Clinical comparison of two types of dental floss on interdental plaque removal and gingival health

Clinical comparison of two types of dental floss on interdental plaque removal and gingival health

double_blind clinical trial , with parallel groups , randomized , phase 3 on 50 people

this study is a randomized clinical trial on 50 dental students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences.The patients are selected according to the entry and exit criteria. The patients are divided into two groups of 25. The first group was given expanding dental floss and the second group was given simple waxed dental floss, and the patients asked to use it twice a day, morning and night, for 6 weeks. Then, four scales are used to measure the amount of dental plaque, gingivitis and bleeding on probe.

Entry conditions: patients with generalized gingivitis and plaque index below 2 Conditions of non-entry: use of drugs affecting periodontium, pregnancy, use or history of smoking, malocclusion, history of orthodontic treatment, oral mucosa disease, people with chronic systemic diseases (copulative diseases, kidney diseases, diabetes and any other diseases) which affects the periodontal condition of the person), depth of pocket more than 3 mm, use of antibiotics, use of mouthwash, periodontal surgery in the last 6 months, the presence of calculus below and above the gums

patients are randomly divided in two groups.(A expanding floss and B simple waxed floss)

interdental plaque , gingival health

The purpose of block randomization is that equal number of participants enter the intervention and control groups. The size of each block is 25 people. In this way, expanding floss is assigned to the first block and simple waxed floss to the second block to be.

expanding floss and simple waxed floss are named with two letters B&A and will be given to two equal groups of patients. The patients are selected with the minimum entry criteria. There are 25 patients in each group. It will be fully explained to the patients. Written informed consent will be obtained from the patients. The patients will be selected by sampling based on the entry criteria and will be randomly divided into two equal groups. Group A is expanding floss and the group B will use simple waxed floss. Participants and health personnel will not know the type of toothpaste.