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NCT Number: NCT07155798

Evaluating Plaque Removal in Adolescents Using Bamboo and Conventional Plastic Toothbrushes

evaluation of bamboo and conventional toothbrushes in plaque removal

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Key information

Conditions

Plaque Removal

Age range

12 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

About this study

evaluation of the use of two tooth brushed bamboo and conventional tooth brushes in plaque removal in adolescence

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

healthy and medically free participants

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Exclusion criteria

  • disabled participants who cannot perform tooth brushing

Treatment and study plan

bamboo toothbrush

Device

recent toothbrush

Other names: charcoal toothbrush

Conventional Toothbrush

Device

conventional toothbrush

Primary outcomes

  1. plaque score

    Time frame: T0 baseline, T1 at 7 days and T2 at 2 weeks

    measurement of plaque accumulation in scale from 0 till 5 0 indicates no plaque and 5 indicated 2/3 of the tooth surface is covered with plaque

Secondary outcomes

  1. bristle contamination

    Time frame: after 2 weeks

    bacterial count on toothbrush bristle

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

heba helal

CONTACT

[email protected]

+021001847077

samaa hanafy

CONTACT

[email protected]

+021007558674

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Heba Helal

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Eco-friendly or Effective? Evaluating Plaque Removal in Adolescents Using Bamboo and Conventional Plastic Toothbrushes: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Acronym: prevention

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Sep 4, 2025
Registry last updated
Sep 4, 2025

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