressing them up, or making them do tricks.

*At the time of publishing, the price was $35.

The Oral-B Kids is a sturdy electric toothbrush that performed well with our kid testers. Unlike the Quip and Sonicare brush heads, the Oral-B's bristles spin instead of vibrate. As we note in our guide to electric toothbrushes for adults, there's no evidence that one motor type works better than the other, but if your child finds the sensations produced by vibrating brushes to be unpleasant or too tickly, they may have a better experience with a rotating brush like the Oral-B Kids. The Oral-B Kids does make more noise than the Quip and Sonicare, however.

The Oral-B Kids is basically a scaled-down version of our electric toothbrush pick for adults, the Oral-B 1000. It's between the Quip and Sonicare in size, and it worked well for our 3- and 5-year-old testers’ hands and fine motor skills. They were both able to move the brush around their mouths with more dexterity than they could with longer brushes like the Sonicare. We also liked the texturized handle, which can help prevent the brush from slipping out of young kids’ hands.

The Oral-B Kids brush head is made of hard plastic with soft nylon bristles, and it held up better to the wear and tear of our testers than that of the Sonicare after a couple of weeks of brushing. Oral-B's kid-sized brush heads cost about $4 to $5 apiece, depending on the theme, and were among the cheapest we tested.

Like the Quip Kids and Sonicare Kids, the Oral-B Kids has a built-in timer: Every 30 seconds, the brush pauses briefly to alert the brusher to move to a new section of the mouth. After two minutes, it pulses to signal that the cycle is over (but will keep running).

Oral-B offers a simple app, Disney Magic Timer by Oral-B (iOS, Android), which you can use with this brush, or any toothbrush. The app shows an animation of a toothbrush scrubbing away to slowly reveal a picture—for example, a scene from a Disney movie—over a two-minute brushing session, and the brusher can earn "stickers" for a virtual album. (You can pay in-app to unlock more Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars themes.)

The AutoBrush Kids is a mouthguard-shaped toothbrush that claims to be capable of brushing a child's entire mouth in 30 seconds or less. To use the AutoBrush, the child inserts the entire brush into their mouth, closes their jaw, and presses a button that causes the bristles to simultaneously vibrate over all of their teeth while a musical tune plays for 30 seconds, without requiring any active brushing on the child's part. But we found the AutoBrush's bristles incapable of reaching our testers’ gums or back molars, and the teeth it did reach were not fully cleaned, with food specks still visible even after two rounds of use. The AutoBrush is also difficult to clean thoroughly, and inconveniently requires a special foam toothpaste made by AutoBrush, which doesn't contain fluoride. At $10 apiece, the replacement brush heads are among the most expensive that we tested.

Willo, a mouthguard-style automatic toothbrush attached to a heavy, cumbersome base, is equally as ineffective at cleaning teeth as the Autobrush. The silicone mouthguard, even after multiple washings, had a strange aftertaste, and the uncomfortable machine-made sucking motions did not adequately remove plaque or food specks from teeth. It's also difficult to clean and requires a lot of space on a bathroom counter. The version of Willo we tested was marketed as a $250 family-friendly toothbrush for up to five people. But since then, the price dropped to $150 and the company rebranded to be specifically kid-centric (though this model still comes with five mouth guards for family usage). Replacement brush heads are $10 each, which is much more expensive than our picks'.

The Quip Kids Smart Electric toothbrush is the "smart" version of our main pick, and costs $20 more. The bright yellow, Bluetooth-enabled brush (which is otherwise the same as the Quip Kids) pairs with an app (available for Android and IOS) to track kids’ brushing technique and duration, with the aim of motivating and rewarding good habits. The accompanying app feels more grown up and therefore is more likely to appeal to a tween or teen than the Sonicare for Kids app. We found it didn't offer enough novelty or excitement to motivate our nine-year-old tester to keep using it. We also frequently had issues pairing the app with the brush.

The inexpensive BriteBrush Interactive Smart Kids Toothbrush is actually a manual toothbrush (the brush head doesn't vibrate or rotate) that uses sensors (to track brushing motions), voice commands, music (beware, one version is "Baby Shark"-themed), and games to encourage kids to brush in a proper manner and for the correct amount of time. We tested the BriteBrush brushes with 3-, 5- and 7-year-old testers, and although the games and music caught their attention, the brushing commands prompted by the sensors were often confusing (the brush would repeatedly exhort: "Brush up and down!" when the kids were brushing in a normal side-to-side manner).

The Brusheez Kid's Electronic Toothbrush Set, which runs on two AA batteries, hit many of the marks: It's smaller than an adult brush and comes with a kid-sized rotating brush head that worked well for our young testers. But our 3-year-old tester managed to break the brush head completely during normal use (it's likely she bit down slightly on the head, which is "normal use" for that age). The Brusheez brush head can also pop off easily. To attach and detach it, you give the brush head a quarter turn, but it was easy to accidentally turn the brush head while using it, which frees the head to pop off. Additionally, if you attach the head but forget to give it a quarter turn, it can pop off easily. We found that the Quip and Sonicare brush heads attached more securely, because you have to physically jam the brush head onto the brush body. The Brusheez comes as a set, with a bulky brush stand and attached sand timer (the brush itself doesn't have a built-in timer). The analog timer worked surprisingly well with our testers, who found the falling sand mesmerizing, but in the humid bathroom environment, the sand had a habit of getting stuck.

The 5-inch battery-powered Brush Buddies My First Soniclean is the smallest brush we tested: The packaging states that it's meant for ages 6 months to 3 years. The brush head vibrates, but the bristles themselves don't appear to vibrate or move, so we doubt that it offers as much cleaning power as the other brushes we tested. The brush head attaches with a quarter turn, and we found that it detached easily.

We didn't test the Foreo Issa Mikro or Issa Mini 2 silicone brushes because they’re very expensive and have poor customer reviews. A Wirecutter editor who previously used the Mikro with her toddler and doesn't recommend it for kids who still bite or chew their brushes, as they can easily bite through the silicone skin on the brush head—and the brush head isn't replaceable. The Mini's replacement heads cost $35 apiece. The company claims that the all-silicone bristles and brush head are gentler on the gums, but the experts we spoke to said standard nylon-bristled electric toothbrushes shouldn't damage gums, so we don't see an advantage to using a silicone brush.

Courtney Schley contributed reporting in 2018.

The latest version of this article was edited by Courtney Schley and Kalee Thompson.

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