Title

Effect of toothbrush type on biofilm and periodontal health in orthodontic patients

Authors

Perthish Sharma¹, Rohit Sharma², Vidyesh Nadkerny³, Harleen Kaur Sohi⁴, V.S. Bharathi^5,*, Amanda Antoinette Rebello⁶ & Miral Mehta⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India; ²Department of Dentistry, Amaltas Institute of Medical Sciences, Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Daswani Dental College & Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan, India; ⁴General Dentist in Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US; ⁵Department of orthodontics, The Oxford Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ⁶Department of Dental Surgery, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT (Deemed to be University), KIIT Campus, Patia Bhubaneswar, Odisha – 751024, India; ⁷Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Perthish Sharma- E-mail: perthishsharma@gmail.com
Rohit Sharma - E-mail: rohitsharma26jan@gmail.com
Vidyesh Nadkerny - E-mail: drvidyesh@gmail.com
Harleen Kaur Sohi - E-mail: harleenkaursohi2@gmail.com
VS Bharathi - E-mail: bharathivs1987@gmail.com
Amanda Antoinette Rebello - E-mail: amandarebello.97@gmail.com
Miral Mehta - E-mail: miral9829@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received July 1, 2025; Revised July 31, 2025; Accepted July 31, 2025, Published July 31, 2025

Abstract

The sonic brush lowered the growth of biofilm on orthodontic brackets more successfully than both powered and manual toothbrushes did. We show that the subjects in Group C (Sonic tooth brushes) achieved the most substantial progress in plaque index and gingival index scores as well as bleeding on probing results. The biofilm formation on orthodontic brackets was least prominent on metallic brackets as opposed to ceramic or composite resin brackets. People using sonic or powered toothbrushes followed their oral hygiene instructions correctly. Thus, Patients undergoing orthodontic treatment should use sonic toothbrushes for achieving their best periodontal health.

Keywords

Orthodontic brackets; biofilm; periodontal health; powered toothbrush; sonic toothbrush; oral hygiene

Citation

Sharma et al. Bioinformation 21(7): 2171-2175 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde, PhD

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.