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Clinical Evaluation of a Newly Designed Contoured Toothbrush
Author(s) -
Scopp Irwin W.,
Cohen Gerson,
Cancro Lewis P.,
Bolton Sanford
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1976.47.2.87
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , medicine , management , library science , psychology , political science , law , computer science , economics
A newly designed contoured toothbrush was tested against the Oral B toothbrush in a single blind crossover study over a 6-month period using 78 patients. The findings were: (1) The contoured toothbrush was significantly better (P less than 0.01) than the Oral B brush for gingival index scores; (2) Plaque scores were lower for the contoured brush (P = 0.10); (3) No significant differences were observed with respect to calculus scores.