An interventional study of Manual Toothbrush and Dental floss in Halitosis, sponsored by Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy. Status unknown at 1 site in Saudi Arabia. Open to participants aged 14 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-03.
Sponsored by Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
To determine the effect of different cleaning methods and devices in reducing halitosis during active orthodontic treatment.
. Observer - blind clinical trial, randomly divided into four groups, A, B, C and D. each group will undergo clinical evaluation and oral malodor assessment and they will be assigned electric or manual toothbrushes with super floss or water floss respectively.clinical evaluation will include plaque index (PI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), bracket index.and halitosis will be measured by halimeter .
Measurements and time frame: Initial measurements (T0), after two weeks (T1), and after four weeks (T2) ( according to previous studies that uses the same period of time for measurements),17, 18 plaque index (PI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), bracket index and halimeter reading .
During the first week after the start of the study (T0)
88 studies on the registry are indexed under Halitosis; 18 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 60 is above the median of 45 across 75 interventional studies indexed under Halitosis.
Browse Halitosis studies →Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy is the lead sponsor of 27 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.
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Cleaning teeth with a manual toothbrush and a dental floss three times a day.
Device: Manual Toothbrush · Device: Dental floss
Cleaning teeth with a manual toothbrush and a waterjet three times a day.
Device: Manual Toothbrush · Device: Waterjet
Cleaning teeth with an electric toothbrush and dental floss three times a day .
Device: Dental floss · Device: Electric Toothbrush
Cleaning teeth with an electric toothbrush and a waterjet three times a day .
Device: Waterjet · Device: Electric Toothbrush
A manual toothbrush is used to clean teeth surfaces.
A dental floss is used to clean inter-proximal areas.
A waterjet is used to clean inter-proximal areas.
An electric toothbrush is used to clean teeth surfaces.
Change in volatile sulphur compounds causing halitosis at four weeks.
Tanita Breath Checker HC-312SF Fitscan to measures volatile sulphur compounds with six levels of odor.
Time frame: At baseline then and after four weeks then
Change in volatile sulphur compounds causing halitosis at eight weeks.
Tanita Breath Checker HC-312SF Fitscan to measures volatile sulphur compounds with six levels of odor.
Time frame: At four weeks from baseline and after eight weeks then
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