A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF POWERED VS MANUAL TOOTHBRUSHES – A CLINICAL STUDY

In the present clinical case control study, changes in the preexisting gingival index, plaque index and gingival bleeding index was compared using a powered toothbrush versus manual toothbrush.150 dental students participated manual toothbrush while Group II using powered toothbrush. Each participant was instructed to practice daily oral hygiene procedure using modified bass method with the assigned toothbrush. Clinical parameters were recorded at baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months and the data was subjected to “t-test” & “p-test” using SPSS (version 15.0) software. At baseline, mean plaque index and gingival bleeding index of group II were slightly higher as compared to that of Group-I yet the difference between two groups was satistically insignificant (p>0.05). 1 st and 3 rd month follow-up did not present significant difference in the clinical parameters. At 6 th month followup, mean value for all the parameters was found to be lower in cases as World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research SJIF Impact Factor 5.990 Volume 4, Issue 10, 1037-1047. Research Article ISSN 2277– 7105 Article Received on 23 July 2015, Revised on 15 Aug 2015, Accepted on 06 Sep 2015 *Correspondence for Author Dr. Rai Deepa Resident, Dept. of Periodontology and Implantology Sardar Patel Post-Graduate Inst. of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.