Periodontal disease
Conditions
Interventions
Participants assigned to use an electric tooth brush use an electric tooth blush (Hypersonic pro) during experimental period.
Participants assigned to use a hand tooth brush use a hand tooth blush (CU
Sponsors
Tohoku University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who come to the Department of Endodontics at Tohoku University Hospital, have at least one periodontal pocket of 4 mm or deeper in the periodontal examination.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People who are judged to have difficulty in using an electric toothbrush and to have difficulty in participating in the study due to psychosis or psychiatric symptoms.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcomes are set at Plaque Control Record and the result of saliva test(ammonia). These outcomes will obtain at before and after periodontal therapy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are set at periodontal condition (the percentage of probing depth deeper than 4mm, BOP, PISA) and results of saliva test (bacterial count, acidity, buffering capacity, WBC, protein).These outcomes will obtain at before and after periodontal therapy. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMasahiro Saito
Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry Conservative Dentistry
Outcome results
None listed