Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to Clean
9.4 million People have swallowing problems in the US. In special needs populations, routine oral hygiene procedures such as tooth brushing can result in aspiration of microbial laden fluids leading to a significant systemic challenge. Aspiration may lead to pneumonia in susceptible populations. The...
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| author | Maxine Strickland Steven Mills Bhargavi Dasari Kenneth Markowitz Carla Cugini |
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| description | 9.4 million People have swallowing problems in the US. In special needs populations, routine oral hygiene procedures such as tooth brushing can result in aspiration of microbial laden fluids leading to a significant systemic challenge. Aspiration may lead to pneumonia in susceptible populations. These circumstances indicate the need for innovative approaches to oral hygiene for special needs, convalescent, the elderly populations, and young children learning to brush who can ingest excess fluoride which causes mottled enamel. Methods include describing some of the design considerations of the new prototype fabrication and microbiological evaluation of this new device, as well a comparison study of the versions 2 and 3 of the oral care device. Results concluded that version 3.0 regarding patient ease of use was better in comparison to version 2, which was the major difference, and 90% in both groups said they would recommend the new toothbrush. In the microbiological evaluation no growth was seen on any plates containing samples from either the experimental or the control after 48 h of incubation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-824a53494f354adaa27693999cacdf5e2023-11-19T10:12:12ZengMDPI AGDentistry Journal2304-67672023-09-0111922410.3390/dj11090224Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to CleanMaxine Strickland0Steven Mills1Bhargavi Dasari2Kenneth Markowitz3Carla Cugini4Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, 110 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07101, USADepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, 110 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07101, USADepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, 110 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07101, USADepartment of Oral Biology, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, 110 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07101, USADepartment of Oral Biology, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, 110 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07101, USA9.4 million People have swallowing problems in the US. In special needs populations, routine oral hygiene procedures such as tooth brushing can result in aspiration of microbial laden fluids leading to a significant systemic challenge. Aspiration may lead to pneumonia in susceptible populations. These circumstances indicate the need for innovative approaches to oral hygiene for special needs, convalescent, the elderly populations, and young children learning to brush who can ingest excess fluoride which causes mottled enamel. Methods include describing some of the design considerations of the new prototype fabrication and microbiological evaluation of this new device, as well a comparison study of the versions 2 and 3 of the oral care device. Results concluded that version 3.0 regarding patient ease of use was better in comparison to version 2, which was the major difference, and 90% in both groups said they would recommend the new toothbrush. In the microbiological evaluation no growth was seen on any plates containing samples from either the experimental or the control after 48 h of incubation.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/11/9/224powered toothbrushoral hygienemicrobiological methods |
| spellingShingle | Maxine Strickland Steven Mills Bhargavi Dasari Kenneth Markowitz Carla Cugini Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to Clean Dentistry Journal powered toothbrush oral hygiene microbiological methods |
| title | Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to Clean |
| title_full | Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to Clean |
| title_fullStr | Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to Clean |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to Clean |
| title_short | Design and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Oral Hygiene Technology for a Special Needs Population: A New Way to Clean |
| title_sort | design and initial evaluation of a novel oral hygiene technology for a special needs population a new way to clean |
| topic | powered toothbrush oral hygiene microbiological methods |
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