An interventional study of Water flosser and Tooth brush and string floss in Peri Implant Mucositis, sponsored by King Abdulaziz University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-23.
Sponsored by King Abdulaziz University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study aims to evaluate the effect of water floss in reversing peri- implant mucositis around dental implants
Patients will be assigned for two clinical appointments, the first visit is for baseline charting, probing depth will be recorded on six sites per implant, using a standardized periodontal probe and the presence or absence of bleeding will be recorded. Disclosing tablets will be utilized to
Confirm the presence or absence of plaque around teeth and the implant. Patients (Group A) will be given a water floss, with verbal and written instructions to use the water floss, twice daily for 2 minutes, along with brushing, while Group B will be instructed to brush with a manual brush alone, twice daily for 2 minutes. After two weeks, in the second visit, the implant site is re-evaluated to monitor the outcomes.
265 studies on the registry are indexed under Mucositis; 34 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 45 across 215 interventional studies indexed under Mucositis.
Browse Mucositis studies →King Abdulaziz University is the lead sponsor of 98 studies on the registry; 19 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
The use of a water flosser+ brushing around implants with mucositis
Device: Water flosser
Brushing and using the string floss.
Device: Tooth brush and string floss
Water irrigation device
The control group will use the toothbrush and the regular string floss.
Bleeding on Probing
The disappearance of bleeding upon probing with the University of North Carolina-15 mm (UNC-15) periodontal probe. It is done at the same time as probing the pocket depths. It is done at six sites per implant-presence of bleeding = 1, absence = 0 -at each site.
Time frame: 2 and 4 weeks
Plaque Index of Silness and Loe
Score Description 0 No plaque 1 A thin film of plaque adhering to the free gingival margin and adjacent area of the implant; not visible to the naked eye but detectable by probe 2 Moderate accumulation of soft deposits visible to the naked eye within the gingival pocket and/or on the implant and gingival margin \| 3 Abundant soft matter within the gingival pocket and/or on the implant and gingival margin \|
Time frame: 4 weeks
Probing Pocket Depths (PPD)
The PPD will be recorded at baseline visit using the UNC-15 periodontal probe, at 2 weeks, and at 4 weeks. Pocket depths around implants should usually be around 1-4 mm. Pockets that are deeper than 4 mm or are 4 mm or less but with bleeding will be recorded as abnormal.
Time frame: 4 weeks
No study locations are listed for this record.
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Plan to share: Yes — Access to de-identified individual participant data will be granted to qualified researchers who submit a scientifically sound proposal outlining the research objectives and planned analyses. Requests will be reviewed by the principal investigator to ensure alignment with the original study aims, ethical approval, and data protection requirements. Approved applicants will be required to sign a data use agreement prior to data release. Data will be provided in a secure, de-identified format and used solely for the approved purpose.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Clinical study report
Time frame: IPD will be available beginning 6 months after publication of the primary results and will remain available for up to 5 years thereafter.
Access criteria: Requests for access to the IPD should be directed to the corresponding author. Data will be shared in a secure format following approval of the request and execution of a data use agreement.
Start is estimated for Jan 2026; primary completion for May 2026, 4 months later.
Of 67 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Mucositis, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 26. This study's planned 4 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 70 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 26.
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