Home Care Dental Devices (Dental Floss)

03/01/2003 - "The use of dental floss has long been considered to be effective in controlling interproximal plaque and gingivitis. "
01/01/2005 - "To compare the safety and efficacy of a novel battery-operated interdental cleaning device (Oral-B Hummingbird) [ID], fitted with either a flossette or pick attachment, versus hand-held dental floss in the reduction of plaque and gingivitis when combined with manual tooth brushing over a 30-day period. "
08/01/2006 - "The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of two mouthrinses in reducing interdental plaque and gingivitis compared to dental floss. "
01/01/2011 - "The efficacy of antiseptic mouth rinses in comparison with dental floss in controlling interproximal gingivitis."
03/01/2003 - "The efficacy of an essential oil antiseptic mouthrinse vs. dental floss in controlling interproximal gingivitis: a comparative study."

08/01/1990 - "However, by disturbing interdental plaque, both dental floss and the interdental cleaner have little effect on visible tooth surface plaque accumulation, yet produce a significant reduction in gingival inflammation."
11/01/2008 - "The efficacy of dental floss in addition to a toothbrush on plaque and parameters of gingival inflammation: a systematic review."
11/01/1980 - "A clinical study was undertaken to compare the effect of a variable diameter dental floss with a conventional unwaxed dental floss in the removal of plaque and the reduction of gingival inflammation in 15 patients who had little or no previous experience with dental floss. "
03/01/1990 - "In order to accumulate the plaque and cause inflammation, a wire with dental floss was placed inside the defects for a period of four weeks and then removed. "
12/01/1987 - "When dental floss had been used the mucosa was healthy while it showed mild or moderate inflammation after the other experimental periods. "

05/01/2015 - "These findings indicated that removing the dental plaque biofilm with a toothbrush and dental floss by a hygienist before scaling with an ultrasonic device was more effective in reducing the working time of the dental hygienist."
01/01/2009 - "The evidence showed that interdental brush use as an adjunct to toothbrushing removes more dental plaque than brushing alone, being even more effective than dental floss or woodsticks in removing dental plaque. "
05/01/2015 - "This study aimed to examine the effect of dental plaque biofilm removal with a toothbrush, an interdental brush and dental floss by a dental hygienist prior to ultrasonic scaling on treatment times and client satisfaction. "
02/01/1995 - "The study assessed the practicability of the Dentocult-SM STRIP MUTANS test in children, using dental floss to transfer the dental plaque to the strip. "
11/01/1990 - "A study was undertaken to compare the efficiency of a manual toothbrush, unwaxed dental floss, a traditional water irrigating device and a new instrument, the Jet-Floss, in regard to dental plaque removal. "

01/01/2011 - "When combined with manual toothbrushing the daily use of an oral irrigator, either with prototype or standard jet tip, is significantly more effective in reducing gingival bleeding scores than is the use of dental floss, as determined within the limits of this 4-week study design."
06/01/1982 - "Johnson and Johnson unwaxed dental floss was found to be slightly less effective in reducing gingival bleeding at the 56th day. "
05/01/1989 - "This study assesses the comparative effectiveness of three types of dental floss and toothbrushing in reducing interproximal bleeding sites, measured by stimulation with wooden interdental cleaners using the interdental bleeding index assessment method. "
11/01/2014 - "Children with higher levels of resilience showed 31% lower odds of gingival bleeding (OR: 0.7; 95% CI: 0.4-0.9) after adjustment for socioeconomic characteristics, children's and mothers' use of dental floss. "
12/01/2011 - "After multivariate analysis, male subjects (P = 0.044) with a household income less than 5 national minimum wages (P = 0.044), and nonusers of dental floss (P = 0.000) showed higher probabilities of gingival bleeding (>30%) than did their counterparts. "

11/01/2013 - "Self-reported gum health and treatment history, loose teeth, bone loss around teeth, tooth not looking right, and use of dental floss and mouthwash were obtained during in-home interviews and validated against full-mouth clinically assessed periodontitis in 3,743 US adults 30 years and older. "
01/01/2007 - "The present study compared, in untreated patients suffering from mild to moderate periodontitis, the efficacy of dental floss (DF) and interdental brushes (IDB) in the reduction of plaque, gingival inflammation and probing depth in a one-month period prior to subgingival debridement. "
07/01/1998 - "The purpose of the present study was to compare in untreated patients suffering from moderate to severe periodontitis the efficacy of dental floss (DF) and interdental brushes (IDB) in the reduction of plaque, gingival inflammation, and probing depth in a 6-week period prior to subgingival debridement. "
04/01/2011 - "Periodontal status was assessed by Community Periodontal Index and periodontitis was defined as ≥ "code 3." Multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out, adjusting for the following variables: sex; age; household income; bedtime toothbrushing habits; use of dental floss; use of an interproximal toothbrush; presence of active tooth decay; the number of decayed, missing, or filled permanent teeth; diabetes mellitus; and present smoking status. "
09/01/2012 - "Periodontitis was defined as the number of teeth with attachment loss ≥3 mm. Intakes of total dairy calcium (Incidence-rate ratio (IRR) = 0.97; p = 0.021), calcium from milk (IRR = 0.97; p = 0.025) and fermented foods (IRR = 0.96; p = 0.03) were inversely and significantly associated with periodontitis after adjustment for age, gender, education, sucrose intake, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, vitamin D intake, heart disease, visits to the dentist, use of dental floss and bleeding on probing, but non-dairy calcium, calcium from cheese and other types of dairy food intakes were not. "