Health-tracking toothbrushes, mouth guards lure consumers with audacious claims

The Y-Brush, an electric toothbrush, is displayed at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

If you paid enough attention, you could have found health trackers everywhere at the CES trade show last week. But they didn't necessarily look how you’d expect.

Much of the same technology used in wristbands, smartwatches and rings has been adapted for a wide – and sometimes eccentric – range of products, including toothbrushes, bathroom scales and even a mouth guard.