# Dyson's $499 Toothbrush Has a CAMERA That Fires Mouthwash at Your Teeth 28 Times a Second **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** tools, tips-tricks, ai, news, eye-opening\ **Created:** [September 3, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/dysons-499-toothbrush-has-a-camera-that-fires-mouthwash-at-your-teeth-28-times-a-second/325265 "2026-09-03T16:33:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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# 🪥 Dyson Put a CAMERA Inside a Toothbrush That Fires Mouthwash at Your Teeth 28 Times a Second _A $499 brush with a tiny eyeball that hunts the gaps in your mouth and blasts them with liquid. I mean… what are we even doing anymore._ **100,000-pixel camera · 28 photos per second · fires liquid in 100 milliseconds · trained on 470,000 mouth pics · 16 million lines of code · $499.** Dyson — yeah, the vacuum people — just dropped the [CameraJet](https://www.engadget.com/2248230/dyson-camerajet-is-a-500-three-in-one-toothbrush-that-scans-your-maw/), a toothbrush with a literal camera and AI that spots the gaps between your teeth and shoots mouthwash into them while you brush. You are not ready. Neither was I. ![Toothbrush GIF](https://media.giphy.com/media/l3fQt7TE3c3MOOtSE/giphy.gif) > **🧩 Dumb Mode Dictionary** > > | Fancy word | What it actually means | > | --- | --- | > | CameraJet | A toothbrush with a tiny camera + a water gun built in | > | Macro camera | A super close-up mini-camera (100,000 pixels — basically enough to see your teeth, not spy on you) | > | Machine learning | Software that “learned” what plaque looks like by staring at 470,000 photos of teeth | > | On-device processing | The thinking happens _inside the brush_ — nothing gets uploaded to the cloud | > | Conical jet | A cone-shaped spray of liquid instead of a thin needle-stream (covers more) | > | Anti-gravity tank | A little tank engineered so the pump never “fires blanks” (no air bubbles) | > **🦷 So what is this thing, actually?** > > Okay so picture a normal electric toothbrush. Now jam a microscopic camera into the head of it. That camera takes **28 pictures of your mouth every single second** , and the built-in AI looks at each one going “gap here, plaque there.” The second it spots a spot between two teeth, it fires a cone of mouthwash right into the gap — in about **100 milliseconds**. Faster than you can blink. > > - It’s a **3-in-1** : brush + water flosser + camera that doubles as a [dental endoscope](https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/oral-health/dyson-camerajet-review) (you can literally look inside your own mouth on your phone). > - Dyson says it pulled **~70% more plaque** from the hard-to-reach spots than premium electric brushes in lab tests. > - Straight from [Dyson’s own announcement](https://www.dyson.com/discover/news/latest/introducing-camerajet). This is real. > **📊 The receipts** > > | Spec | Number | > | --- | --- | > | Price | $499 (yes, five hundred dollars) | > | Camera | 100,000 pixels, macro | > | Photos per second | 28 | > | Reaction time | ~100 milliseconds | > | Training photos | 470,000 real dental images | > | Code | 16 million lines | > | Extra plaque removed | ~70% in tough spots | > > Sources: [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-01/dyson-announces-499-camerajet-smart-toothbrush-with-ai-built-in-camera), [Gizmodo](https://gizmodo.com/dysons-smart-toothbrush-uses-a-camera-to-floss-your-teeth-2000805449). > **🕵️ Wait — a camera in my MOUTH? Who's watching?** > > Fair question, and honestly the first thing I thought too. Dyson swears the images are **never stored and never uploaded** — all the AI figuring-out happens right inside the brush, then the photo’s gone. On-device only. No cloud. > > Do I 100% trust a company to keep that promise forever with a firmware update? I mean… you decide. But the tech setup they describe (processing on the device) is the _good_ kind of privacy design. The [full teardown at Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2248230/dyson-camerajet-is-a-500-three-in-one-toothbrush-that-scans-your-maw/) breaks it down. > **💬 What the timeline's saying** > > - “$499 for a toothbrush is diabolical work” — basically everyone > - Reviewers who actually tried it are weirdly impressed by the “look inside your mouth” endoscope trick > - The real plot twist: Dyson is _also_ cooking a low-foam mouthwash and special toothpaste to sell alongside it. Razor-and-blades, baby. They want you buying refills forever. > - Half the internet: “so it’s a $500 subscription to my own teeth” #### Cool. A Toothbrush Now Has Better Eyesight Than Half My Family… Now What the Hell Do We Do? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ![Brushing teeth GIF](https://media.giphy.com/media/Lv4YGuoPaL1pC/giphy.gif) Here’s where it gets fun. A $499 gadget with a camera and AI drops, and 95% of people just… buy it or ignore it. But you’re here. So let’s talk about the angles nobody’s looking at yet. > **🪞 The Endoscope Side-Door** > > Everybody’s fixated on the _brushing_. But this thing has a working **mouth camera** — a mini dental scope regular people have never had at home. There’s a whole crowd who’d pay to see inside their own mouth: people scared of the dentist, parents checking a kid’s toothache at 11pm, folks with braces. > > You become the person in your town who does a “mouth check” — film the inside of someone’s mouth, hand them the clip to show their actual dentist. Not diagnosing (leave that to the pros), just _showing_. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A 24-year-old in Manila with dental-nervous relatives sets up “mouth-cam checks” at family gatherings, films everyone’s back molars on the CameraJet endoscope, sends the clips to a real dentist friend who flags who needs an appointment. Word spreads to neighbors. Charges a small fee per check. