Effect of Dental Waterjet on Oral Hygiene for Patients With Braces

Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Oral Hygiene

Treatments: Device: Dental Floss; Device: Dental Water Jet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03119441

FRP/2016/115

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of dental water jet in plaque removal and gingival health during orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances.

Full description

Subjects will be randomized into two groups. The first group will receive a dental water jet and the second group will receive dental floss. Plaque accumulation using plaque index and gingival health using gingival index will be measured at baseline and after four weeks for each group and then, results will be compared.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects having orthodontic fixed appliance.
• Subjects aged 12 years old and above who own mobile phones and no mental or physical disabilities.
• Subjects willing to comply with given oral hygiene instructions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Dental water jet

Experimental group

Description:

Dental water jet (Jetpik JP210)

Treatment:

Device: Dental Water Jet

Dental floss

Active Comparator group

Description:

Dental floss

Treatment:

Device: Dental Floss