PURPOSE To assess the effect of brushing with different solutions on the abrasion resistance of two types of acrylic resin teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS Maxillary premolars from two types of acrylic teeth (Biotone and Biotone IPN) were divided into six groups (n = 12), according to the solution used during brushing: distilled water (control), coconut soap, or dentifrice. A mechanical brushing ...

Regular tooth brushing is considered an excellent preventive measure for oral plaque control. Yet despite over one hundred years of effort by dental professionals, levels of tooth brushing remain distressingly low. Evidence from a variety of studies suggests that tooth brushing is commonly performed in a regularised, automatic (i.e., routine) manner. Here it is argued a routine can be considere...

The caries-preventive benefits of fluoride are generally accepted by dental researchers and practicing professionals worldwide. The benefits of fluoride toothpastes and mouthrinses have been supported by several high-quality systematic reviews. The formulation of a fluoride toothpaste and biological (salivary flow rate) and behavioral factors (brushing frequency, brushing time, post-brushing ri...

Brushing is a commonly used interaction technique that allows users to select items or an area of the visualization as the user moves the mouse. Brushing is often used with multiple views, where any co-related information is simultaneously highlighted in these linked views. Brushing is a direct manipulation technique where interaction is performed directly with the visualization. Similar effect...

In this study, scaling, polishing and daily tooth brushing were performed in 20 beagle dogs, and the number of oral bacteria was determined using a bacterial counter. The dogs were randomized into the scaling (S), scaling + polishing (SP), scaling + tooth daily brushing (SB) and scaling + polishing + tooth daily brushing (SPB) groups. Samples were collected from the buccal surface of the maxill...

In graph cleaning problems, brushes clean a graph by traversing it subject to certain rules. Various problems arise, such as determining the minimum number of brushes that are required to clean the entire graph. This number is called the brushing number. Here, we study a new variant of the brushing problem in which one vertex is cleaned at a time, but more than one brush may traverse a dirty ed...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose: Tooth brushing is the most commonly recommended and performed oral hygiene behaviour by North Americans and is done ubiquitously in developed nations. It is the primary mechanical means for removing dental plaque, thereby assisting in the prevention of oral diseases including gingivitis and dental caries. The aim of this paper is to report on an investigation of the c...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility of dentin to brushing abrasion using four different toothbrushes (rotating-oscillating, sonic and two types of manual toothbrushes) with the same brushing forces. METHODS Dentin samples (n = 72) were selected from 72 impacted third molars. Half of the surface of dentin samples was covered with an adhesive tape, creating a prot...

Abstract Disk-shaped specimens were prepared from additively (NX and DT), subtractively (MZ), conventionally manufactured denture base resins (CV). Surface roughness color coordinates measured after polishing, simulated brushing, coffee thermocycling, while surface was also before polishing. Polishing reduced the of all materials. Brushing thermocycling increased only DT. CV had highest suscept...