title: Dental plaque scores of children brushing with a gel or paste-dentifrice.
abstract: This one-month, unsupervised toothbrushing study investigated the amount and distribution of dental plaque on the teeth of children using either a translucent gel-dentifrice or a conventional paste-dentifrice. No significant differences in dental-plaque-scores were observed between the dentifrice groups from baseline to the end of the one-month study. However, a significant and equivalent increase in the amount of plaque was observed for both dentifrice groups over the study period, indicating a participation effect. The study further demonstrated that uninstructed children in this age-category have a significantly greater amount of plaque on the lingual surfaces than on the buccal and labial surfaces, following toothbrushing; and, in most cases, their maxillary teeth have less plaque than those of the mandible. No differences in plaque-scores between anterior and posterior teeth were observed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003802:Dentifrices / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D014099:Toothbrushing; D014100:Toothpastes / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D003802:Dentifrices; D005782:Gels; D014100:Toothpastes