Halitosis During Active Orthodontic Treatment

Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Halitosis

Treatments: Device: Waterjet; Device: Electric Toothbrush; Device: Dental floss; Device: Manual Toothbrush

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03901625

FPGRP/43734003/316

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effect of different cleaning methods and devices in reducing halitosis during active orthodontic treatment.

Full description

. Observer - blind clinical trial, randomly divided into four groups, A, B, C and D. each group will undergo clinical evaluation and oral malodor assessment and they will be assigned electric or manual toothbrushes with super floss or water floss respectively.clinical evaluation will include plaque index (PI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), bracket index.and halitosis will be measured by halimeter .

Measurements and time frame: Initial measurements (T0), after two weeks (T1), and after four weeks (T2) ( according to previous studies that uses the same period of time for measurements),17, 18 plaque index (PI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), bracket index and halimeter reading .

During the first week after the start of the study (T0)

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. participants with fixed orthodontic appliance.
2. participants age 14 years and above and didn't have mental of physical disabilities.
3. participants willing to comply with given oral hygiene instructions.

Exclusion criteria

1. patients with mental retardation.
2. patients with systematic diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 4 patient groups

ManualTB+Floss

Active Comparator group

Description:

Cleaning teeth with a manual toothbrush and a dental floss three times a day.

Treatment:

Device: Dental floss

Device: Manual Toothbrush

ManualTB+Waterjet

Experimental group

Description:

Cleaning teeth with a manual toothbrush and a waterjet three times a day.

Treatment:

Device: Waterjet

Device: Manual Toothbrush

Electric TB+Floss

Experimental group

Description:

Cleaning teeth with an electric toothbrush and dental floss three times a day .

Treatment:

Device: Electric Toothbrush

Device: Dental floss

Electric TB +Waterjet

Experimental group

Description:

Cleaning teeth with an electric toothbrush and a waterjet three times a day .

Treatment:

Device: Electric Toothbrush

Device: Waterjet