Brushing your teeth on a regular basis is one of the most important things that people should do in order to prevent gum disease, as well as tooth cavities and pretty much all other conditions that can also cause tooth decay. Now, while adults obviously know the importance of brushing their teeth, that’s not exactly the case with children. For parents, getting their kids to regularly brush their teeth can be a challenge, and unless they’re keeping an eye on them, parents can’t really know if their kids are brushing their teeth thoroughly enough. That said, for any parents out there that are concerned about their child’s oral hygiene, there’s a new innovative gadget out there that can help to put an end all of your child’s oral hygiene dilemmas. Meet the Willo Essential Kit.
The Willo Essential Kit is a smart automated tooth-brushing system for kids aged between 6 and 17 that’s designed to give parents a reliable solution to kick-start their children’s oral-hygiene routine.
Featuring a very simple, straightforward, and anxiety-free design that makes it easy and intuitive for kids to use it, this smart automated tooth-brushing system allows kids to easily and conveniently remove plaque and stains from their teeth by simply having them placing the system’s tooth-brushing mouthpiece into their mouth.
Best of all, since this smart tooth-brushing system for kids can also be connected to a Smartphone App (called the Willo App), parents are also given an easy and reliable way to track their children’s brushing technique and even receive tips that they can then share with their kids in order to teach them better brushing habits.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at the Willo Essential Kit and check out how this smart automated tooth-brushing system is designed to work, and also talk a little bit about everything it has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the kit’s size, the Willo Essential Kit comes at a very, very compact size, measuring just 4.34 inches long by 5 inches wide by 9.45 inches tall, which makes it fairly easy for parents to install it / set it up in just about within any bathroom sink or bathroom countertop.
On top of that, since the whole kit only weighs 3.4 lbs (when having its evac hose and mouthpiece already installed on it and its rinse pod empty), that also means that the Willo Essential Kit is also easy for you kids to bring with them at all times, whether that’s for a sleepover at a friend’s house, for a family vacation abroad, etc.
Moving on to the unit’s design, this smart automated tooth-brushing system for kids features a minimalist and ultra-modern look throughout its simple white-colored casing, thus allowing the unit to easily blend in with the rest of your bathroom products and furniture.
Moreover, and as said earlier, the system also features a very simple, straightforward, and anxiety-free design that makes it easy and intuitive for kids to use it, which basically makes it easy and convenient for kids to remove plaque and stains from their teeth by simply having them placing the system’s tooth-brushing mouthpiece into their mouth.
Once again, keep in mind that this smart automated tooth-brushing system was designed to be used by those ages 6 to 17.
Now, onto the device’s different components. Starting at the right-side of the unit, we have the system’s mouthpiece, which comes sitting nice and tight at a dedicated holder that keeps it neatly packed when it’s not being used.
This Detachable Mouthpiece is extremely flexible, and is completely for children to use it, as it is made of food-grade silicone. Additionally, the inner side of the system’s Detachable Mouthpiece also comes lined with ultra-soft nylon bristles, which ultimately makes it extremely comfortable for kids, as well as their teeth, of course.
Our GadgetGram team would also like to let our beloved parent readers know that the Willo Essential Kit was also designed to be used by up to 5 family members, and as such, it comes together with a Mouthpiece Pack that includes a wide range of mouthpiece sizes (from XS to XL), in order to help parents ensure that multiple children are able to use the system.
Then, at the top-left side of the unit, we also have a built-in Water Tank that features a maximum water-capacity of 6.76 ox (200 ml), portraying a transparent casing that makes it fairly easy for both parents and their children to keep an eye on its current water capacity, thus making it easy for them to know when the system’s Water Tank has to be refilled.
Then, coming installed at the top-right side of the unit and sitting just next to its Water Tank, we also have a Rinse Pod Slot that’s meant to be used with the kit’s included Rinse Pods, featuring a maximum fluid-capacity of 8.11 ox (240 ml).
These Rinse Pods are designed to work as the system’s toothpaste agent, which is dispensed through the system’s mouthpiece to offer kids a pleasant mint flavored and Fluoride-free rinse while they’re brushing their teeth with the Willo, and that ultimately gives kids a much more enjoyable and more effective clean. (That said, no Fluoride is used as an ingredient).
