Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy of Dental Plaque Removal Between Manual and Powered Toothbrushes in Individuals With Syndactyly

Abstract

In individuals with syndactyly, both manual and powered toothbrushes allowed significant plaque reduction on tooth surfaces; however, the powered toothbrush exhibited greater efficacy of plaque removal compared with the manual toothbrush.

Powered or manual toothbrushing for people with physical or intellectual disabilities – A systematic review

“…Out of the 294 unique titles and abstracts there were two conflicts (<1%) scored by the two reviewers. In total, 16 publications 29,30,31–38,39–44 , describing 25 comparisons were included in this systematic review.…”

“…Based on a summary of the proposed criteria, the estimated potential ROB was low for eight studies [32][33][34][35][36]39,40,43 , moderate for five studies 29,30,37,38,41 , and high for three studies. 31,42,44…”

“…Comparisons with self-brushing participants Twelve comparisons described a total of 347 self-brushing participants; 37 teenagers and young adults with PD in two comparisons 31,32 and 310 children and adults (age range 6-79 years) with ID in 10 comparisons. 29,33,[37][38][39][41][42][43][44] The PD of the participants was described as Apert-syndrome with syndactyly in one study 31 and as differently abled and mentally undisturbed in the other. 32 Both studies evaluated a single-brushing exercise in a cross-over design.…”

Efeito da escovação manual e elétrica sobre o esmalte de dentes decíduos hígidos e com lesão de mancha branca induzida: estudo ex vivo

“…Estudos em dentes permanentes, publicados na literatura específica, têm sugerido que as escovas elétricas não ocasionam danos clinicamente relevantes aos substratos dentários mineralizados e tecidos moles da cavidade bucal (Van der Weijden et al, 2011;Robinson, 2011), promovem saúde periodontal (Makhmari et al, 2017), facilitam a higiene bucal e que removem o biofilme dentário mais eficientemente que a escovação manual (Heanue et al, 2003;Yaacob et al, 2014;Re et al, 2015;de Jager et al, 2017;Kaizer et al, 2018).…”

Efeito de sistemas elétricos de escovação sobre a superfície do esmalte e do cemento hígido e desmineralizados: Estudo in vitro

“…As escovas elétricas reduzem a força, o tempo de escovação e a incidência de sangramento gengival. Além disso, proporcionam bolsas periodontias mais rasas e removem o biofilme dentário mais eficientemente que a escovação manual (Heanue et al, 2003;Deacon et al, 2010;Hovliaras et al, 2015;Re et al, 2015;Ikeda et al, 2016;Kurtz et al, 2016;Davidovich et al, 2017;de Jager et al, 2017;Erbe et al, 2018;Kaizer et al, 2018). A eficácia do uso de escovas dentais para melhora significativa da higiene bucal foi comprovada por Nikolaev et al, (2016) e Ferraz et al, (2015).…”