1. Interdental plaque reduction after use of different devices in young subjects with intact papilla: A randomized clinical trial
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Morena Petrini, A Palazzolo, Marco Nisi, Silvia Cei, Natalia Filice, Dimitra Karapetsa, Stefano Gennai, Giuca, and Filippo Graziani
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Adult ,Male ,Toothbrushing ,Dental Plaque ,Dentistry ,Oral hygiene ,Dental Devices, Home Care ,law.invention ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Dental floss ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Humans ,Medicine ,Dentistry (miscellaneous) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Interdental papilla ,Orthodontics ,business.industry ,Dental Plaque Index ,Healthy subjects ,Interdental consonant ,Equipment Design ,030206 dentistry ,Oral Hygiene ,Gingivitis ,Major duodenal papilla ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Clinical attachment loss ,Female ,Rubber ,Periodontal Index ,Gingival Hemorrhage ,business - Abstract
Objectives To determine the efficacy of 4 different oral hygiene regimens involving adjunctive interdental cleaning devices in unsupervised young subjects with intact interdental papilla. Material and methods Sixty periodontally healthy subjects were randomly allocated to 4 groups following different oral hygiene regimens (T-7): use of manual toothbrush alone; manual toothbrush plus dental floss; manual toothbrush plus interdental brushes; and manual toothbrush plus rubber interdental picks. Oral hygiene instructions (OHI) were given. One week after (T0), professional supragingival scaling and polishing was performed, and subjects were then reseen every 2 weeks (T14 and T28). At T-7, T0, T14 and T28, full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), full-mouth bleeding score (FMBS) and angulated bleeding index (AngBI) were taken. Results During the first week (T-7/T0 unclean phase), FMPS decreased significantly in all groups except the group using dental floss. At T28, a significant decrease in FMPS (P
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- 2017