Time Dependent Professional Toothbrushing Study

Toothbrushing Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Time Dependent Professional Toothbrushing Study Comparing Sonicare With Manual Toothbrushes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00877019
• Other study ID #: 001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2007
• Est. completion date: December 2007

Study information

• Verified date: December 2020
• Source: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Aim:

The study was designed to test the time dependent efficacy in plaque removal of four toothbrushes: one electric toothbrush, the Philips Sonicare Elite with long (A) and short (B) brushing head and two manual brushes, the Gaba Sensitve (C), and the ADA reference brush (D) and.

Materials and Methods:

The study was a single-blind, randomized clinical timer study consisting of four identical experiments testing each brush in one quadrant. The distribution of the quadrants and brushes was randomized so that always all brushes were used within one participant. The teeth were brushed by a dental hygienist for 10, 20, 30, 45, 60 und 90 seconds per quadrant. No toothpaste was used throughout this study. The plaque assessment (Tureskey modified QHI) was done after each time interval blinded on six sites per tooth by a separate investigator. Ninety subjects participated in the study and received a professional prophylaxis prior to the experiment. They were requested to refrain from brushing their teeth for 48 hours prior to the experiment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: December 2007
• Est. primary completion date: December 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• at least 24 evaluable teeth in the mouth

Exclusion Criteria:

• systemic disease

• regular drugs or actual antibiotics

• orthodontic banding or retention wires

• oral lesions or sites with a probing pocket depth X5 mm

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Toothbrushing

Intervention

Device:
• Sonicare elite medium brush head

• Sonicare elite mini brushhead

• GABA Elmex sensitive extra soft toothbrush

• ADA reference toothbrush

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School