Effacacy+of+Different+Toothbrushes+&+Interproximal+Aids

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Big Idea- **Christy Heslin //Re: Oral-B Cross Action Manual Tooth Brush : Limitations by a patient's ability to brush effectively required the development of a tooth brush that would be more effective. Developing this tooth brush with the multi-directional bristles, and multi-length bristles help to reach interproximal areas and better access the gingival margin in order to remove plaque more efficiently.

Big Idea: Patient compliance and acceptance is just as important as the efficacy of the interdental aid in determining what product to recommend to a patient. Brittany Knudsen

Big Idea: When electric toothbrushes are compares to manual toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes have a higher percentage of plaque removal. Of all the electric toothbrushes, rotary or oscillating have been shown to remove the highest amounts of plaque. -Alyssa //

Big Idea: The use of any interdental aids as an adjunct to brushing alone, provides better results with plaque removal, improves bleeding index, and probing depths. - Elizabeth Munoz Article: The efficacy of interdental brushes on plaque and of periodontal inflammation: A systematic review.

Big Idea: When using interdental cleaning devices and dental floss the results include a decrease in plaque and interproximal bleeding. But lack of its popularity is due to patient compliance due to dexterity issues and accessing posterior teeth, therefore the Braun Oral B Interclean is a safe, effective, electric interdental device that helps individuals with dexterity issues and it results are comparable to traditional dental floss and other interdental aids. - Mayte Hernandez - Assessing The Efficacy and Safety of an Electric interdental Cleaning Device.

Big Idea: The use of toothpicks, round versus triangular, has the same efficacy on the buccal aspect but the round toothpick was more effective on the lingual aspect. ---Martina

Big Idea: Not only power electrical toothbrushes are effective at removig plaque, but the pressure applied can make a difference on how well the plaque is removed. In addition to the ineffectiveness of plaque removal when using too much force, the interdental and surrounding gingiva tissuse can be traumatized. -Martha

Big Idea: Any type of toothbrushing needs consistancy and repetitive use to be effective. With toothbrushing the disruption of plaque can be more effectivly removed by disruption of polarity which will help disrupt plaque as well as an electric toothbrush. -Nichole

Big idea: When using a toothbrush, the technique of using a rotary oscillating motion is more effective at removing plaque than a straight back and forth motion. -Tonya

Big Idea: The interdental brush that is conical or cylindrical are more effective in periodontal maintenance patients the traditional floss.-Barbara

Big Idea: Interdental brushes removes more plaque than interdental aids. -Eman

Big Idea: The shape of the toothbrush bristles from v shaped, horizontally planar(flat), or staggered does not significantly change plaque removal efficacy.- Chris