I’m sure some of the new toothbrush technology out there isn’t as awesome for you as the advertisements make them out to be, but in general I think they’re pretty helpful. I have an Oral-B Triumph (used to have a Sonicare, but in my opinion it was not as good as the Triumph) and it has heads with the little rubbery parts. I notice quite a difference when I use those heads versus heads with regular nylon bristles. The rubber ones definitely massage your gums more, and I feel like I get a more thorough, albeit a bit more brutal, tooth cleaning. My boyfriend uses a Sonicare and finds my Triumph too rough, but I found that my Sonicare didn’t clean the insides of my teeth very thoroughly.