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Access to Interdental Brushing in Periodontal Healthy Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Florence Carrouel
  • Juan Carlos Llodra
  • Stéphane Viennot
  • Julie Santamaria
  • Manuel Bravo
  • Denis Bourgeois

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Purpose: Interdental diameter space is largely undefined in adults, which compromises the decision support for daily interdental cleaning during routine practice in individual oral prophylaxis. This study assesses the distribution of diameter access of interdental spaces in an 18- to 25-year-old adult population free of periodontal disease. Methods: In March-April 2015, a cross-sectional study using random sampling was performed at the University Lyon 1, France. The interproximal dental spaces of 99 individuals were examined using a colorimetric calibrated probe associated with the corresponding calibrated interdental brush (IDB). Results: Of the 2,408 out of 2,608 sites, the overall accessibility prevalence of any interdental brushing was 92.3%. In total, 80.6% of the sites required interdental brushes with smaller diameters (0.6–0.7 mm). In anterior sites, the diameter of the interdental brushes used was smaller (55.8% of IDB with 0.6 mm) than the diameter of the interdental brushes used in posterior sites (26.1% of IDB with 0.6 mm) (p

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  • Florence Carrouel & Juan Carlos Llodra & Stéphane Viennot & Julie Santamaria & Manuel Bravo & Denis Bourgeois, 2016. "Access to Interdental Brushing in Periodontal Healthy Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(5), pages 1-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0155467
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155467
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