Role of Touch Perception and Audio Aids as Patient Education and Motivation Tools in Adjunct to the Use of Manual and Electronic Toothbrushes in Visually Impaired Individuals: A Cross over Study
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Dental treatment is the greatest unattended health need of physically/mentally disabled individuals. However, oral hygiene can be improved significantly by effectual daily brushing and self-training workshops.With this background, an effort was made to compare the efficacy of manual and electronic toothbrushes in plaque control of visually impaired individuals. A comparison of efficacy of touch perception and audio aids as patient education and motivation tools and a preference of toothbrush from blind individuals was obtained. Materials and methods: A cross over clinical study of 2 months duration which included 30 individuals consisting of 2 phases of 1 month for each of the 2 groups. At baseline, after completion of oral prophylaxis, the subjects were asked to listen to audio aids and were asked to read oral hygiene instructions printed on Braille pamphlets. Subjects were taught manually to brush by manual and electronic toothbrushes. Group A were given manual toothbrushes and group B were given electronic toothbrushes followed by recording Oral Hygiene Index, Gingival Index and Plaque Indexscores.The groups were reassessed after a period of 4 weeks for the same parameters. A crossover was done between group A and group B. After 4 weeks, the subjects were evaluated for the above parameters. Result: OHI, GI and PI in intra-group comparison improved significantly before and after crossover (P-value<0.05 for all).In inter-group comparison OHI, GI and PI values for manual crossed over to electronic group where higher, but difference did not reach statistical significance (P-value>0.05 for all)
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Akshita Solanki, Dr. Ashlesha A. Pabale, Dr. Rashmi Hegde, Dr. Sanjay Jain, Dr. Sangeeta Muglikar
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