
Oral-B Pro 7000 SmartSeries
By Oral-B · Electric Toothbrushes · Health & Lifestyle · More from Oral-B
- 2-minute brushing timer (dentist-recommended)
- Stores up to 6 months of brushing data in the Oral-B app
- Includes 5 brush heads: 2 CrossAction, 1 ProWhite, 1 FlossAction, 1 Sensitive Clean
- SmartGuide wireless display included
- Triple pressure sensor alerts when brushing too hard
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$199.99
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Summary
The 2015 Oral-B Pro 7000 SmartSeries is a discontinued flagship electric toothbrush with oscillating-rotating-pulsating cleaning, six modes, a Bluetooth app and a wireless SmartGuide display. It now sells used and open-box, so check the age of its Ni-MH battery before you pay.
Strengths
- The 2-minute timer starts on its own and paces 30-second quadrants, and the wireless SmartGuide shows the same data without a phone.
- The triple pressure sensor flashes red and slows the motor; owners say it “goes off a lot” when they rush.
- Owners report battery life beyond the claims — one Best Buy reviewer’s handle ran over two weeks after a full discharge.
- The box is a complete kit: five heads, a travel case, a charger with refill-head storage, and a handle that takes the full Oral-B Pro head range.
Weaknesses
- Battery life is the weak spec: Oral-B rated 10 days, T3 measured about five, and real-world results vary widely.
- Any used unit carries a Ni-MH pack that is 5+ years old, and the two-year warranty has expired.
- Discontinued: Best Buy shows it sold out and Oral-B’s current US lineup drops it, so there is no new-unit market.
- Bluetooth adds little for adults: T3 called the phone-as-display “essentially pointless”, and TechCrunch reverted to the SmartGuide after about a week.
- No position tracking — the handle cannot tell where in your mouth you brush — and the timer can be gamed by simply running it.
- The handle is bulky, “gets very mucky, very quickly”, and noise is the most common owner complaint.
Verified specifications
| Model | Oral-B Pro 7000 SmartSeries with Bluetooth, the 2015 flagship of the SmartSeries line (black; a white variant existed). |
|---|---|
| Cleaning action | oscillating-rotating-pulsating; Oral-B claims up to 100% more plaque removal than a manual brush. |
| Cleaning modes | 6 — Daily Clean, Deep Clean, Whitening, Gum Care, Sensitive, Tongue Cleaning. |
| Timer | 2-minute dentist timer with a 30-second quadrant pacer; it starts on its own. |
| Pressure sensor | visible “triple” sensor — red light ring plus motor deceleration when you press too hard. |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 4.0 to the Oral-B app; the handle stores up to 20 sessions offline and syncs later. |
| App data | the Oral-B app keeps up to 6 months of brushing data, with dentist-programmable Focused Care zones. |
| Battery | Ni-MH (nickel-metal hydride), rated up to 10 days of twice-daily 2-minute use; not user-replaceable. |
| Charging | induction stand (Charger Type 3757); T3 measured a full recharge at about 24 hours. |
| SmartGuide | wireless display (Display Type 3742) on two AA batteries; pairs with up to two SmartSeries devices; wall or mirror mount. |
| Handle | Braun Type 3764; sealed and rinsable. |
| Dimensions | about 119 × 168 × 253 mm, 851 g — from a spec sheet that may describe a later 7000 revision, so approximate. |
| Bristle counts | about 40,000 pulsations/min and 8,800 oscillations/min per that same possibly later spec sheet — approximate. |
| In the box (official Oral-B Canada list) | handle, 5 heads (2 CrossAction, 1 ProWhite, 1 FlossAction, 1 Sensitive), charger with refill-head storage, travel case, SmartGuide; 2014–2015 bundles varied by period and retailer. |
| Warranty | two years, voided by non-Oral-B replacement brush heads. |
Full research notes and sources
Cleaning, timer, SmartGuide and the app
T3, testing in 2016, said it cleans “just as well” as the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean, and Best Buy owners repeatedly cite “superior cleaning ability” over manual brushes and Sonicare. None of this comes from a lab: no instrumented plaque or decibel test of this exact model has been published, only hands-on journalism from 2014–2016.
