None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Using a double-blind, randomized design, the oral hygiene condition of 30 young healthy volunteers using the new instrument "digital brush" associated with toothbrushing will be compared with the oral hygiene condition of 30 participants using mouth rinse associated with toothbrushing.
Interventions
Arm 1: the experimental group receives instructions to perform at "home" oral hygiene twice a day, for 2 weeks, using a toothbrush associated with a new instrument "the digital brush"(consisting on a gauze soaked with chlorhexidine and rolled up on the finger). Oral
hygiene conditions of participants will be evaluted after 2 weeks.
Details: The gauze contains 0,12% chlorhexidine; a) participants rolled up the gauze on the index finger, using rotative mouvements from gums to teeth; the gauze was
Arm 1: the experimental group receives instructions to perform at "home" oral hygiene twice a day, for 2 weeks, using a toothbrush associated with a new instrument "the digital brush"(consisting on a gauze soaked with chlorhexidine and rolled up on the finger). Oral hygiene conditions of participants will be evaluted after 2 weeks. Details: The gauze contains 0,12% chlorhexidine; a) participants rolled up the gauze on the index finger, using rotative mouvements from gums to teeth; the gauze was used only once; b) duration of 30 sec.; c) adherence is improved with 1-instructions made to the participants; 2-explanatory demonstration of its use during the first appointment; 3-daily patient diary.
Sponsors
Polytechnic University of Marche, Section of Stomatology
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Enrollment of the participants will be performed at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona, Italy), including healthy subjects aging between 18 and 35, good physical health, smokers and not
Exclusion criteria
Important periodontal disease; periodontal surgery within the previous 6 months; ongoing treatment with antibiotics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs; pregnancy or lactation; chronic systemic disease
Outcome results
None listed