Clinical Comparision of Three Types of Toothbrushes Pulsar, Crossaction and Butler on Gingivitis and Plaque Removal

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Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Device: toothbrush

• Registration Number: NCT02412358
• Lead Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-05
• Primary Completion: 2008-11
• Study Completion: 2009-06
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-08
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-09
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

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.

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Exclusion Criteria

• having any systematic disease which would influence the course of periodontal diseases or the response to the treatment
• smoking

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Crossaction	toothbrush	Patients use Crossaction toothbrush for plaque removal
Pulsar	toothbrush	Patients use Pulsar toothbrush for plaque removal
Butler	toothbrush	Patients use Butler toothbrush for plaque removal

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Plaque Index	2 weeks	it is an index used for scoring plaque accumulation
Gingival index	2 weeks	it is an index used for scoring gingival inflammation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Amir Moeintaghavi; 🇮🇷 Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran, Islamic Republic of