Effectiveness of a Novel Concept for a Manual Toothbrush Broscyl®

N/ATerminatedNCT01950988

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon142 enrolled

Overview

The aim is to determine the efficacy and the satisfaction/adaptability of the manual Broscyl® toothbrush as compared with a standard " soft " manual toothbrush ADA (American Dental Association) reference using the modified Stillman brushing technique, in children, adults and elderly persons, after 3 months of daily use.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

142

Conditions

Healthy Subjects

Interventions

Manual toothbrush referenceDEVICE

Measure of the dental plaquePROCEDURE

Manual toothbrush Broscyl®DEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children attending school aged between 8 and 15 years * OR adults aged from 18 to 45 years * OR elderly persons aged more than 65 years old * Presenting at least one incisive, one canine, one premolar and one molar in each quadrant * Able to brush their own teeth at least twice a day * Persons who have provided written informed consent * Persons covered by the national health insurance agency Exclusion Criteria: * Persons with acute periodontal disease * Persons in a period of postsurgical healing * Persons with an acute oral pain syndrome * Persons undergoing orthodontic treatment with a fixed brace * Persons not covered by the national health insurance agency * Pregnant women * The use of adjuvants

Locations (1)

CHU Dijon

Dijon, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Measurement of the dental plaque index

Time frame: up to 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Patient satisfaction

self-completed questionnaire

Time frame: up to 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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