Abstract

A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF POWERED VS MANUAL TOOTHBRUSHES – A CLINICAL STUDY

Dr. Pandey Mayank, Dr. Gupta Krishna Kumar, Dr. Srivastava Amitabh, Dr. Chandra Chetan, Dr. Bhatt Ajay Kumar, Dr. Rai Deepa

Abstract

the present clinical case control study, changes in the preexisting gingival index, plaque index and gingival bleeding index was compared using a powered toothbrush versus manual toothbrush.150 dental students participated manual toothbrush while Group II using powered toothbrush. Each participant was instructed to practice daily oral hygiene procedure using modified bass method with the assigned toothbrush. Clinical parameters were recorded at baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months and the data was subjected to “t-test” & “p-test” using SPSS (version 15.0) software. At baseline, mean plaque index and gingival bleeding index of group II were slightly higher as compared to that of Group-I yet the difference between two groups was satistically insignificant (p>0.05). 1st and 3rd month follow-up did not present significant difference in the clinical parameters. At 6th month followup, mean value for all the parameters was found to be lower in cases as compared to controls and the difference was satistically significant for gingival index and gingival bleeding index (p>0.05).

Keywords: Toothbrush, Manual, Powered, Ultra soft Toothbrush.