Paid commercial feature by Smyle · written and published by SoGoodTours
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Netherlands edition/10 November 2026
Advertorial · Smyle
The part of your mouth your toothbrush can’t reach
Brushing cleans what the bristles touch. Between two touching teeth, that is very little. A Dutch oral-care brand believes the answer is a precise jet of water — and says more than two thousand reviewers agree.
Ask anyone who has ever been told off by a hygienist and they will describe the same scene: a small plastic box of floss, a mirror, two hands, and a jaw held at an angle that no human neck was designed for. The advice is right. The method is where it falls apart.
A toothbrush is excellent at the surfaces it can reach. The space between two touching teeth is not one of them — bristles simply do not fit. That narrow gap is where plaque settles first and where a good deal of decay begins, which is why every dental professional in the Netherlands says the same thing in a slightly different way: brush twice, and clean between the teeth once.
Most of us hear the first half of that sentence and quietly skip the second. Not out of laziness, exactly. String floss tears, it slips, it costs two hands and a mirror, and by the time you have finished one quadrant you have already decided this is a habit you will not keep.
A water flosser replaces the string, not the effort: it sends a pulsed jet along the gumline and between the teeth. Photograph: Smyle.
So what does a water flosser actually do?
Instead of a thread dragged between two teeth, a water flosser aims a thin, pulsed jet of water at the gumline. Run it along the outside and inside of each arch and the jet flushes out the loose plaque and food debris that a brush never arrives at. It takes one hand, about a minute, and no mirror gymnastics.
The Smyle Water Flosser is a compact cordless version of that idea: three intensity settings, so a sensitive gumline is not blasted at full power on day one; three interchangeable nozzles — standard, periodontal for extra gum care, and orthodontic for braces; and a body slim enough to stand on the edge of a small sink without taking over the shelf.
“A water flosser is not a substitute for your dentist. It is a substitute for the thing you were never going to do every night.”
By the numbers
What arrives in the box
A cordless handle, a charging base, a USB cable and the three nozzles. Nothing to assemble and nothing to plug into the wall while you use it, which matters more than it sounds in a bathroom with one socket and a shaver adapter already in it.
The full kit: handle, charging base, USB cable, and standard, periodontal and orthodontic nozzles. Photograph: Smyle.
Three intensities
Low, medium and high pressure — start soft, build up.
Three nozzles
Standard, periodontal and orthodontic, all in the box.
30 days per charge
USB charging, so one cable covers a month of nights.
IPX7 waterproof
Rated for full immersion — safe at a wet Dutch sink.
UV self-cleaning
The nozzle is cleaned under UV light on every charge.
Ocean-bound plastic
Made from plastic collected within 50 km of the coast.
Specifications as published by Smyle on wesmyle.com. Figures are manufacturer claims and were not independently tested by SoGoodTours.
In practice
Why it suits a Dutch bathroom
Anyone who has lived in a canal house knows the arithmetic of a Dutch bathroom: beautiful proportions, generous windows, and a shelf about the width of a paperback. A flosser that lives on a charging base and takes up a few centimetres of that shelf is a device you actually keep out — and a device you keep out is one you use.
The IPX7 rating matters here too. Dutch bathrooms are humid, splashes happen, and a unit that can be rinsed under the tap rather than dabbed dry with a towel is easier to live with. Add thirty days of use per charge and it becomes a travel item as well: a weekend in Zeeland or a flight from Schiphol does not require a charger.
On the edge of the sink, not in a drawer. Photograph: Smyle.
The sustainability angle is the part Smyle leans on hardest. The body is built from ocean-bound plastic — material collected within 50 kilometres of a coastline before it reaches the sea — and shipping to the Netherlands is described as free and CO₂-neutral. It does not make a water flosser a green product by default, but compared with a drawer full of single-use floss picks, the direction of travel is at least the right one.
Compare
String floss, or water
Water flossing does not remove the sticky, well-established plaque that a hygienist scrapes away, and string floss still has the edge when two teeth are pressed tightly together. What the jet wins on is the thing that decides whether a habit survives: it is easy enough to do every night.
A comparison of traditional string floss and the Smyle Water Flosser
String floss
Smyle
Reaches between touching teeth
Yes
Yes
Works with one hand
No
Yes
Comfortable with braces or bridgework
No
Yes
Gentle on a sensitive gumline
No
Yes
No single-use string or picks
No
Yes
Fits in a wash bag for a weekend away
Yes
Yes
What the reviews add up to
Most of the verified reviews Smyle publishes land on the same two points: the first week feels strange, and after that the routine sticks. The complaints are the honest ones you would expect from any water flosser — a full tank is finite, and the highest setting takes getting used to. Smyle answers both with the 60-day trial on the product page.
4.6 / 5
Average rating from 2,000+ verified reviews, per Smyle
1,500+
Dentists Smyle says recommend the flosser
60 days
Risk-free trial, so one month of habit-building is included
Free
CO₂-neutral delivery to the Netherlands
Figures supplied by Smyle. SoGoodTours has not audited the review data or the sample behind it.
Questions
The things readers actually ask
Does a water flosser replace string floss?
Will my gums bleed at first?
Can I use it with braces, crowns or implants?
How long does the battery last, and how does it charge?
How does ordering work in the Netherlands?
The verdict
The floss you will still be using in March
The Smyle Water Flosser does not make cleaning between your teeth effortless — you still have to stand there for a minute, twice a day, and mean it. What it removes is every practical excuse: no string, no mirror, no two-handed negotiation, no single-use plastic in the bin. On a cold, grey Amsterdam evening in November, that is the whole difference between a routine and a good intention.
Product spotlight
Smyle Water Flosser
Rated 4.6 / 5 by 2,000+ verified reviewers, according to Smyle
$79 on wesmyle.com — the euro price, any current offer and availability are confirmed at checkout.
Three intensities, three nozzles — a soft start for sensitive gums
IPX7 waterproof, 30 days per charge, UV self-cleaning nozzle
Built from ocean-bound plastic collected within 50 km of the coast
Free CO₂-neutral delivery to the Netherlands and a 60-day trial
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Nothing in this feature is dental or medical advice, and no product prevents or treats disease on its own. Individual results vary. Claims about the Smyle Water Flosser are those of Smyle; read the product page at wesmyle.com before ordering.
