Ülkü Şermet Elbay, Husniye Demirturk Kocasarac, Mesut Elbay, Can Kaya, Ceren Uğurluel, Canan Baydemir
Temporomandibular disorders and oral parafunction in children living with their parents and children living in institutional protective care: a comparative study
International dental journal
provide theoretical basis childrens oral health instruction childrens dental prophylaxis comparing plaque control efficacy safety sonicare manual toothbrush 39 years old children one hundred eighty healthy children included study divided 2 groups 90 children group aged 36 years 69 years respectively group subjects randomly instructed use either sonicare kids sfk manual tooth brush mtb 28day clinical trial period oral hygiene examined plaque indexrustogi modified navy plaque indexrmnpi recorded baseline visits 7th 28th day d0 d7 d28 data analyzed r software mtb sfk could remove certain amount dental plaque group 36 years old children plaque reduction rates children using sfk 1709144d0 2714114d7 3352183d28 respectively significantly higher children using mtb 118697d0 118391d7 1373110d28 p005 similarly group 69 years old children plaque reduction rates children using sfk 20051052d0 22761346d7 2231974 d28 significantly higher children using mtb 915707d0 726681d7 1154827d28 p005 analysis revealed plaque index decreased gradually 36 years old children using sfk 3 months followup p005 addition better compliance safety children using sfk sonicare remove plaque efficiently control plaque improve oral hygiene quality effectively children long period implies application sonicare worthy promoting control dental plaque children