Title

Effect of ionic tooth brushes on gingivitis among Indian patients undergoing orthodontic treatment

Authors

Simran Saluja^1,*, Rupali Kalsi², Kumar Saurav³, Gunjan Gupta¹, Sachit Anand Arora¹, KL Vandana⁴ & Shivesh Kumar Mishra¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Periodontics, ITS Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Dentistry, Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida India; ³Department of Periodontics, Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Periodontics, College of Dental Sciences, Davanagere, Karnataka, India; *Corresponding Author

Email

Simran Saluja - E - mail: simran10saluja@gmail.com

Rupali Kalsi - E - mail: rupalikalsimathur@gmail.com

Kumar Saurav - E - mail: drsauravsingh4@gmail.com

Gunjan Gupta - E - mail: drgunjangupta22@gmail.com

Sachit Anand Arora - E - mail: sachitanandarora@its.edu.in

Vandana KL - E - mail: vanrajs@gmail.com

Shivesh Kumar Mishra - E - mail: mishrashivesh@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 1, 2024; Revised November 30, 2024; Accepted November30, 2024, Published November 30, 2024

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy of ionic toothbrushes versus orthodontic toothbrushes on gingivitis in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment. The study included 50 patients who were divided into 2 groups: Ionic and Ortho toothbrush users group. The clinical parameters like gingival bleeding index, plaque control record, gingival enlargement index and patient hygiene performance were recorded at baseline, 7 days, 21 days, 45 days and 90 days. It can be concluded that ionic toothbrushes give improved results than orthodontic toothbrushes in terms of maintaining oral health in gingivitis patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment.

Keywords

Ionic toothbrush, orthodontic toothbrush, gingivitis, fixed orthodontic treatment, plaque control.

Citation

Saluja et al. Bioinformation 20(11): 1645-1649 (2024)

Edited by

Vini Mehta  

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.