Powered versus manual toothbrushing for oral health

Yaacob, Munirah; Worthington, Helen V; Deacon, Scott; Deery, Chris; Walmsley, A. D.; Robinson, Peter G.; Glenny, Anne‐Marie

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd002281.pub3

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“…4 weeks or longer) by the Cochrane Collaboration first published in 2003 and subsequently updated comparing manual and power toothbrush effectiveness (13)(14)(15). Beginning in 2003, the Cochrane Collaboration Oral Health group published a systematic review examining more than 30 years of published studies and oscillating-rotating toothbrushes consistently demonstrated a statistically significant benefit over manual toothbrushes (13).…”

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“…Conclusions from this independent research group were 'brushes with a rotationoscillation action removed plaque and reduced gingivitis more effectively than manual brushes in the short-term and reduced gingivitis scores in studies over 3 months'. Once again, a new systematic review was conducted and published in 2014 by the Cochrane Oral Health group reviewing evidence (56 studies) to assess the effects of using a power toothbrush compared with using a manual toothbrush for maintaining oral health and similar findings were obtained (15). Thirteen trials, involving 979 total participants, utilized the Quigley-Hein (Turesky) index to assess plaque removal of oscillating-rotating and manual toothbrushes in the 2014 review.…”

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A randomized clinical trial comparing plaque removal efficacy of an oscillating–rotating power toothbrush to a manual toothbrush by multiple examiners

Kurtz

Reise

Klukowska

et al. 2016

Int J Dental Hygiene

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A randomized clinical trial comparing plaque removal efficacy of an oscillating-rotating power toothbrush to a manual toothbrush by multiple examiners Abstract: Objective: To determine whether multiple examiners can demonstrate consistent plaque removal advantages for an oscillatingrotating power toothbrush versus a manual toothbrush. Methods: This was a replicate-use, single brushing, examiner-blind, randomized, two-treatment, four-period crossover clinical trial involving four examiners. Subjects were randomized to one of four treatment sequences involving two toothbrushes: an oscillating-rotating power toothbrush or a manual toothbrush. At each of the four visits, subjects arrived having abstained from oral hygiene for 24 h prior, and brushed with their assigned toothbrush and a marketed fluoride dentifrice under supervision unaided by a mirror. Plaque was assessed by each examiner using the Turesky-Modified Quigley-Hein Plaque Index at each study period before and after brushing. Data was analysed separately for each examiner using the analysis of covariance for crossover design. Results: Ninety-five subjects between the ages of 18 and 70 met the entrance criteria and were enrolled in the study. Eighty-seven subjects completed all four periods of the study. Both brushes delivered a significant plaque reduction when compared to baseline. Significant treatment differences were observed for all four examiners -ranging from 0.10 to 0.16 -in favor of the oscillating-rotating brush (P < 0.001). There were no adverse events reported or observed for either brush. Conclusions: All four examiners demonstrated the power toothbrush removed significantly more plaque after a single brushing than the standard manual toothbrush. Both brushes were well tolerated.

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confidence: 99%

A randomized clinical trial comparing plaque removal efficacy of an oscillating–rotating power toothbrush to a manual toothbrush by multiple examiners

Kurtz

Reise

Klukowska

et al. 2016

Int J Dental Hygiene

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“…6 Contemporary power toothbrushes are proving to be even more efficient in removing plaque, specifically brushes with an oscillating rotating head, which have been consistently shown in a Cochrane systematic review 7 and two subsequent updates 8,9 to be more effective than manual brushes in removing plaque and reducing gingivitis in both the short-and long-term. …”

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confidence: 97%

Toothbrushing evolution

Mackenzie

2014

Br Dent J

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“…Haydar 4 quoted by Mackenzie is about efficacy of a toothbrush with a special design, whilst the systematic reviews [5][6][7] quoted concern powered brushing. Whilst we know that different toothbrush designs -including powered brushes -may have an effect on plaque control, the focus of our study was on standard manual brushes which the vast majority of the global population use.…”

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