Note that these Rinse pods are solely made with teeth-friendly ingredients, which include: Water, Xylitol, Natural Mint Flavor, Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf Extract, Coco-Glucoside, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Menthol, and Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract.
Finally, coming as the system’s last component, we have the Willo Smart Rings, which are meant to be used by each Willo-user (meaning each kid) to put their personal mouthpiece together with the Willo’s tooth-brushing handle.
These Willo Smart Rings, are also what’s used by the system in order to have it automatically connect itself to its dedicated Smartphone Companion App (the Willo App – discussed in greater detail further ahead), which allows parents to keep track of their kids’ brushing data, thus allowing them to always know whether or not their kids have been brushing as well as keep an eye on their kid’s brushing technique, and even receive tips that they can then share with their kids in order to teach them better brushing habits.
Note that the Willo is designed to be powered via electric-current – meaning that the system is not battery-powered. That said, the unit features an AC Power Input of 120-230V, features a Power Output of just 36W (at maximum settings), and also features a very whisper-quiet noise-level during its operation of just 55 dB to 61 dB.
HOW DOES THE SYSTEM WORK?
In order to use the system, all that users have to do is to fill up the Willo’s Water Tank, then slot in one of the included Rinse Pods onto its respective slot, and then just put their personal Mouthpiece together by using their own Willo Smart Ring of choice.
After that, it’s just a matter of pressing the built-in On Button that comes integrated directly onto the middle of the system’s tooth-brushing handle.
Once that button is pressed, the system’s patented air-pressure technology triggers the system’s ultra-flexible silicone mouthpiece to move gently around your teeth with multiple contractions that are used to ensure that the mouthpiece’s ultra-soft nylon bristles are able to scrub every tooth completely, not only removing plaque (which is the primary cause for tooth decay and gum disease), but also stimulating the gums.
After around 1 minute of use, the system will also have its tooth-brushing handle starting to vibrate, which helps kids know that its time to turn the mouthpiece over so that they can start cleaning their other row of teeth.
Moreover, since the Willo Essential Kit is designed to work as a smart automated tooth-brushing system for kids, the system also keeps track of brushing history to adapt its automatic brushing patterns whenever that’s necessary.
In other words, if your kids happen to skip a brush, the system will automatically add time to its current brushing pattern in order to add time to make up for that skipped brushing-time.
Lastly, as soon as you’re kid is done using the system, it’s just a matter of rinsing the Wilo’s Detachable Mouthpiece under some running water and packing it away onto its dedicated holder in order to keep the system ready to be used at a later time.
THE SMARTPHONE COMPANION APP – The Willo App
Now, we’ll talk a bit about the system’s dedicated Smartphone Companion App, called the Willo App, which can be downloaded for free for both iOS and Android devices.
Via the App, children can manage their unique Personal Profile, as well as track and check their own personal tooth-brushing data, and even customize and save their own preferred brushing cycles.
Moreover, and as said earlier, via the App, parents are also given an easy and reliable way to track their children’s brushing technique and even receive tips that they can then share with their kids in order to teach them better brushing habits.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The Willo Essential Kit is a smart automated tooth-brushing system for kids aged between 6 and 17 that’s designed to give parents a reliable solution to kick-start their children’s oral-hygiene routine.
Featuring a very simple, straightforward, and anxiety-free design that makes it easy and intuitive for kids to use it, this smart automated tooth-brushing system allows kids to easily and conveniently remove plaque and stains from their teeth by simply having them placing the system’s tooth-brushing mouthpiece into their mouth.
Best of all, parents are also given an easy and reliable way to track their children’s brushing technique via their Smartphones by using the Willo App, which can even provide them with valuable tips that they can then share with their kids in order to teach them better brushing habits.
If you’re interested in buying it, each set is currently discounted from its normal price of $299.99, now going for just $249.99 each (saves you $50), and each purchase also comes accompanied by a 1-Year Warranty. You can order yours online right now, directly from Willo’s official shopping page.
On a side note, while each kit originally comes with a Mouthpiece Pack containing 5 Detachable Mouthpiece of different sizes (XS to XL) as well as 2 rinse pods per child, once you’re younger family members find themselves out of Rinse Pods, know that you can always get more replacements.
Each replacement Mouthpiece goes for $14.99 each and each replacement Rinse Pod also goes for $14.99 each.
