Clinical Comparision of Three Types of Toothbrushes Pulsar, Crossaction and Butler on Gingivitis and Plaque Removal

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Clinical Comparison of Three Types of Toothbrushes Pulsar, Crossaction and Butler on Gingivitis and Plaque Removal

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02412358
• Other study ID #: 86394
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2008
• Est. completion date: June 2009

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

• Objective: To compare clinical results of three types of manual tooth brushes on gingivitis and plaque removal efficacy.

• Material and Methods: This study is a single blind randomized trial with crossover design which involved 30 periodontally healthy individuals. At baseline professional plaque removal and oral hygiene instruction are performed for all the students, then they are asked to avoid brushing for 1-2 days. Thereafter plaque and gingivitis scores are measured using plaque and gingival indices (PI and GI). Then subjects are instructed to use Pulsar tooth brush for a two-week period and then, GI and PI indices are assessed again. After passing one-week period for wash out, subjects don't brush for 1-2 days and indices are recorded again. The same procedure are done for Cross action, and Butler 411 tooth brushes respectively.

Description:

This study is a single blind randomized trial with crossover design which involved 30 periodontally healthy individuals. At baseline professional plaque removal and oral hygiene instruction are performed for all the students, then they are asked to avoid brushing for 1-2 days. Thereafter plaque and gingivitis scores are measured using plaque and gingival indices (PI and GI). Then subjects are instructed to use Pulsar tooth brush for a two-week period and then, GI and PI indices are assessed again. After passing one-week period for wash out, subjects don't brush for 1-2 days and indices are recorded again. The same procedure are done for Cross action, and Butler 411 tooth brushes respectively.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: June 2009
• Est. primary completion date: November 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• having at least five teeth in each quadrant;

• no partial denture;

• no orthodontic banding or retention wires;

• no oral lesions or sites with probing pockets depth = 5 mm;

• routine use of a manual toothbrush.

Exclusion Criteria:

• having any systematic disease which would influence the course of periodontal diseases or the response to the treatment

• smoking

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gingivitis
• Healthy

Intervention

Device:
• toothbrush

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Amir Moeintaghavi	Mashhad	Khorasan Razavi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Plaque Index	it is an index used for scoring plaque accumulation	2 weeks
Primary	Gingival index	it is an index used for scoring gingival inflammation	2 weeks