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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2023

Efficacy of Chewable Brush Compared to Manual Brush in School Going Children of Age Group 10-12 Years.

Madhura Pawar, Neha Kumari, Ruchi Gopal, Divya Nasha, Lipsa Bhuyan, Vartika Verma

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Madhura PawarDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Dr D Y Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Neha KumariDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Awadh Dental College and Hospital, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
Ruchi GopalDepartment of Dentistry, Hind Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Divya NashaDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, RKDF Dental College and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Lipsa BhuyanDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Vartika VermaDepartment of Periodontology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dr D Y Patil Dental College & Hospital · INKIIT University · INRKDF University · INTeerthanker Mahaveer University · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: Chewable toothbrushes were compared to traditional manual toothbrushes in terms of their ability to remove plaque and their impact on salivary pH in a sample of school-aged children. Materials and Methods: The sample size for this research was 200 youngsters aged 10-12. Saliva was collected by spitting into a clean container, and the pH levels were measured using color-coded pH strips to determine where the person was starting from. The plaque score was measured using the OHI-S index after the application of the disclosing agent. The pH and plaque scores were also recalculated after brushing to see how they had changed after surgery. Results: Results indicated that both manual and chewable brushes significantly improved post-brushing pH ratings ( Conclusion: As a result, parents may offer their kids a chewable toothbrush to help them maintain good oral hygiene after lunch and on lengthy car trips, when they would not have time to wash their teeth properly.

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Childrendental plaquedisclosing agentssalivary pHtoothbrush

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PMID37694096
PMCPMC10485457
OpenAlexW4384108779

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