ArticleBMC oral health2019
Oral cleanliness in daily users of powered vs. manual toothbrushes - a cross-sectional study.
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- Digital imaging and qPCR analysis and comparison of short-term plaque removal effects of toothbrushing.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2023Article
- Patients' awareness regarding the quality of their oral hygiene: development and validation of a new measurement instrument.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Oral-Hygiene-Related Mobile Apps in the French App Stores: Assessment of Functionality and Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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- What characterizes effective tooth brushing of daily users of powered versus manual toothbrushes?BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Toothbrushing Performance and Oral Cleanliness after Brushing in 12-Year-Old Children.JDR clinical and translational research · 2022Article
- Characterizing the Content Related to Oral Health Education on TikTok.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Good role models? Tooth brushing capabilities of parents: a video observation study.BMC oral health · 2021Observational
- Tooth brushing performance in adolescents as compared to the best-practice demonstrated in group prophylaxis programs: an observational study.BMC oral health · 2021Observational
- Prevalence of molar-incisor-hypomineralisation (MIH) among 6-12-year-old children in Central Hesse (Germany).Clinical oral investigations · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundToothbrushing is a daily routine. Still, when adults are asked to manually perform oral hygiene to the best of their abilities, a considerable amount of plaque persists. Little is known about the performance of people who use a powered toothbrush. The present study thus analysed whether the capability to achieve oral cleanliness is better in people for whom powered toothbrushing is a daily routine.
methodsUniversity students, who either performed powered (N = 55) or manual (N = 60) toothbrushing for more than 6 months on a daily basis were asked to clean their teeth to the best of their abilities by their own device. Plaque was assessed prior to and immediately after brushing. Furthermore, gingival bleeding, recessions, periodontal pocket depths and dental status were assessed. Oral hygiene performance was video-taped and analyzed with respect to brushing duration, sites of brushing and application of interproximal cleaning devices.
resultsNo differences between groups were found with respect to plaque before and after brushing, clinical parameters and overall brushing duration (all p > 0.05, all d < 0.156). After brushing, plaque persisted at approximately 40% of the sections adjacent to the gingival margin in both groups.
conclusionsNo advantage of daily powered toothbrushing as compared to daily manual toothbrushing was seen with respect to oral hygiene or clinical parameters. The capability to achieve oral cleanliness was low, irrespective of the type of toothbrush under consideration. Additional effort is thus needed to improve this capability.
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