Emre Mumcu1* and Tugce Kartal2
1Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey *Corresponding Author: Emre Mumcu, Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey.
Received:
May 31, 2018; Published: June 19, 2018
Citation: Emre Mumcu and Tugce Kartal. “Effects of Implant/Crown Ratio on Crestal Bone Loss: A Review”. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 2.7 (2018). Objective: The aim of the study was to analyse the toothbrush bristle end morphology of various commercially available brands using Light microscope and to estimate the percentage for acceptable and non-acceptable toothbrush bristle ends. Methods: Fifty manual toothbrushes were selected of five different leading brands. Each brand consists of five soft and five medium consistency toothbrushes. Bristles were excised carefully with a surgical scissor and magnifying loupes. Excised bristles were placed in the microscopic glass slide, secured with cover slip and analysed under Light Microscopy at 45x. Results: The results showed mean acceptable and non-acceptable percentage for all brands that is in Ajanta 25.1% bristles were acceptable 74.9% was not acceptable, in Colgate 18.5% bristles were acceptable, 81.5% was not acceptable, in Cibaca 16.5% bristles were acceptable 83.5% was not acceptable, in ORAL B 26.7% bristles were acceptable 73.3% was not acceptable, in Pepsodent 19.4% bristles were acceptable 80.6% was not acceptable. Conclusion: In the present study the acceptability percentage ranges from 16.5% - 26.7% which shows very minimal percentage for a recommended toothbrush. Hence the currently available toothbrush does not fall under the category as put forth by American Dental Association. Keywords: Dental Plaque; Toothbrush; Bristle Morphology; Light Microscope Copyright: © 2018 Emre Mumcu and Tugce
Kartal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
2Research Assistant, Department of Prosthodontics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
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