Individual Dental Hygiene of Patients Using Different Interdental Brushes.
Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Abstract: SUMMARY Relevance of the topic. Worldwide periodontal diseases reaches up to 100% humans population. Periodontal diseases usually initiates uncontrolled plaque in interdental areas. It is said, that soft plaque is one of the main risk factor of cavity infections. Recently, more often noticeable, that dental caries accumulates on the tooth neck and between adjecent teeth. Whereas, the plaque and food residues are poorly removed. Most well known World‘s Organization ADA (American Dental Association), lately highlights not only teeth, but also interdental care. Using a standart toothbrush, unavailable to reach interdental areas, therefore is necessary to use additional dental care products, such as interdental brushes. Scientific analysis have proven that interdental brushes is one of the most effective interdental care measures. It is recognizible, that most of the patients easier memorize information about using interdental brushes, than a different interdental care tool for instance as interdental floss. Work subject - patient‘s individual oral hygiene by using different interdental brushes. Aim of the work - to evaluate the individual oral hygiene using different interdental brushes. Motives for choosing a topic: the desire of the author to improve in the professional field have led to the choice of a topic on the prevention of teeth have led to the choice of a topic on pacient‘s individual oral hygiene by using different interdental brushes. The tasks of the work are: to determine the knowledge of patients individual oral hygiene; to estimate the oral condition of patients, registering PHP and GBI indexes before performing professional oral hygiene and apply individual oral hygiene training; to evaluate the plaque removal results of patients using different interdental brushes. Research methodology: was applied qualitative research. According to the tasks selected case analysis and monitoring methods. 1. Findings from the work: Determining the knowledge of individual oral hygiene, revealed that patients have a lack of awareness about oral health. It was exposed, that patients don’t have motivation to take care on oral health care, also have regularly visits to dental hygienist. Furthermore, use not enough attention for dental cleaning, using preventive oral hygiene measures. It has been noticed, that from 3 investigated patients, recently only one of the patient use interdental cleaning measure - dental floss; evaluating patient’s oral hygiene status at the first visit before professional dental hygiene and individual dental hygiene instruction. Applying PHP and GBI index, received results: patient A - poor oral hygiene condition, 89% of interdental bleeding areas; patient B -satisfactory oral hygiene condition, 25% of interdental bleeding areas; patient C - satisfactory oral hygiene condition, 44% of interdental bleeding areas. Moreover, after professional oral hygiene procedure, were selected different interdental brushes for respondents and instructed about individual oral hygiene. On the second visit, repeatedly evaluated oral hygiene condition after using different interdental brushes: patient A - 2,4 score of rubber, and 1,26 score of nylon interdental brushes; patient B - 2,13 score of rubber, and 1,81 score of nylon interdental brushes; patient C - 2,07 score of rubber, 0,64 score of nylon interdental brushes. All patients GBI index estimation - 0% of bleeding interdental areas; by comparison of patients using different interdental brushes, investigated study results, revealed that for all patients, the nylon interdental brush was slightly effective in removing plaque than rubber interdental brush. In the end of the study, respondents became motivated to use interdental brushes.
Author: Vaitovaitė, Karolina,
Language: Lithuanian
Subfield: Periodontics
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7132014316