Is a plaque-identifying toothpaste useful for reducing plaque in children (age 12-16 years) treated with fixed orthodontic appliances?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Prevention of plaque accumulation around brackets in patients with a malocclusion undergoing orthodontic fixed appliance treatment.Oral Health
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN53131830
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 83
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients who are treated in the Orthodontics department of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
2. Age category from 12 to 16 years
3. Under treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances in both jaws for at least three months
4. Twelve permanent anterior elements, namely from cuspid to cuspid, present
5. No syndromic or other craniofacial anomalies
Exclusion Criteria
1. Participants from the same family
2. Allergy to one of the components of the toothpastes used
3. Intervention or appointment with a dental professional (prevention assistant, dental hygienist, dentist or specialist) during the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Plaque is measured with Quantitative Light Fluorescence as a surface measurement on intra-oral photographs of the buccal tooth surfaces in the anterior region (lower and upper cuspid to cuspid). At baseline (T0) and at 6 weeks after baseline (Tl, end of study).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ser experience questionnaire at 6 weeks after baseline