
Oral-B Pro 500
Oscillating-rotating
- 3-year cost
- ~$95
- Battery
- not published
- $40 handle
- $5 heads
- ADA-listed model
Best for: A basic rechargeable for a second bathroom or a teenager
Type
12 models · 2 brands, ~$40–$330
Oscillating-rotating brushes use a small round head that cups one tooth at a time and turns rapidly back and forth; Oral-B's models add pulsation or micro-vibrations. You guide the head slowly from tooth to tooth rather than scrubbing. Makers of these brushes rarely publish a speed (Oral-B gives none for its US iO range), so the comparisons here lean on sensors, modes and running cost instead.
Ordered by price, lowest first.

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: A basic rechargeable for a second bathroom or a teenager

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: A low running cost on a round-head brush

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: An Oral-B-style round head from a smaller maker, with a case

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: The cheapest way into the iO head and pressure light

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: Someone moving from a manual brush who wants the iO head without paying for a screen

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: Round-head brushing with automatic app logging

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: App tracking and a case without paying for a screen

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: People who want Intense and Super Sensitive modes on one handle

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: The cheapest iO with a screen on the handle

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: App-led coaching with 3D teeth tracking

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: A color screen and every sensitivity setting short of iO9 money

Oscillating-rotating
Best for: Frequent travellers who want to leave the charging stand at home