指牙刷作为替代口腔卫生方法的有效性:一项非随机对照研究
Venkatesh V Kulkarni1, Mrudula S Chaukaskar1, Praveena V Kulkarni1
1Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed To Be University) Dental College and Hospital, Pune, IND.
Cureus
|March 25, 2025
概括
与使用手指清洁牙相比,手指牙刷有效减少牙斑. 这种替代性口腔卫生工具对于手动牙刷无法使用或文化上不被接受的人群来说是有价值的.
科学领域:
- 口腔卫生 口腔卫生
- 牙周病预防 牙周病预防
- 牙损伤预防 牙损伤的预防
背景情况:
- 机械去除斑块是预防牙周病和牙损伤的关键.
- 农村和贫困人口经常使用传统的指纹牙清洁方法.
- 这些人群需要替代口腔卫生工具.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估手指牙刷去除斑块的有效性.
- 为了将手指牙刷与手指清洁和手动牙刷进行比较.
- 评估针对特定人群的替代口腔卫生工具.
主要方法:
- 这是一项非随机对照试验,90名参与者被分为三个组:指牙刷,指清洁和手动牙刷.
- 斑块指数得分在第1天和第15天使用Silness和Loe斑块指数进行测量.
- 统计分析包括千平方,费舍尔的精确测试,ANOVA,克鲁斯卡尔-瓦利斯H测试和威尔科克森的签名等级测试 (p <0.05显著性).
主要成果:
- 所有集团间和集团内部的比较均具有统计学意义 (p < 0.05).
- 与手指清洁组相比,手指牙刷组显示出显著的斑块减少 (中位数斑块指数:0.62) 与手指清洁组相比 (中位数斑块指数:1.70).
- 手动牙刷组显示出最显著的斑块减少 (中位数斑块指数:0.29).
结论:
- 指的牙刷在减少斑块方面比指的清洁更有效.
- 它作为一种有价值的过渡工具,用于改善特定人群的口腔卫生.
- 这种工具弥合了传统和现代口腔卫生实践之间的差距.
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