Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Two Different Toothbrushes on Plaque Control

Faculty Sao Leopoldo Mandic Campinas

Status and phase

Unknown

Phase 4

Conditions

Plaque

Gingivitis

Treatments

Device: Group using sonic toothbrush Edel White

Device: Group using manual toothbrush Curaprox 5460 Ultra Soft

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03099551

1.672.795

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of two different toothbrushes (manual and sonic) on plaque control

Full description

A parallel randomized clinical trial, examiner-blind, was conducted involving 56 patients with ages from 15 to 20, all students of CAMP (Centro de Formação e Integração Social), in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Randomization: the subjects were randomly allocated to two different groups (A for the manual toothbrush and B for the sonic toothbrush) by removing from an urn a paper with their respective group. Silness & Löe Gingival Index, the Turesky Modification of the Quigley Hein Plaque Index and the Community Periodontal Index were evaluated at baseline and after 3 and 6 months.

Enrollment

56 patients

Sex

All

Ages

15 to 20 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Subjects had to be in generally good health, and possessing a minimum of 20 permanent natural teeth, excluding third molars.

Exclusion criteria

Subjects were excluded if they had fixed orthodontic appliances, advanced periodontal disease, limited manual dexterity, active caries, medical conditions limiting their salivary function or immunological condition, and if they were smokers.