BACKGROUND Plaque is intimately related to the production and progress of dental caries and inflammatory gingival and periodontal diseases. Good plaque control facilitates the return to health for patients with gingival and periodontal diseases. Daily use of a toothbrush and other oral hygiene aids is the most dependable way to achieve oral health benefits for all patients. METHODS A randomiz...

AIM To compare long-term effects of brushing with an oscillating-rotating power toothbrush or an ADA reference manual toothbrush on pre-existing gingival recession. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this controlled, prospective, single-blind, parallel-group study, healthy subjects with pre-existing recession were randomized and brushed with a power toothbrush (n = 55) or an ADA reference manual toothb...

PURPOSE To evaluate the cleaning efficacy of a new electric toothbrush and new brush head design, using a robot system to simulate normal clinical toothbrush use. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study compared the new oscillating/rotating/pulsating electric toothbrush (Braun Oral-B 3D Plaque Remover) comprised of the D15 handle and new EB15 brush head, with the clinically established oscillating/ro...

This study was carried out to investigate the presence of contaminating bacterial on regularly used toothbrush. Studies on the bacteriological quality of toothbrushes obtained from five student volunteers were carried out. The sample were coded as A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 for toothbrushes kept in the room and toothbrushes exposed in the bathroom respectively. A total of three (...

The aim of this study was to determine the plaque-removing ability of curved bristle toothbrush compared to conventional, straight bristle, toothbrush The study group consisted of 100 children 12 to 16 years of age. A four week postprophylaxis, parallel, longitudinal, double-blind clinical study was conducted; all volunteers were instructed in specific oral hygiene techniques. Plaque was assess...

PURPOSE To compare the efficiency of a new electric toothbrush featuring a novel three-dimensional brush head action, with a manual toothbrush, in resolving gingivitis which had been allowed to develop in a group of subjects prior to the treatment phase of the study. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a randomized split-mouth study. A total of 35 healthy non-dental students refrained from any ora...

AIM Powered or manual toothbrushes are daily-used instrument in the Western area for the control and removal of bacterial biofilm. Among powered-toothbrushes, sonic technology has shown to produce fluid turbulent activity that might assist in plaque removal; however, limited knowledge is available in-vivo. The objectives of this study were to compare the plaque removal efficacy of two different...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the plaque removal effectiveness of a new children's powered toothbrush and compare it to that of a manual brush. METHODS This examiner-blind, randomized study used a cross-over design. One-hundred and five qualifying male and female subjects (52 ages 8-12 and 53 ages 13-17) were randomly assigned either the powered brush (Spinbrush GLOBRUS...

BACKGROUND This study aims to investigate the effect of various oral hygiene strategies on the symptoms of inflammation in neuromuscularly disabled patients and to define the optimum hygiene method. METHODS Fifty-nine neuromuscularly disabled participants, suffering from cerebral palsy, were randomly divided into five groups as follows: Group M: manual toothbrush (n=14), Group E: electrically...