Safety and Clinical Evaluation of a Sonic Tongue Brush.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tongue coating consists of oral bacteria, desquamated epithelium, blood cells, and food residues and is involved in periodontal disease, halitosis, and aspiration pneumonia. Recently, a tongue brush with sonic vibration was developed to clean the tongue. This comparative study examined the extent of tongue coating, its effects on the tongue, bacterial count particularly on the posterior dorsum of the tongue, and the degree of pain using a manual tongue brush and the newly developed sonic tongue brush.

Materials and methods

Patients' extent of tongue coating and the quantity of bacteria were analysed before and after brushing with a sonic or manual nylon tongue brush. Moreover, the impressions of the dorsum linguae were obtained before and after brushing to establi

SUBMITTER: Shirakawa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10988250 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature