Clinical Comparison of Three Types of Toothbrushes Pulsar, Crossaction and Butler on Gingivitis and Plaque Removal
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Plaque Index
Study Overview
Brief Summary
- Objective: To compare clinical results of three types of manual tooth brushes on gingivitis and plaque removal efficacy.
- Material and Methods: This study is a single blind randomized trial with crossover design which involved 30 periodontally healthy individuals. At baseline professional plaque removal and oral hygiene instruction are performed for all the students, then they are asked to avoid brushing for 1-2 days. Thereafter plaque and gingivitis scores are measured using plaque and gingival indices (PI and GI). Then subjects are instructed to use Pulsar tooth brush for a two-week period and then, GI and PI indices are assessed again. After passing one-week period for wash out, subjects don't brush for 1-2 days and indices are recorded again. The same procedure are done for Cross action, and Butler 411 tooth brushes respectively.
Detailed Description
This study is a single blind randomized trial with crossover design which involved 30 periodontally healthy individuals. At baseline professional plaque removal and oral hygiene instruction are performed for all the students, then they are asked to avoid brushing for 1-2 days. Thereafter plaque and gingivitis scores are measured using plaque and gingival indices (PI and GI). Then subjects are instructed to use Pulsar tooth brush for a two-week period and then, GI and PI indices are assessed again. After passing one-week period for wash out, subjects don't brush for 1-2 days and indices are recorded again. The same procedure are done for Cross action, and Butler 411 tooth brushes respectively.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Crossover
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 24 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •having at least five teeth in each quadrant;
- •no partial denture;
- •no orthodontic banding or retention wires;
- •no oral lesions or sites with probing pockets depth ≥ 5 mm;
- •routine use of a manual toothbrush.
Exclusion Criteria
- •having any systematic disease which would influence the course of periodontal diseases or the response to the treatment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Plaque Index
Time Frame: 2 weeks
it is an index used for scoring plaque accumulation
Gingival index
Time Frame: 2 weeks
it is an index used for scoring gingival inflammation
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Amir Moeintaghavi
Professor of Periodontics
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences