New Instrument for Oral Hygiene of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate
| Autor: | César Soares, Catia D. Carvalho Silva, António Bessa Monteiro, Maria Helena Fernandes, Rita Rodrigues, Maria Conceição Manso, Ricardo Vardasca, Joaquim Mendes, Rowney Furfuro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Dentistry finite element analysis Oral health toothbrush lcsh:Technology Oral hygiene law.invention lcsh:Chemistry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Toothbrush cleft lip and palate oral hygiene law Hygiene Cleft lip and palate Medicine General Materials Science In patient 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:QH301-705.5 Instrumentation media_common Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes lcsh:T business.industry Process Chemistry and Technology Finite element analysis General Engineering 030206 dentistry lcsh:QC1-999 Computer Science Applications lcsh:Biology (General) lcsh:QD1-999 lcsh:TA1-2040 High incidence lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) business lcsh:Physics |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Applied Sciences; Volume 8; Issue 4; Pages: 576 Applied Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 4, p 576 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/app8040576 |
| Popis: | Patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP) have several oral alterations that make the removal of bacterial plaque in the cleft area difficult, which is the main cause of the high incidence of oral health problems. The aim of this study is to develop a toothbrush especially designed to perform the hygiene of the cleft area. This device, called Cleft Toothbrush, is an add-on to a conventional toothbrush to clean hard-to-reach areas that are not accessible by using conventional brush shapes. The design was made in SOLIDWORKS® (Waltham, MA, USA) 3D and a sample of this device was produced by CURAPROX (Kriens, Switzerland). The efficacy of the Cleft Toothbrush was tested in a preliminary study performed in a four years old child with CLP, compared to that of a conventional toothbrush. A significantly higher reduction of the bacterial plaque was achieved with the Cleft Toothbrush. The child’s parents also felt more confident with this device, as it deals better with sensitive areas, as it did not hurt the child. This innovative toothbrush adapter appears to greatly improve the cleaning areas of high bacterial plaque retention in patients with CLP, together with excellent acceptance. |
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