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A clinical comparison of a battery-powered toothbrush and a manual toothbrush in patients with chronic periodontitis | ||
| Journal of baghdad college of dentistry | ||
| Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 74-77 | ||
| Author | ||
| Raghad Fadhil | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACTBackground: Microbiological plaque is the main etiological factor in the development of periodontal diseases.Regular and effective removal of plaque from all surfaces of the teeth is essential for the prevention of thesediseases. The purpose of this study was to compare the plaque removal effectiveness of a battery powered andmanual toothbrush by using plaque index and to compare differences in pocket depth and gingival index betweenthe two groups over a 3-months period.Material and methods: This study was randomized controlled and examine-blind designed. Forty patients wereincluded in the study, all the subjects were non smokers male and they were stratified and randomized to one of thetwo brushing groups. A total of 5 visits were planed for data recording, the clinical parameters include: - plaqueindex, gingival index, probing pocket depth.Results Significant and highly significant differences was found for both groups during the study according to the f-testin PI and Gl, Also significant difference was found between the two groups in favor of manual tooth brush. Thelongitudinal changes in pocket depth show significant and highly significant difference from the base line in the bothgroups and using f-test but No statistical difference was detected between the batteries powered brushing andmanual brushing groups in the outcome measure of PD at any time point during the study.Conclusion According to the results obtained both toothbrushes' mean difference between baseline and postbrushingplaque scores decreased. Manual tooth brush plaque removal was more efficient in comparison to batterypowered toothbrush also gingival health shows more improvement with manual tooth brush when compared withbattery powered tooth brush; no significant difference in pocket depth was found with both types of tooth brushes.Keywords: tooth brushing methods. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2010;22(4):74-77). | ||
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