NCT04235010

Genius Toothbrushes on Periodontal Status of Orthodontic Patients

Effects of Genius Toothbrushes on Periodontal Status of Patients Undergoing Fixed Orthodontic Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pamukkale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effects of genius toothbrushes on periodontal status of patients during fixed orthodontic treatment.Half of the patients received manual orthodontic toothbrushes (Oral B Ortho, Procter \& Gamble, USA) with V-shaped bristles and rounded ends. The others received genius orthodontic toothbrush (Oral B Genius 8900, Procter \& Gamble, USA) with Oral-B CrossAction brush head, Procter \& Gamble, USA).

Detailed description

Powered (genius) toothbrush with position detection technology provides patient to clean all areas of the mouth during the required time. By connecting phone to the Oral-B App, the genius toothbrush uses facial recognition technology to guide patient's brushing, zone to zone. Pressure control and personalization are another characteristics of these toothbrushes. Pressure sensor alerts patient if the brushing is too hard and helps her/him not to put too much pressure by reducing the speed of brush head. Due to the Bluetooth technology, toothbrushing can be performed more efficiently among orthodontic adolescent patients. In addition, the position detection and timer can be used to control which area is brushed in the mouth and how much total brushing time is continued. The application allows patient to see all the days brushing activity and real-time feedback on brushing habits can be received by this way.

Conditions

• Periodontal Inflammation
• Toothbrushing
• Orthodontic Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Genius toothbrush	Patients brushed their teeth twice a day for 2 minutes. An integral timer was used in the genius toothbrush group.
DEVICE	Manual toothbrush	Patients brushed their teeth twice a day for 2 minutes. During brushing, patients in manual group assigned to use their brushes were provided with a digital timer.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-28
• Primary completion: 2019-02-28
• Completion: 2019-03-28
• First posted: 2020-01-21
• Last updated: 2020-01-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)