The timer and SmartGuide do the daily work. The 2-minute cycle starts on its own and paces you in 30-second quadrants; the SmartGuide mirrors that on a wireless display that runs on two AA batteries and mounts to a wall or mirror. The pressure sensor is the feature owners who rush praise most: a red light ring flashes and the motor itself slows down when you press too hard.
The Bluetooth app is the weaker half of the package. The handle stores up to 20 sessions away from the phone and syncs later, the app keeps six months of brushing data, and dentist-programmable Focused Care zones are its genuinely distinctive feature. Even so, T3 called the phone-as-display “essentially pointless”, and TechCrunch went back to the SmartGuide after about a week. The handle has no gyroscope, so it cannot track where in your mouth you brush, and the timer can be gamed by simply running it. Nobody has published whether the Oral-B app still supports a 2015 handle on current iOS and Android versions, so treat app support as unverified on a used unit.
Battery life
Oral-B rated the Ni-MH pack at up to 10 days of twice-daily brushing. T3 measured about five days, with a full recharge taking about 24 hours on the induction stand. Results vary widely: one Best Buy owner still had 2 of 3 bars after 4 days of twice-daily use, while another fully discharged the battery as the manual instructs and wrote that “it took over two weeks for the battery to die”. In r/DentalHygiene the consensus is that “the maximum battery life any Oral-B brush offers is around 2 weeks”. Treat 5 to 10 days as the plausible band, and remember that any used unit’s pack is already 5+ years old.
Some modern review aggregators describe this brush as lithium-ion. The official manual and a 2019 comparison both say Ni-MH for the 2015 model, so ignore the aggregator spec sheets.
Running costs and upkeep
The recurring cost is brush heads. The manual recommends replacing them about every 3-4 months, though one Best Buy owner used two heads for eight months with no visible fraying. The handle accepts the full range of Oral-B Pro heads, and the manual voids the warranty if you fit non-Oral-B heads. The SmartGuide takes two AA batteries. The handle is sealed and the battery is not user-replaceable; repairability is limited to heads and charger, and Oral-B operates service centers. Reddit owners also report charging quirks on Oral-B handles generally; one r/oralbtoothbrush account describes a Pro 1000 blinking after 2 minutes of use following 7 months of ownership. Nobody has published a failure rate for this model, so treat that as a known annoyance rather than a defect.
Is it worth it?
Oral-B launched the 7000 in February 2015 at about $239 street ($220 MSRP), alongside a $199 Pro 5000. It is discontinued now — Best Buy’s listing shows sold out and Oral-B’s current US lineup has moved on — so the market is used and open-box. Under $60 is strong value if the SmartGuide and app pairing still work: you get six modes, the pressure sensor, five heads and a travel case. From $60 to $100 it is fair, and worth comparing against a new Oral-B Pro 1000, which Wirecutter’s 2026 guide favors and which comes with a fresh battery and an active warranty. From $100 to $150 it is weak: the Ni-MH pack is aging and the two-year warranty has expired. Above $150 it is poor — buy a current-model brush instead.
Which model this is
This page covers the 2015 Pro 7000 SmartSeries with Bluetooth — handle Type 3764, charger Type 3757, SmartGuide display Type 3742 — sold in the US from February 2015 in black, with a white variant. The black model’s ASIN is B00F9X34XS. Do not confuse it with the 2023 Oral-B Smart 7 7000 (lithium-ion, five modes, 24-month warranty), the non-Bluetooth SmartSeries 7000 predecessor that TechCrunch called “the same basic device” minus the phone pairing, or Oral-B’s current iO and Pro lineup, where the Pro 7000 SmartSeries no longer appears.
Sources
Manufacturer:
- Oral-B Black 7000 with Bluetooth Technology — official product page (Oral-B Canada)
- Braun Smart Series Oral-B Black 7000 user manual (ManualsLib)
- Oral-B Smart Series electric toothbrushes — official US lineup
- New Oral-B SmartSeries with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity and Oral-B app — Oral Health Group press release, 2015
- Oral-B 7000 user manual and specifications (manua.ls)
Independent reviews:
- Best Oral-B electric toothbrushes comparison chart, 2019
- Oral-B Pro 5000 vs 7000 comparison — Lite Comparison, 2022
Owner reports:



