Water Flosser vs String Floss vs Manual Toothbrush Safety

All Sum Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Soft Tissue Injuries

Treatments: Device: Water Flosser; Device: String Floss; Device: Manual Toothbrush

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03049761

2017-WP-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the Safety of a Water Flosser on Gingival and Epithelial Tissue at Different Pressure Settings

Full description

This study is designed to add to the safety data by measuring, Oral Soft tissue, Clinical Attachment Levels and Probing Pocket Depths on different pressure settings at different time points over a 6 week period. Data will be collected at Baseline, 2 week, 4 week and 6 week time frames.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written consent prior to participation
• Good general health and non smoker
• Have scorable Ramfjord's teeth

Exclusion criteria

• Probing depth >4mm on Ramfjord's teeth
• Moderate to severe gingivitis
• Advanced periodontitis
• Medications that impact soft tissue.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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105 participants in 3 patient groups

Water Flosser

Active Comparator group

Description:

Power interdental Cleaning Device

Treatment:

Device: Water Flosser

String floss

Active Comparator group

Description:

Manual interdental cleaning device

Treatment:

Device: String Floss

Manual Toothbrush

Active Comparator group

Description:

ADA standard manual toothbrush

Treatment:

Device: Manual Toothbrush