NCT03099551

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

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Faculty Sao Leopoldo Mandic Campinas · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Plaque
• Gingivitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Group using manual toothbrush Curaprox 5460 Ultra Soft	Manual toothbrush usage with Bass technique twice a day during 2 minutes
DEVICE	Group using sonic toothbrush Edel White	Sonic toothbrush usage twice a day during 2 minutes

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2017-04-04
• Last updated: 2017-04-04