Clinical study on the auxiliary effectiveness of dental floss or interdental brush in severe chronic periodontitis
- VernacularTitle:应用牙线、间隙刷辅助治疗重度慢性牙周炎的疗效观察
- Author:
Yong WANG
;
Lili YAO
;
Beijing SHI
;
Lihua ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Periodontitis;
Dental plaque;
Dental devices,home care;
Interdental brush
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2006;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the auxiliary effectiveness of dental floss or interdental brush in treating severe chronic periodontitis.Methods Thirty-five patients with severe chronic periodontitis were selected.The subjects were randomly divided into two groups.Right methods of brushing teeth,scaling,root planning and dental floss or interdental brush were performed in the experimental group,and the same therapy was used in the control group except using dental floss and interdental brush.The following indexes and measurements were compared:plaque index(PLI),probing depth(PD),bleeding index(BI) and mobility degree(MD).Results PLI,PD and BI demonstrated a significant improvement(P
