RYCA is reinventing oral health with simplified solutions that take the chore out of daily oral care. Our patented and proven Encompass toothbrush effortlessly provides an optimal cleaning in just 30 seconds, preventing bad breath, cavities, and gum disease, and improving overall health.
Best of all, we don’t require you to be perfect to achieve perfect results.
Most toothbrushes rely on users to brush for the right time, with the right pressure, at the right angle, and to ensure uniform coverage. To improve compliance, “there’s an app for that” or at minimum timers to signal every 30 seconds so the user knows to change quadrants and sensors to let you know you’re brushing too hard.
But who wants to make brushing their teeth even more complicated and time consuming?
Brush teeth evenly, even hard to reach areas
Guarantees you reach and clean the gum line
Don’t worry about gum or enamel damage
Get a “Dentist Clean” in 1/4th the time
The recommended brushing time of 2 minutes is based on dental professionals belief that it takes at LEAST 2 minutes to remove enough plaque and food debris from your teeth to not cause problems. Unfortunately, most people view brushing their teeth as a chore and only brush for about 45 seconds. But if you don’t brush your teeth long enough, you probably aren’t getting them clean enough. We designed Encompass to provide an OPTIMAL brushing in 30 seconds, not just a fast but mediocre cleaning.
Brushing for 2 minutes means you brush one surface of each of your teeth for approximately 1.25 seconds (assuming you are spending the right amount of time on each surface of each tooth). With Encompass, you are guaranteed to brush all 3 surfaces of the teeth on one side of your mouth simultaneously for 15 seconds. When you think about it, that means you are actually brushing each tooth for 12 times longer with an Encompass toothbrush!
BEHIND THE BRAND
At RYCA, Inc. we are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, just like our customers—so in addition to creating the best oral hygiene products possible, we are committed to improving people’s lives. Our core team has collectively brought nearly 100 products to market. We have the dental, engineering, and business experience, as well as the passion to succeed in making Encompass the new gold standard in oral care.
Our Origin Story
Our CEO, Ryan Schwartz, is the son of a renowned Beverly Hills dentist, Dr. Cary Schwartz, but that never stopped him from neglecting his teeth. Like so many, Ryan never brushed for the required two minutes, and often missed the hard-to-reach areas. Years ago during a routine cleaning, his father’s hygienist suggested Ryan whiten his teeth. As Ryan slid the customized bleaching tray into his mouth, he had a wild idea: What if the tray was lined with bristles and could brush the whole mouth in a fraction of the time! Ryan immediately called his father who knew better than anyone that a brush like that would be oral care salvation! That’s how Encompass got started – A true Father-Son story.
Mission Driven
Core to our mission is providing children, the elderly and everyone with motor difficulties a dignified and simplified solution to oral care. Our team is also deeply passionate and committed to philanthropy, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. Our mission to improve people’s lives through better oral care goes beyond those who can afford our products. RYCA looks forward to working with community partners to make oral healthcare more accessible and adorable.
More people than ever are aware of the importance of oral health and really want to have better habits, but even those with the best intentions often fall short. According to the World Health Organization, dental caries is the single most common condition globally, affecting approximately 2.5 billion people. Severe gum disease – a major cause of total tooth loss – is estimated to affect 1 billion people worldwide.
The Encompass team spent years studying oral care habits and outcomes. Rather than demanding users to change the way they brush their teeth, the RYCA team designed Encompass to provide optimal results effortlessly.
WHY ENCOMPASS?
Providing consumers with products that take the chore out of daily oral hygiene routines and thus promote user compliance will bring us closer to a world where dental and gum disease are not such a major health burden.
Encompass is a half-mouth toothbrush that provides an optimal cleaning in just 30 seconds.
Yes! Nearly 100% of adults have gum disease or cavities caries, but 90% of both can be prevented with proper brushing.
Encompass is currently designed for ages 13+, when all permanent teeth have emerged. A version for younger kids with a smaller brush head and handle is in the works.
Note: children should always be supervised when using powered toothbrushes.
When we started on this journey, we actually began with a full mouthpiece design in mind. What we quickly discovered is it proved too difficult to get the right motion and provide a uniform brushing with such a large brush head. Also, in complete disclosure, it was just plain uncomfortable and messy to get in and out of the mouth.
Encompass is designed to adjust to your jaw shape, size, and teeth alignment. While we haven’t tested every mouth, in designing our brush head we studied over 4,000 jaws and sets of teeth to ensure the proper fit of Encompass. In our user studies, 90% of participants found the brushing experience comfortable, irrespective of their jaw size or misalignment of their teeth.
Fun fact! In our user studies, the majority of participants believed their mouths were small and concerned the brush wouldn’t fit, while the dentists measured most as having medium or even large jaws!
Encompass does not pose any risks beyond those of other toothbrushes, and is actually designed to prevent some of the risks associated with other brushes such as wear to dental enamel and gum recession as well as abrasions from user error/incorrect brushing technique. Encompass is designed to meet all U.S. and international regulatory, safety, and quality standards.
Encompass was designed to be effortless, to save you time and make brushing less of a chore, not increase the steps you need to take to get an optimal cleaning. You don’t need to worry about proper brushing technique because Encompass does the work for you. For this reason, we don’t see the need for an app to track your oral hygiene habits.
