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Study team has determined that given time and resource restraints, study is to be closed
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| Philips Healthcare | INDUSTRY |
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In this study, all subjects will be given an electric toothbrush. Half of the participants will be instructed on how to use the Sulcular Bristle Tip Technique (SBTT). The other half of participants will be asked to follow the brushing instructions in the user manual. The study's primary aim is to compare the use of the SBTT with an electric toothbrush in reducing bleeding on probing with the use of an electric toothbrush used without personal professional instruction.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Sulcular Bristle Tip Technique (SBTT) | Experimental | This test group will receive formal instruction on the Sulcular Bristle Tip Technique (SBTT). |
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| User manual of the electric toothbrush (DFU) | No Intervention | This control group will be asked to read and use the instructions found in the user manual of the electric toothbrush (DFU). No formal instruction will be provided. The DFU accompany the electric toothbrush regardless of the subject's participation in the research. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Sulcular Bristle Tip Technique (SBTT) | Other | Tooth brushing should begin on the distal of the most posterior tooth on one side of the mouth and proceed anteriorly and then posteriorly overlapping areas to the most distal surface of the most posterior tooth on the contra lateral side. The lingual is done in like fashion ending where the brushing began. The opposing arch is brushed in the same manner. When moving from one area to the next, disengage the brush bristles entirely off the teeth to allow them to straighten, and then reposition the brush in the next overlapping area. Do not to drag the bristle tips from one area to the next area. For the lingual of the anterior teeth, the narrow portion of the brush is used with the exact same technique as described above. For the lingual of the mandibular molars, the angulation of the toothbrush bristles to the tooth needs to be somewhat more perpendicular to the tooth than on the buccal to ensure that the bristle tips enter the gingival crevice. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in bleeding on probing (BOP) | To compare the use of the SBTT with an electric toothbrush in reducing BOP with the use of an electric toothbrush used without personal professional instruction. | Baseline through study completion, an average of 4 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Effectiveness of professional cleaning | To compare whether a dental professional's (DP) cleaning a subject's teeth using an electric toothbrush with the SBTT is more effective in removing cervical plaque than the patient self-cleaning using electric toothbrush with the SBTT at the initial visit and after four months | Baseline and 4 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Livia Valverde, DMD | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Boston | Massachusetts | 02111 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D005884 | Gingival Hemorrhage |
| D058225 | Plaque, Amyloid |
| ID | Term |
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| D006472 | Oral Hemorrhage |
| D009059 | Mouth Diseases |
| D009057 | Stomatognathic Diseases |
| D005882 | Gingival Diseases |
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| Change in plaque |
To compare the plaque removal of each subject at the initial visit with their plaque removal after four months of using the SBTT. To compare the plaque removal of the DP at the initial visit with the DP's plaque removal at the fourth month visit. |
| Baseline and 4 months |
| Evaluating deformation of toothbrush bristles | To compare the deformation of toothbrush bristles when used by patients using the SBTT with an electric toothbrush with the deformation of the toothbrush bristles with patients using an electric toothbrush uninstructed and whether the deformation is associated with BoP in each group. | Baseline through study completion, an average of 4 months |
| D010510 |
| Periodontal Diseases |
| D006470 | Hemorrhage |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D020763 | Pathological Conditions, Anatomical |