Gillette and FDA notified healthcare professionals
and consumers of a recall of Oral-B CrossAction Power and PowerMAX
toothbrushes and refills. Instances have occurred where the brush
head became loose in the mouth during the assisted brushing of teeth
of persons with special needs, such as cerebral palsy or autism.
During brushing, the loose brush head was caught in thethroat or
swallowed. Gillette recommended that consumers stop using theseproducts
to assist in brushing the teeth of people with special needs.
Read the MedWatch 2004 safety summary, including a link to the FDA
recall
notice, at:
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2004/safety04.htm#oralb