| Title |
Electric Toothbrushes Have Greater Efficacy in Removing Plaque Compared to Manual Toothbrushes in Children Between Four and Seven |
| Clinical Question |
What is the efficacy of a power toothbrush compared to a manual toothbrush in removing plaque in children between ages 4 and 7? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
In children ages 4 to 7, a power toothbrush removed significantly more plaque than a manual toothbrush |
| Best Evidence |
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| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| 22353460 | Taschner/2012 | 68 patients between 4 and 7 years old with Quigley Hein plaque index of more than 1.8 | Single-masked, randomized, split mouth clinical trial. | | Key results | Overall Quigley Hein plaque index scores for Sonicare for kids (SFK) electric toothbrush A and B were .36 while the manual toothbrush scored .5. The values indicate that, in one minute, the SFK A and B toothbrushes were able to clean nearly 42% of the tooth surfaces (67% at two minutes) while the manual toothbrush cleaned about 25% of tooth surfaces (41% at two minutes). SFK had an overall 65% plaque reduction compared to the manual toothbrush’s overall plaque reduction of 49%. | |
| Evidence Search |
"power"[All Fields]) AND toothbrushes[All Fields] AND ("child"[MeSH Terms] OR "child"[All Fields] OR "children"[All Fields]) |
Comments on
The Evidence |
Validity: This was a randomized, single-blinded, split-mouth study with 1 and 2 minute quadrant professionally applied brushings. Disclosing solution was used at baseline to prevent baseline scoring errors. The study was supported by Philips Oral Healthcare. |
| Applicability |
This information can benefit a dentist who wants to provide more information to parents about better dental homecare for their children. Children do not have the same dexterity as adults and can use assistance from a sonic toothbrush in order to properly remove plaque. |
| Specialty |
(Public Health) (General Dentistry) |
| Keywords |
power toothbrush, plaque removal, manual toothbrush
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| ID# |
2899 |
| Date of submission |
04/14/2015 |
| E-mail |
Haj@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Jonathan Ha |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor |
Tam T. Van, DDS |
| Faculty mentor e-mail |
Van@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
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Basic Science Rationale
(Mechanisms that may account for and/or explain the clinical question, i.e. is the answer to the clinical question consistent with basic biological, physical and/or behavioral science principles, laws and research?) |
| None available | |
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
(FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS', FACULTY, RESIDENTS and/or STUDENTS COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED CATs) |
| None available | |