NCT01593540

Clinical Examination of Metal Free Interdental Brushes

Clinical Efficacy and Patient Acceptance of Metal and Metal-Free Interdental Brushes: A Controlled Prospective Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Freiburg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy (Eastman Interdental Bleeding Index, Quigley and Hein) of a novel metal-free interdentalbrush compared to a classig metal-core interdental brush.

Detailed description

Self-performed interdental cleaning is a crucial element in preventing gingival or periodontal diseases. Interdental cleaning is most efficiently performed through usage of interdental brushes. Commonly used metal-core interdental brushes can harbour the risk of hard tissue damage when used inappropriately.The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and patient satisfaction of a novel metal-free interdental brush. This was tested on healthy participants. The control group performed interdental cleaning with a commonly used metal-core interdental brush.

Conditions

• Gingivitis
• Periodontitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	metal-free interdental brush	one time per day
DEVICE	metal-core interdental brush	one time per day

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2011-09-01
• First posted: 2012-05-08
• Last updated: 2012-05-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany