ArticleJournal of dental sciences2020
Properties of manual toothbrush that influence on plaque removal of interproximal surface
Article in Journal of dental sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial Investigating 16-Branched Filament Toothbrush Effects on Dental Plaque Removal.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Trial
- Randomised-crossover clinical trial on the substantivity of a single application of a gel containing chlorhexidine and o-cymen-5-ol on the oral biofilm and saliva.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of combined oral hygiene devices for interproximal plaque removal: an in vitro study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Prospective Longitudinal Changes in the Periodontal Inflamed Surface Area Following Active Periodontal Treatment for Chronic Periodontitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Comparative in vitro study of the cleaning efficacy of AirFloss ultra and I-Prox Sulcus brushes in an orthodontic phantom model.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Does Last Year's Cost Predict the Present Cost? An Application of Machine Leaning for the Japanese Area-Basis Public Health Insurance Database.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Tooth-Level Analysis of Dental Caries in Primary Dentition in Myanmar Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
background/purposeFew papers were available on the interproximal cleaning efficiency by manual toothbrushes when used alone. The aim was to investigate the efficiency of commercially available toothbrushes on interproximal cleaning and determine the key properties that would make the differences. MATERIALS AND
methodsArtificial-teeth were coated with manicure type experimental dental plaque covering mainly the interproximal surface and fixed in the jaw model of a dental simulator. A modified scrubbing technique was employed to brush out the plaque conducted by one trained dentist using 26 different toothbrushes from the equal number of separate interproximal conditions. The rate of the plaque removal (%) was calculated by measuring the plaque free areas on the post-brush images.
resultsThe data analysis using mixed effect modelling showed that stiffness, number of tufts and total length have effect on the rate of the plaque removable from the interproximal surfaces.
conclusionThis study indicated consideration should be given to toothbrush properties to enhance plaque removal from the interproximal surfaces.
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