Social toothbrush

2015/01/01 by Ana Caraban, Maria José Ferreira, Rúben Gouveia +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · Psychology · Engineering · #Innovative Human-Technology Interaction #Child Development and Digital Technology #ICT in Developing Communities #Toothbrush #Plug-in #Process (computing) #Psychology #Computer science #Engineering #Mechanical engineering #Brush

paper · doi:10.1145/2800835.2809438

openalex publication_date 2015/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

The earlier in life an individual adopts healthy practices the more impact those practices have on the long term. In this paper we present Social Toothbrush, a hardware plugin for electric toothbrushes that aims to induce proper tooth brushing behaviors on young children and adults. Social Toothbrush does so by taking advantage of family communication and coordination practices to encourage healthy practices. We first describe the theoretical grounding of our design process, Social Translucence, followed by the design and development of Social Toothbrush.

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