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** First bookings in ~2 weeks once neighbors hear. Cools off in ~4 months when the novelty fades — but by then you’ve got a referral pipeline to that dentist. > **🩹 The Refill Arbitrage** > > Dyson’s selling special [low-foam mouthwash and SLS-free toothpaste](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dyson-camerajet-the-first-toothbrush-with-a-camera-and-a-jet-to-target-the-gaps-and-remove-plaque-between-your-teeth-302865389.html) made for this brush. Classic move — sell the gadget once, sell the juice forever. But here’s the gap: people hate paying brand-name refill prices. > > The play: figure out which cheap, widely-available low-foam mouthwashes are actually safe and compatible with the jet, test them, and become the **“don’t get robbed on refills” guy**. A simple compatibility cheat-sheet is pure gold to 100,000 new owners googling frantically. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A pharmacy student in Lagos buys the top 6 supermarket mouthwashes, tests foam levels in the jet, posts a one-page “works / clogs / avoid” chart in Dyson owner groups on Facebook and Reddit. Becomes the go-to name, then quietly links bulk-buy deals. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** Traction in ~3 weeks. Stays useful for a year+ since new owners arrive constantly — until Dyson locks refills to a chip (watch for that). > **🪟 The Patch Window Sprint** > > Brand new product = **zero content exists yet**. Right now if you search “CameraJet how to clean the tank” or “CameraJet camera fogging fix,” you get nothing. That’s a 2-4 week window before everyone piles in. > > Be first to document every real-world quirk: how to unclog it, how to stop the lens fogging, battery tricks. First-mover on a niche term owns the search spot for years. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A gadget tinkerer in Karachi buys one day-one, films 8 short “CameraJet problem → fix” clips (fog, clog, tank refill, app pairing), titles them with the exact problems people type. First to the term = first in results when the product blows up. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** Views trickle for 2 weeks, then spike hard as sales ramp for the holidays. The early videos keep earning long after latecomers show up. > **📸 The Rich-People Gadget Rental** > > $499 is a _lot_ to drop on a maybe. Tons of curious people want to TRY it before buying — especially for a wedding, a big date, a job interview where you want a perfect smile. That’s a rental market hiding in plain sight. > > Buy one (or partner with someone who has it), offer short “try before you commit” rentals or one-off deep-clean sessions with fresh brush heads. People pay for access to expensive toys they won’t buy. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A student in Jakarta lists a “CameraJet fresh-smile session” on a local marketplace before big events — sanitized, new head each time, 20-minute deep clean + let them see their own before/after on the camera. Charges per session, brush pays for itself in weeks. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** First renters within days of listing. Peaks around wedding/event season, slows when prices drop and more people just buy their own. > **🧾 The 'Is It Worth It' Middleman** > > There’s a giant crowd hovering over the buy button going “is a $500 toothbrush actually worth it or am I an idiot.” They don’t want a paid ad — they want a real human who tested it honestly against a normal $30 brush. > > Become the straight-shooter comparison source: real plaque tests, real “here’s who should skip it” honesty. Brutal honesty is the credibility that makes people trust your links. The [TechRadar hands-on](https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/oral-health/dyson-camerajet-review) shows the format — now do it for your local audience, in your language, no BS. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A nursing student in Nairobi does a “$30 brush vs $499 CameraJet” side-by-side with a plaque-disclosing tablet (the pink chewable kind), posts honest results (“worth it IF you have gum issues, skip it if you don’t”) in local WhatsApp and Reddit health groups. Trusted voice = affiliate clicks that actually convert. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** Builds over ~1 month as the reputation sticks. Long shelf life — honest reviewers stay useful long after the hype dies. > **🛠️ Follow-Up Actions** > > | Want to… | Do this | > | --- | --- | > | See the real specs | Read [Dyson’s announcement](https://www.dyson.com/discover/news/latest/introducing-camerajet) | > | Judge if it’s worth $499 | [TechRadar’s week-long test](https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/oral-health/dyson-camerajet-review) | > | Understand the tech | [Engadget teardown](https://www.engadget.com/2248230/dyson-camerajet-is-a-500-three-in-one-toothbrush-that-scans-your-maw/) | > | Test plaque cheap | Grab pink [disclosing tablets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosing_tablet) (a few bucks) | > | Find owner communities | Search “Dyson CameraJet” on Reddit + Facebook groups | **⚡ Quick Hits** | You want… | Move | | --- | --- | | 🪥 The gadget itself | [Dyson CameraJet page](https://www.dyson.com/discover/news/latest/introducing-camerajet) | | 💰 An earn angle | Be the refill-compatibility or honest-review guy (see hustles above) | | 🕵 Privacy peace of mind | Confirm it’s [on-device only](https://gizmodo.com/dysons-smart-toothbrush-uses-a-camera-to-floss-your-teeth-2000805449), no cloud | | 📸 First-mover content | Own the “CameraJet fix” search terms before week 4 | | 🧾 To decide honestly | [Bloomberg’s breakdown](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-01/dyson-announces-499-camerajet-smart-toothbrush-with-ai-built-in-camera) | _We went from “did you brush?” to “the brush is watching, and it’s judging your molars.” Sleep on that one._